Trade News

5 March 2002 Correction to BC Long Room Committee Report of 15 February 2002 The following message is from Mr. Paul Courtney of the BC Long Room Committee. In the BC Long Room Committee Report sent to members on 28 February, it was incorrectly stated that ViaSafe users might have difficulties…

4 March 2002 Preliminary Injury Inquiry No. PI-2001-003 IN THE MATTER OF a preliminary injury inquiry, under subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: THE DUMPING OF AUTOMOTIVE LAMINATED WINDSHIELDS FOR THE REPLACEMENT MARKET EXPORTED FROM OR ORIGINATING FROM THE PEOPLE'S…

4 March 2002 Planned Outage for 10 March 2002 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. For maintenance purposes, there is a planned outage this Sunday, March 10, 2002. Therefore, the Customs EDI system will be unavailable from 3:00 am until 11:00 am (EST). This will…

4 March 2002 PC 2002-219 Several miscellaneous amendments to the Import Control List and Export Control List are needed to reflect technical changes or corrections. Specifically: — The amendments to Items 100, 109, 163, 174, 176, 184 and 185 of the Import Control List are consequential to changes…

28 February 2002 The following D-Memos are now available. D11-4-18 Uniform Regulations Chapters Three and Five and NAFTA The Uniform Regulations for Chapters Three and Five of NAFTA have been agreed to by the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States. The Uniform Regulations elaborate in…

28 February 2002 The following article is excerpted from the 28 February 2002 on-line edition of "The Journal of Commerce". Every container is a possible bomb, every vessel, plane, railcar and truck a possible delivery device and every port a possible target! That's the threat which continues to…

28 Februray 2002 Long Room Committee Report 15 February 2002. The minutes of this meeting are also available to members only in the British Columbia area of the CSCB reference system, at http://www.cscb.ca. After logging in as a member, select "Regions" and then "British Columbia" to go to this page…

28 February 2002 Appeal No. AP-99-080 This is an appeal heard by way of videoconference in Hull, Quebec, and Vancouver, British Columbia, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act from a decision of the Deputy Minister of National Revenue dated July 14, 1999, pursuant to subsection 60(4) of the…

28 February 2002 Appeal Nos. AP-96-230 to AP-96-236 These are appeals under section 67 of the Customs Act regarding the classification of automatic card shuffling machines (card shufflers) and Chipper Champ® chip sorting machines. The first issue in these appeals is whether the card shufflers are…

27 February 2002 Pettigrew to use NAFTA to challenge pending U.S. Lumber Decision International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew today announced that Canada will challenge the U.S. Department of Commerce's final softwood lumber subsidy duty determination under the North American Free Trade Agreement…

27 February 2002 Outage March 2, 2002 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. Members should note that for maintenance purposes, there will be an outage of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)systems from 3:00 am to 7:00 am (EST) Saturday, March 2, 2002. Clients…

27 February 2002 The following report is also available to members only in the members-only Regional area of the CSCB reference system on our web site, at http://www.cscb.ca. A meeting was held on Feb.25, 2002 with Trade Services departments located at 333 Dunsmuir. Attending from the CCRS: Sari…

The following messages were sent on 27 February 2002. 1. Canada Customs and Revenue Angency - Electronic Commerce Outage March 2, 2002 2. Canadian Society of Customs Brokers - Meetings Report from CSCB BC Region 3. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade - General Pettigrew to use…

26 February 2002 The following Customs Notice is available on the CCRA web site: N-431: Where to File Dispute Notices to Contest Customs Decisions on Tariff Classification, Value for Duty, Origin, Marking, and Advance Rulings This notice clarifies where you may file dispute notices (sometimes…

25 February 2002 Industry Minister Allan Rock Outlines Blueprint for Canada's Economic Growth. Members may be interested in a speech to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce by Industry Minister Allan Rock. Minister Rock outlined a series of national goals for a more competitive economy, more jobs and…

25 February 2002 Team Canada Scores $337 Million in New Business Deals in Russia. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien witnessed this week the signing of 77 new business deals by Canadian enterprises during the Russia portion of the Team Canada 2002 trade mission. To view the complete article, please visit…

25 February 2002 Proposed Amendments to the Designer Remission Order 2001. The Department of Finance is seeking views on certain technical amendments proposed for the Designer Remission Order, 2001. 1. defining the “limited quantities” of other articles that a producer of original designer apparel…