Trade News

9 December 2002 D-02-12 The above-noted directive is entitled Import Requirements of non-manufactured wood and other non-propagative wood products, except solid wood packaging material, from all areas other than the continental United States This directive describes the phytosanitary import…

9 December 2002 Schedule of Outages for ACROSS/CCS/EDI, January 2003 to June 2003; Schedule of Maintenance/Enhancement Outages for ACROSS/CS/EDI, January 2003 to June 2003 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. The following is a list of the planned maintenance…

9 December 2002 Expiry Review No. RR-2002-001 The Canadian International Trade Tribunal, under the provisions of subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act, has conducted an expiry review of its order made on December 10, 1997, in Review No. RR-97-003, concerning bicycles, assembled or…

9 December 2002 Dumping of Waterproof Footwear from Hong Kong, Macao and Vietnam The Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) confirmed today that certain waterproof footwear, originating in or exported from Hong Kong, China; Macao, China; and Vietnam were dumped into Canada at prices that were, on…

6 December 2002 Regulations Amending the List of Tariff Provisions Set out in the Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Firearms) (SOR/2002-430) AMENDMENT 1. The first paragraph (a) in the Description of Goods of tariff item Number 9898.00.00 in the List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the…

6 December 2002 Amendment of Conditions for Importation of Meat Products from Uruguay The CFIA document sent to members on 3 December, entitled “CFIA Allows Importation of Fresh Refrigerated/Frozen Boneless Beef Meat from Uruguay” contained numerous errors, including those regarding Japan. The CFIA…

5 December 2002 Reminder from Electronic Commerce Unit The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. The following is a reminder to all clients. To minimize non-productive calls to the Electronic Commerce Unit, we would ask that you please allow the following before calling…

5 December 2002 D Memorandum D1-014-18 The following D Memorandum is available on the CCRA web site: D10-14-18 Determination of Weight for Duty Purposes of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables This Memorandum outlines the manner in which the weight of fresh fruits and vegetables will be determined for the…

5 December 2002 Request for Removal of Tariff on Soderberg Paste for use in manufacture of Silicon The Department of Finance is seeking members’ views on a request that the Department has received for removal of the tariff on soderberg paste for use in the manufacture of silicon. The product is used…

5 December 2002 Sublocation Codes Updated The following file contains updates to the sublocation code list: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/subcodes5dec02.pdf The list of active sublocation codes is available in pdf format on the CSCB web site at the following address: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo…

5 December 2002 Holiday List for 2003 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. The following are holidays recognized by the electronic commerce systems for the year 2003. The holidays mentioned below apply to all provinces except where indicated otherwise: Wednesday…

4 December 2002 Lollipop Investigation Reveals No Foreign Contamination The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has received the results of testing carried out on Lipo brand lollipops imported from Argentina. The CFIA had issued a Consumer Alert on November 8, 2002 due to consumer complaints…

4 December 2002 Facilities Designated for the Inspection of Meat Products from the US The following establishment has been added to the list of facilities designated for the inspection of meat products from the US: Est. S735 Groupe Robert Inc. Boucherville, QC