Trade News

17 March 2003 Sufferance Warehouse Operators and RNS System Problems The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA, and refers to Customs Notice N-499, sent to members on 14 March 2003. 1. Customs Notice N-418 advised that as of July 1, 2002, sufferance warehouse operators…

17 March 2003 Penalty Waiver re 14 March Outage The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at CCRA headquarters. The following is to advise that the CADEX and CUSDEC problems experienced on Friday evening [14 March 2003] were resolved later that evening. Clients may experience late…

17 March 2003 More on Customs Notice N-499 The CCRA has released a memorandum to regional directors concerning Customs Notice N-499. This memorandum is a reminder to officers that penalties under AMPS are not to be applied when the provisions of N-499 are in place. A copy of this memorandum is…

17 March 2003 SCCD - Région du Québec - Session d'Information sur RSAP et SIPEC Le SCCD (Région du Québec) et l'ADRC (Région du Québec) sera présenté une session d'information le 2 avril, de 1400 hrs à 1800 hrs, à l'Hôtel Intercontinental - Salon St. Pierre, 360 rue St. Jacques - Montréal. Veuillez…

14 March 2003 Requests Not Yet Initiated The list of textile requests not yet initiated is now available on the CITT web site, as follows: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/new/index_e.asp http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/new/index_e.asp

14 March 2003 Customs Notice 499: Sufferance Warehouse Operators and Release Notification System (RNS) Problems The following Customs Notice has been posted on the CCRA web site: N-499 Sufferance Warehouse Operators and Release Notification System (RNS) Problems This Notice is a follow-up to Customs…

14 March 2003 CSCB Québec Region Information Session regarding AMPS and ACI The CSCB Qué0bec region, in conjunction with the CCRA Québec region, will be presenting a spring information session on April 2, from 2:00 until 5:00 pm, at the Hotel Intercontinental - Salon St. Pierre, 360 St. Jacques St…

14 March 2003 New EICS Release The following message is from Dennis Seebach, Director of the EICB. The CSCB, via our DFAIT Consultative Committee, has actively encouraged members to test the new EICS application. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all Brokers that have participated in…

13 March 2003 Draft Bond for Excise Act, 2001 The following form is now available on the CCRA web site: EXCISE-BOND Draft bond for Excise Act, 2001 This is found at the following address: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pbg/ef/excise-bond/README.html http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pbg/ef/excise-bond…

13 March 2003 Review TR-2002-008: Certain Woven Fabrics of Polyester/Rayon/Elastomeric Monofilament NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF INVESTIGATION Notice is hereby given that the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) is satisfied that the request received from Tribal Sportswear Inc. (the…

12 March 2003 Unlawful import of frozen clams results in $750 fine The following information is a CFIA Prosecution Bulletin. On February 27, 2003, Ikbal Khan, doing business as Khan’s Import and Export, entered a guilty plea in Richmond Provincial Court to one count of violating the Fish Inspection…

12 March 2003 Sublocation Code List The March 2003 edition of the sublocation list and list of expiries is now available on the CSCB web site, as follows: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/sublocationactiveofficesmarch03.xls http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/expiredsubofficesmarch03.xls The list and updates are…

11 March 2003 EICS Availability, Sunday, 16 March 2003 The following message is from the EICS at DFAIT. In reference to Section 5.2 of the PRD, please note that the Maintenance Window will be utilized this Sunday 16 March 2003, for the Government Telecommunications and Informatics Services (GTIS)…

12 March 2003 Expiry Review No. RR-2002-005 NOTICE OF EXPIRY REVIEW OF ORDER CONCERNING PREFORMED FIBREGLASS PIPE INSULATION The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice that it will, pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), initiate…

12 March 2003 Appeal No. AP-2002-093: Amersham Health Inc. There are two issues in this appeal. The Tribunal must first determine whether it has jurisdiction under section 67 of the Customs Act or under section 61 of the Special Import Measures Act to hear the appeal. If so, it must determine…

10 March 2003 February 2003 Windsor Commercial Clients’ Meeting The following information is also available on the Ontario Region page of the members-only section of the CSCB web site, at http://www.cscb.ca. After logging on as a member, click on “CSCB Reference System”, then “CSCB Regions”, and…

10 March 2003 CN-CHECKJ0203 Customs Notice – Checklist (February 2003) The above-mentioned list of Customs Notices issued in February 2003 is available on the CCRA web site at the following address: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/cn-check0203/README.html http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/cn…

10 March 2003 US Prepares to restrict remote border crossings The following article is excerpted from “TruckNews.com” on 10 March 2003. Residents of five border communities [in New Brunswick] will have to be sure they don't get trapped on the wrong side of the border as U.S. Customs prepares to…