Trade News

8 July 2002 Canada's Requests in WTO Services Negotiations The Government of Canada today made public the market openings that it is asking selected countries to make in ongoing WTO services negotiations. As part of the negotiations under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), Canada has…

8 July 2002 Customs Notice N-453 CIFTA — Proposed Regulatory Amendments Related to the Implementation of Minor Processing and Other Technical Regulatory Amendments This Notice announces regulatory changes proposed by the CCRA in support of the implementation of the minor processing provision of te…

8 July 2002 Reference No. GC-2001-001, Safeguard Inquiry into the Importation of Certain Steel Goods On 21 March 2002 the CITT began an inquiry and report into the importation of certain steel goods. Pursuant to subsection 21(1) and sections 20.01. 20.02 and 20.03 of the CITT Act, and pursuant to…

5 July 2002 Customs Notice N-452: Mandatory Change for FIRST Release Option This notice is for the parties who import commercial shipments into Canada and the customs staff involved in the review of, and the decision-making process for, the importation of commercial goods using the Frequent Importer…

5 July 2002 CSCB/CCRA GTA Mommittee Meeting JUNE 25/2002 The following minutes are available to members only on the CSCB web site, at http://www.cscb.ca. After logging in as a member, click on the CSCB reference system bullet and then on "Regions". Choose the Toronto Region bullet. Please note that…

5 July 2002 Data Online Updated Canadian import and export data updated to April 2002. To view this information, please click on the following address: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/tdst/engdoc/tr_homep.html?he=y http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/tdst/engdoc/tr_homep.html?he=y

4 July 2002 Customs Brokers Meeting – JUNE 26/2002 The following minutes are available to members only on the CSCB web site, at http://www.cscb.ca. After logging in as a member, click on the CSCB reference system bullet and then on "Regions". Choose the Ontario Region bullet. ATTENDEES FOR BROKERS…

4 July 2002 Request No. TR-2000-006, Certain Woven Fabrics of cotton/polyester and polyester/cotton On July 3rd, 2002, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal issued a report, with a recommendation, to the Minister of Finance with respect to a request for tariff relief on March 9, 2001, by…

WTO Annual Report 2002 Now Available The Annual report of the WTO is comprised of five chapters which focus on trade policy, research results, the regular activities of the organization and details of its current structure, staff and budget. You can download the entire report or individual chapters…

3 July 2002 The following notices are now available on the CCRA website: 1. Customs Notice N-451: Transfer of Tariff Classification Heading 85.08 This notice advises that, effective January 1, 2002, heading 85.08 was deleted from the Customs Tariff. Background During the development of the Third…

3 July 2002 Allergy Alert - Undeclared Sulphites in Qalala Brand Preserved Apricot The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) yesterday, warned consumers with allergies to sulphites not to consume Qalala brand preserved apricot. This product may contain sulphites which are not declared on the label…

3 July 2002 July 2002 SIMA Index Available The SIMA index for July 2002 is available at the following address: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/SIMAJuly.pdf http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/SIMAJuly.pdf

3 July 2002 Border Infrastructure Needs Investment The following article is excerpted from the Toronto Star of July 3rd, 2002 DEPUTY PRIME Minister John Manley and U.S. Homeland Security Adviser Tom Ridge are making significant progress in speeding up legal and regulatory impediments to cross-border…

3 July 2002 Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) for 2001 Frozen Pork that originates from the European Union (EU) The purpose of this message is to inform you that effective September 28, 2001, the frozen pork TRQ from the EU imported under tariff item No. 0203.29.00 of the Customs Tariff has been filled and…

3 July 2002 CFIA Outage Please note that for maintenance purposes, there will be an outage of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) systems from Friday July 5, 2002 at 4:30 pm until Saturday July 6, 2002 at 7:00 am EDT. CFIA is asking that all electronic transactions be done through paper for…

2 July 2002 2002 Customs Tariff with T2002-6 included. 2002 Customs Tariff and Tariff Amendment T2002-6 and they are available on the CCRA web site in Winzipped Microsoft Access (2000) file format, at the following address: These amendments will be available in the Customs Commercial System on 18…