Trade News

11 October 2001 Outage Sunday, October 14, 2001 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. This is a reminder of a planned outage for quarterly maintenance activities on Sunday, October 14, 2001. Therefore, the EDI system will be unavailable from 3:00 am to 1:00 pm (ET)…

11 October 2001 CCRA Announces Anti-Terrorism Measures On 11 October the Honourable Martin Cauchon, PC, MP, Minister of National Revenue, announced measures to fight the threat of terrorism. The documents concerned are available on the CCRA web site, at the following address: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc…

10 October 2001 Inquiry No. NQ-2001-002 IN THE MATTER OF an inquiry, under section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: THE DUMPING OF CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM BRAZIL, CHINESE TAIPEI, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, ITALY…

10 October 2001 Form B235E Available — NAFTA Origin Verification Questionnaire Form B235E is now available on the CCRA web site: B235E North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Origin Verification Questionnaire The purpose of this questionnaire is to request provision of information used to…

10 October 2001 CSCB AGM and Conference a Resounding Success! We would like to thank our members for making the 2001 Annual General Meeting and conference such a success. It was truly a pleasure to see so many familiar faces, and to meet some new participants at this year's events. And because the…

10 October 2001 CSCB Election Results Our Annual General Meeting took place on Monday, 24 September. The following were acclaimed as Directors for the year 2001-2002: Bob Beausoleil, Russell A. Farrow Limited ([email protected]) Paul Hughes, GeoLogistics, Co. ([email protected]) Tom…

The following messages were sent on 10 October: 1. Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (notices) Form B235E Available -- NAFTA Origin Verification 2. Canadian International Trade Tribunal Inquiry No. NQ-2001-002 3. Canadian Society of Customs Brokers (meetings) CSCB Election Results CSCB AGM and…

5 October 2001 D-01-08: Canadian Plant Protection import requirements for fresh blueberry fruit from Argentina The following directive is available on the CFIA web site, at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/protect/dir/d-01-08e.shtml. This directive outlines the phytosanitary requirements…

5 October 2001 Customs Notices N-402 and N-403 The following Customs Notices have been published on the CCRA web site: N-402 Use of "Letter of Authorization" for Reporting Cargo N-403 Conversion to EURO on January 1, 2002 The Notices are available on the CCRA web site at the following addresses: N…

5 October 2001 Canadian Wood Packaging Certification Program to Address New EU Requirements for Imports The following news release from the CFIA is available on their web site, at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/newcom/20011004e.shtml. On October 1, 2001 the European Union (EU) began…

4 October 2001 D Memoranda D2-3-2 and D2-3-6 Updated The following D memoranda have been revised: D2-3-2 Former Residents of Canada Tariff Item No. 9805.00.00 D2-3-6 Non-Commercial Provincial Tax Collection Programs D2-3-2 has been adjusted to reflect legislative changes and to explain that…

4 October 2001 SIMA Re-investigation re Corrosion-Resistant Steel Sheet On 3 October 2001 the CCRA initiated a review of the normal values and export prices of certain corrosion-resistant steel sheet products originating in or exported from Brazil, the Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, the…

3 October 2001 Administration of the NAFTA relating to Exports of Textiles, Apparel and Made-Up Goods to the US and Application of the Tariff Preference Levels Notice to Exporters, Serial No. 134 Date: September 24, 2001 1.0 Purpose 1.1 This Notice advises exporters of policies relating to the…

3 October 2001 Certain Ring-spun Yarns (Expiry No. TE-2001-001) The CITT gives notice that the tariff relief order (Order in Council PC 1999-1342) made on 28 July 1999 to implement the Tribunal's recommendation to the Minister of Finance in Review No. TA-98-004 concerning certain ring-spun yarns, is…

3 October 2001 Thanksgiving Day, 8 October 2001 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. Systems operations and accounting procedures for 8 October 2001 will be as follow: CADEX reports will run the evenings of Friday, 5 October and Tuesday, 9 October 2001. The…

3 October 2001 Inquiry No. NQ-2001-002 In the matter a motion filed by counsel for Laminoir De Dudelange seeking an order to terminate Inquiry No. NQ-2001-002 with respect to the country of Luxembourg, and in particular with respect to Laminoir De Dudelange, pursuant to subsection 42(4.1) of the…

2 October 2001 Customs Notice N-401 The following Customs Notice is available on the CCRA web site: N-401 Amendment to Customs Procedures Concerning the New Category of Feeder Cattle from the United States This Notice refers to Customs Notice N-349, dated 2 October 2000. It is based on legislation…

2 October 2001 New Duty in Effect for Incoming Tobacco Products The Canada Customs and Revenue Agency announced that changes came into effect on 1 October for travellers who include tobacco products in their personal exemption entitlements. A new duty now applies on previously exempted quantities of…

2 October 2001 Administration of the Beef and Veal TRQ Return of Unused Quota-Shares Firms that use less than 90 per cent of their quota-shares in any one year will have their shares in the next year reduced by the percent under-utilization. However, firms may avoid the under-utilization penalty by…