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Tariff Relief on Certain Ring-Spun Yarns

29 May 2002 Tariff Relief on certain ring-spun yarns - Period Extended On May 3, 2002, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal CITT) recommended to the Minister of Finance, (TA-2001-001) that the tariff relief on certain ring-spun yarns due to expire June 30, 2002, be extended for a period of 18…

List of Outages

29 May 2002 List of Outages The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. Please be advised of the following draft list of planned maintenance/enhancement activities that impact the availability of ACROSS, CCS and EDI. The dates and times are based on information available…

U.S. Countervailing Duty Investigation

28 May 2002 U.S. Countervailing Duty Investigation Of Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada Requests For Individual Expedited Review 1. On May 22, 2002, the U.S. Department of Commerce Notice of Countervailing Duty Order with respect to Certain Softwood Lumber Products was published in the…

Transport Minister Announces Expert Panel & Review

28 May 2002 Transport Minister Announces Expert Panel And Review Of The Canada Marine Act at 2002 National Marine Conference TORONTO — Transport Minister David Collenette today announced the appointment of an expert panel to assist him in conducting a review of the Canada Marine Act (CMA). Richard…

Customs Notice 442

28 May 2002 Customs Notice 442 The CCRA has advised of a possible delay in the implementation of the policy outlined in Customs Notice 442. This notice required all "F" type entries to show separate subheaders for field 14 in order to indicate different tariff treatments. However, since the…

Request for Removal of Customs Duties

28 May 2002 Request for removal of the customs duties on certain forged steel. The Department of Finance is seeking members' views on a request for removal of the customs duties on certain forged steel connecting links (joins chains together) and clevis and eye hooks with gates or self-locking…
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CSCB and CIFFA agree on framework for Cooperation

27 May 2002 CSCB and CIFFA agree on framework for Cooperation The Boards of Directors of the CSCB and CIFFA, the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association, have agreed on a framework for closer cooperation. The agreement will lay the groundwork for ongoing consultation on a wide range of…
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AMPS and Contravention 003

27 May 2002 AMPS and Contravention 003 The CCRA has advised that, although contravention 003 remains under review, they will continue to issue warnings for infractions against this contravention during the grace period. On behalf of members, the CSCB has brought to the attention of the CCRA various…

Request for Removal of Customs Duties

Request for Removal of Customs Duties on certain Needleloom Felts and Textile Fibres The Department of Finance is seeking members' views on a request for removal of the customs duties on certain needleloom felts and textile fibres for use in the manufacture of clothing accessories and labels. The…

Ottawa fights U.S. on pasta subsidies

27 May 2002 Ottawa fights U.S. on pasta subsidies The following article is excerpted from “The Globe & Mail” of 27 May 2002. TORONTO -- As if Ottawa didn't have enough on its plate in the lumber trade dispute with Washington, it's now in a food fight over U.S. pasta subsidies. Joe Vitale, president…

Special Bulletin from the Canadian Firearms Centre

27 May 2002 The CSCB has received a special bulletin from the Canadian Firearms Centre, oultining an update on U.S. Regualtions for Non-Residents (Non-Immigrant Aliens) importing Firearms and Ammunition into the United States for hunting and sporting purposes. Members wishing a copy of this bulletin…
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AMPS and Contravention 315

27 May 2002 AMPS and Contravention 315 DFAIT's announcement that the individual export permits required for softwood lumber would be changed to a weekly permit system prompted the CSCB to contact the AMPS Working Group for clarification of how this new policy would affect contravention 315. It has…

Pettigrew Announces $20 Million for Lumber...

27 May 2002 Pettigrew Announces $20 Million For Lumber Awareness And Trade Advocacy Initiatives International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew today announced that the Government of Canada will contribute $20 million to help Canada's softwood lumber industry raise awareness in the United States of…

Lumber firms seen paying duty today

24 May 2002 Lumber firms seen paying duty today The following article is excerpted from "The Globe & Mail" of 24 May 2002. VANCOUVER -- Canadian lumber producers are expected to begin making cash payments today to cover the cost of a punitive duty averaging 27 per cent on about $10-billion a year…

Ottawa poll shows Canada’s strained ...

24 May 2002 The following article is excerpted from "The Globe & Mail" of 24 May 2002. Please note that the article posted earlier today was from the 22 May 2002 Globe and Mail. OTTAWA -- A new poll released by Ottawa sows more doubt about Canada's strained trading relationship with the United…

SIMA Re-investigation re Certain Top-Mount ...

23 May 2002 SIMA Re-investigation re Certain Top-Mount Electric Refrigerators.... On 23 May the CCRA announced that a re-investigation has been completed regarding certain top- mount electric refrigerators, electric household dishwashers and gas or electric laundry dryers, originating in or exported…

Change to the SIMA Code in CADEX B3

23 May 2002 Change to the SIMA Code in CADEX B3 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. Members using EDI are advised of a change and an addition to the SIMA code required in the SIMA Code Field on the K130 record of the CADEX B3 (in the CUSDEC B3 it is GR#26, Segment…

New box detectors, agents for Halifax

21 May 2002 New box detectors, agents for Halifax The following article is excerpted from the 17 May 2002 on-line edition of "The Journal of Commerce". The Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia will get C$3.6 million ($2.3 million) worth of new customs inspection devices including a gamma ray container…

Proposals for CCFTA Rules of Origin Changes — Ini

21 May 2002 Proposals for CCFTA Rules of Origin Changes — Initiation of Domestic Consultations The Department of Finance has published a notice in the 18 May 2002 edition of the "Canada Gazette", Part I, regarding a proposal related to the rules of origin requirements under the Canada-Chile Free…

Notice to Exporters No. 136

20 May 2002 Notice to Exporters No. 136, Monitoring Softwood Lumber Exports to the United States Reduced Permit Requirements As noted in our messages to members of 10 and 14 May, the above-mentioned Notice to Exporters is now available on the DFAIT web site at the following address: http://www.dfait