Trade News

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

4 December 2002 Exchange Rate for Myanmar Kyat The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. The exchange rate for Myanmar (Burma) Kyat, MMK, effective 30 November 2002 is incorrect. The correct rate should have read 0.2436.

3 December 2002 Customs Notice N-485 The following Customs Notice is available on the CCRA web site: N-485 Denatured Alcohol and Specially Denatured Alcohol – Phase 2 of the Commercial Import Sampling Initiative (CISI) Further to Customs Notice N-467, Denatured Alcohol and Specially Denatured…

3 December 2002 SIMA Index for December 2002 The December SIMA index is available on the CCRA web site at the following address: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/customs/business/sima/monthly-e.html http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/customs/business/sima/monthly-e.html

3 December 2002 Interim Review No. RD-2002-003 NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF INTERIM REVIEW CONCERNING CERTAIN FLAT HOT-ROLLED CARBON AND ALLOY STEEL SHEET PRODUCTS The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice that, pursuant to subsection 76.01(1) of the Special Import…

3 December 2002 CFIA Allows Importation of Fresh Refrigerated/Frozen Boneless Beef Meat from Uruguay The following message is from Dr. Lou Skrinar, Chief, Import Program in the Food of Animal Origin Division of the CFIA to all Program Directors in Animal Products. Effective December 2, 2002…

3 December 2002 Request No. TR-2002-003 Notice is hereby given that the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) is satisfied that the request received from Alpine Joe Sportswear Ltd. (the requester) of Vancouver, British Columbia, is properly documented. The request is for the removal…

2 December 2002 Outage on 8 December 2002 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. Members should note that for maintenance purposes, there is a planned outage on Sunday, December 8, 2002. Therefore, the Customs EDI system will be unavailable from 3:00 am until 1:00 pm…