Trade News

27 September 2001 Implementation of the 11 September 2001 "Industry Advisory — Food, Feed, and Seed Products Containing Corn" In recognition of the events of 11 September in the US that have affected all North Americans and related trans-boundary activities between Canada and the US, the CFIA has…

27 September 2001 Appeal No. AP-2000-060 This rehearing follows a decision of the Federal Court of Appeal dated March 7, 2001, which set aside the Tribunal's decision in Appeal No. AP-98-085 and referred the matter back to the Tribunal for redetermination. Pursuant to subparagraph 48(5)(a)(i) of the…

26 September 2001 ACROSS Queue Stall The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. This is a revision to the message sent on 14 September regarding the ACROSS queue stall. The EDI message number for the ACROSS queue stall problem has been changed from ERC500 to R15, with…

26 September 2001 Customs Notice N-399 This notice advises that the re-investigation initiated on February 26, 2001, pursuant to the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), concerning bicycles and frames from Taiwan and the People's Republic of China, has been concluded. N-399 Bicycles and Frames from…

26 September 2001 Fast Track Tariff Relief Request on Printing Blanket Materials The Department of Finance has received a request for "fast track tariff relief" on printing blanket materials used to manufacture printing blankets employed in offset printing machinery. The printing blanket material…

26 September 2001 Request for Removal of Tariff on PVC and Acrylonitrile-butadiene Rubber Sheets The Department has received a request for removal of the tariff on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber sheets for use in the manufacture of safety apparel. These sheets are…

26 September 2001 Outage Cancelled, 29-30 September 2001 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. The following is further to our GEMDES message of May 7, 2001, containing the list of planned outages for the next six months. Contrary to the information posted in the…

26 September 2001 Concordances for Customs Tariff Available The CCRA has published concordances for the 2002 and 2001 Customs Tariffs. These are available at the following address: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/customs/general/publications/customs_tariff-… http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/customs…

26 September 2001 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) — New Additions to CITES Appendix III Colombia' s populations of the Central (South American) cedar (Cedrela odorata) and the Bigleaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), and Australia's Great…

26 September 2001 Customs Notice N-400 Customs Notice N-400 is available on the CCRA web site: N-400 Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Plae Subject to the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA) This Notice advises that the CCRA initiated three re-investigations of normal values and export prices of…

26 September 2001 Postponement of NAFTA Land Transportation Conference, San Antonio Further to our message of 18 September 2001 reporting that this conference has been postponed, the US Department of Transport (DOT) has announced that a new date will be available in the near future. More information…

The following messages were sent on 26 September: 1. Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (electronic commerce) ACROSS Queue Stall Outage Cancelled, 29-30 September 2001 2. Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (notices) Postponement of NAFTA Land Transportation Conference Customs Notice N-399…

21 September 2001 Bill S-23, Second Reading The CSCB has received the following message from Earle Warren, Director General, Major Project Design and Development, Customs Branch of the CCRA. Members will recall that the CSCB was tracking the Bill's progress through the Senate prior to Parliament's…

21 September 2001 Bill S-23 Not Referred to Finance Committee Further to our note earlier this afternoon concerning the progress of Bill S-23, the CSCB has just been informed by Mr. Warren that Bill S-23 was not in fact referred to the Finance Committee for hearings. It is still anticipated that the…

20 September 2001 Export Certificates from China The following message is from Barbara Lukaszewicz, Director, Administration and Technology Services Division of the EICB. The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade is now able to process the seven digit export licence number issued…

20 September 2001 Legislation Tabled to Implement Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement On 20 September the Honourable Pierre Pettigrew, PC, MP tabled legislation to implement the Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement. The agreement includes better access for Canadian fish, paper products, auto…

19 September 2001 Appeal No. AP-2000-028 This is an appeal under section 67 of the Customs Act from a decision of the Commissioner of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency. The issue in this appeal is whether the tape dispensers imported by the appellant, which are packaged alone or with one or two…