Trade News

6 July 2001 Solid Wood Packing Material The CSCB continues to participate in information exchanges on solid wood packing material, headed by the CFIA. The following message is based on a conference call held on 5 July for stakeholders in this matter. Wood Packing Certification Program The CFIA's…

6 July 2001 SIMA Index for July 2001 Now Available The SIMA index for July is available on the CCRA web site, at the following address: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/customs/business/sima/monthly-e.html http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/customs/business/sima/monthly-e.html

6 July 2001 World Trade Organization's Symposium on Issues Confronting the World Trading System The WTO's symposium on Issues Confronting the World Trading System is being held in Geneva on 6 and 7 July 2001, in response to widespread pressure after its Seattle meetings in 1999. Government…

5 July 2001 CSCB-CCRA GTA Commitee Meeting 26 June 2001 The following minutes are also available to members only on the Toronto Region page of the CSCB web site, at http://www.cscb.ca. In Attendance: CCRA Nick Filazzola Assia Hussain Wilson Doan CSCB Laurie Caron Rod Kyle PREVIOUS BUSINESS "Super…

5 July 2001 Planned Maintenance Outage, 8 July 2001 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients. This is a notice of a planned outage for maintenance activities this Sunday, July 8, 2001. Therefore, the EDI…

4 July 2001 The following minutes are also available to CSCB members in the members-only area of the CSCB web site, at http://www.cscb.ca. Minutes of the CSCB BC Region Annual General Meeting June 10, 2001 MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 11:30 A.M. IN MEMORIUM R.S. Courtney - Founder and President of…

4 July 2001 Inquiry No. NQ-2000-008 IN THE MATTER OF an inquiry, under section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: THE DUMPING OF CERTAIN CORROSION-RESISTANT STEEL SHEET ORIGINATING IN OR IMPORTED FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, INDIA, MALAYSIA, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SOUTH…

4 July 2001 Customs Notice N-389 The following Customs Notice has been issued by the CCRA: N-389 International Bridge Authorities Remission Order This Notice was issued to address concerns raised regarding the relief provisions provided by Order in Council PC 1967-23/261, dated February 16, 1967…

3 July 2001 Update to Sublocation List The following changes are updates to the sublocation code list. The file can be found at the following address: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/subs1.htm For the complete sublocation code document, please contact Jill Burgess at 613-941-0335, or via e-mail at jill…

3 July 2001 Minister Pettigrew Welcomes WTO Panel Ruling on Export Restraints International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew welcomed a World Trade Organization (WTO) Panel ruling that export restraints do not constitute a countervailable subsidy. As a result of this ruling, the United States has no…

3 July 2001 Release of Draft FTAA Negotiating Text The draft negotiating text for the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) has been released. It is available on the FTAA web site at the following address: http://www.alca-ftaa.org The text is also available on the DFAIT web site, at the following…

3 July 2001 D Memorandum D2-3-5 The following D memorandum has been revised and is available on the CCRA web site: D2-3-5 Shore Leave for Canadian Crew Members on Canadian Flag Ships This Memorandum outlines and explains Customs clearance procedures to allow shore leave to Canadian crew members…

28 June 2001 The Economy in Brief - June 2001 The following is excerpted from a report from the Department of Finance; the document in its entirety is available on the Department of Finance's web site, at http://www.fin.gc.ca/ECONBR/ecbr01-06e.html. Overview In the first quarter of 2001 real gross…

28 June 2001 Customs Notice N-388, Temporary Importation of Horses by Canadian Residents The following Customs Notice is available on the CCRA web site: N-388 Temporary Importation of Horses by Canadian Residents This Notice is issued to address concerns that have been raised regarding the relief of…

27 June 2001 TR-2000-007 and TR-2000-008 Notice is given that the CITT is satisfied that the requests received from Scapa Tapes North America Ltd. (the requester) of Renfrew, Ontario are properly documented. The requests are for the removal, for an indeterminate period of time, of the customs duty…

27 June 2001 Appeals AP-98-041 and AP-98-060 At issue in these appeals is whether the goods described as keyed door handle sets (which feature either knobs or levers) are properly classified in subheading No. 8301.40 as other locks, as submitted by the respondent, or should be classified in…

27 June 2001 CORRECTION - Sufferance Warehouse Operators and the Release Notification System The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit (ECU) at the CCRA. Further to the message sent to members on Tuesday, June 26, 2001 on the above-noted topic, the policy area of the CCRA has…

26 June 2001 Sufferance Warehouse Operators and the Release Notification System The following message is from Mark Laramore, Release and Warehouse Programs. 1. This notice advises all licensed sufferance warehouse operators involved in the storage and release of imported commercial goods of an…