Trade News

10 March 2003 Change to Exchange Rate for Zimbabwe The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. The exchange rate for the Zimbabwe ZWD, entered into CCS for the week of March 4, 2003 has been revised. The correct rate should have been 0.001861. Using the incorrect exchange…

7 March 2003 EDI Outage Sunday March 9, 2003 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. The following is further to Wednesday's message [5 March] concerning this Sunday's EDI outage for maintenance purposes. Please note that CADEX and CUSDEC B3 and AO (notification of…

7 March 2003 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Bioterrorism Act of 2002: Draft Regulations for Registration of Food Facilities and Prior Notice Issue: Interested parties are asked to comment on FDA’s proposed regulations that would require (a) prior notice of shipments entering the U.S. and (b…

6 March 2003 D0-CHECKLIST D Series Table of Contents and Checklist The D Series Table of Contents and Checklist for D memoranda is available on the CCRA web site, as follows: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/d0-checklist/README.html http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/d0-checklist/README.html

6 March 2003 Updated CFIA Participant Information Document, February 2003 The CFIA has advised the national office that there were coding errors in appendices C and E of the January 2003 updated Participants Information Document on the Automated Import System (AIS). The revised PID is available on…

6 March 2003 Interim Review No. RD-2002-004: Certain Stainless Steel Round Bar Products Originating in or Exported from the Federal Republic of Germany, France, India, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Chiese Taipei (formerly designated as Taiwan), and the United Kingdom ORDER The Canadian International…

6 March 2003 PC 2003-174 PC 2003-174 is the Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Remission Order. Remission 1. Subject to section 2, remission is hereby granted of the customs duties paid or payable under the Customs Tariff on certain chemical inputs used in the research and development of clinical investigational…

5 March 2003 Interest Rates from CCRA for Second Quarter, 2003 Interest rates to be charged by the CCRA during the second quarter of 2003 are available on the CSCB web site, at the following address: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/rates.htm http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/rates.htm

5 March 2003 Preliminary Injury Inquiry No. PI-2002-003 IN THE MATTER OF a preliminary injury inquiry, under subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: THE DUMPING OF CERTAIN CARBON STEEL PIPE NIPPLES, THREADED COUPLINGS AND ADAPTOR FITTINGS, ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE…

5 March 2003 Inquiry No. NQ-2002-003, Xanthates of All Grades in Dry or Liquid Forms, Excluding Cellulose Xanthates, originating in or Exported from the People’s Republic of China FINDING The Canadian International Trade Tribunal, under the provisions of section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act…

5 March 2003 War could damage trade, Ontario fears The following article is excerpted from the 5 March 2003 on-line edition of the “Toronto Star”. The Ontario government has grave concerns the province's economy will suffer collateral damage if the United States goes to war with Iraq. There is more…

5 March 2003 EDI Outage Sunday March 9, 2003 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. Please note that for maintenance purposes, there is a planned outage on Sunday, March 9, 2003. Therefore, the Customs EDI system will be unavailable from 3:00 am until 7:00 am (EST)…

4 March 2003 Importation of Raw Turkey Meat and Processed Chicken and Turkey Meat Products from Brazil – amended The following memorandum to program network chiefs in the Food of Animal Origin, Meat Import Program, is from Dr. L. Skrinar, Chief, Import Program, Food of Animal Origin Division at the…