Trade News

26 June 2001 July 1st Holiday Procedures The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. The electronic commerce unit will be closed for the statutory holiday on Monday, July 2nd. B3 entries processed and accepted on both Monday, July 2nd and Tuesday, July 3rd will appear on…

26 June 2001 CFIA National Import Policy The CFIA is in the process of re-engineering its import inspection activities. As part of this process, a consultative meeting was held in Ottawa on 22 June 2001, bringing together Agency personnel, stakeholders from a wide variety of associations, and…

26 June 2001 Correction to Previous Message re July 1st Holiday Procedures The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. The ECU notes that in their message concerning arrangements for July 1st holiday procedures, the exchange rates provided on the evening (not the morning)…

25 June 2001 Minutes of CCRA/Customs Brokers Associations Meeting in Windsor, Ontario June 20, 2001 The following are minutes of the meeting between the CCRA and customs brokers associations held in Windsor on 20 June. These minutes are also available to members only on the Ontario Region area of…

25 June 2001 New EICS Implementation Postponed The following message is from Barbara Lukaszewicz, Director, Administration and Technology Division of the EICB. A decision has been made to postpone the go-live implementation date of the Export Import Control System from 3 July 2001 to 7 August 2001…

25 June 2001 CSCB Annual General Meeting and Conference The annual meeting and conference of the CSCB will be held at the Sheraton Ottawa from Sunday, 23 September through Wednesday, 26 September 2001. Please mark these dates on your calendar and watch for further details within the next few weeks!

25 June 2001 Sealing of ships' cargo holds and lockers from New Zealand and Australia The following message to importers is from Dr. Lou Skrinar, Chief, Import Programs in the Food of Animal Origin Division at the CFIA. Attached is a proposed procedure for dealing with shipments of meat that are not…

25 June 2001 British Columbia Region AGM and Conference Minutes The following minutes are also available on the British Columbia area of the CSCB members-only area of the web site, at http://www.cscb.ca. CSCB BC Region AGM and Conference Campbell River, BC How many people here also attended the…

25 June 2001 CSCB Regional Co-ordinator's Report, British Columbia Region The following minutes are also available to members only on the CSCB web site, in the British Columbia regional page, at http://www.cscb.ca. CSCB Regional Co-ordinator's Report BC & Yukon Region Painters Lodge, Campbell River…

22 June 2001 EICS Test Day Information The following information is a message sent on 21 June on behalf of Barbara Lukaszewicz of EICB. It is available on the DFAIT web site, at the following address: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/~eicb/EICS/TestDay-e.htm. 1. Please note that testing tomorrow will…

22 June 2001 D19-13-1 D Memorandum D19-13-1, Species Designated as Harmful to Canadian Ecosystem -- Exportation of Wild Animals and Plants subject to Provincial or Territorial Controls, has been totally revised to reflect changes due to the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of…

21 June 2001 Customs Notice N-387 Customs Notice N-387 affirms that all shipments covered by an air waybill that are transported into Canada via highway mode must be reported in full at the highway first point of arrival. This document is available on the CCRA web site, at the following address…

21 June 2001 Request for Fast Track Tariff Relief on Zylon Yarns The Department of Finance is seeking comment on a request for fast track tariff relief on certain Zylon yarns for use in the manufacture of armour or protective clothing. The filament yarns in question are solely of non-textured poly…

21 June 2001 Expiry No.: LE-2001-003 NOTICE OF EXPIRY OF FINDING CONCERNING MACHINE TUFTED CARPETING The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice, pursuant to subsection 76.03(2) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), that its order made on April 21, 1997, in…

21 June 2001 Minister Cauchon announces a major investment in anti-smuggling activities The Honourable Martin Cauchon, Minister of National Revenue and Secretary of State responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, today announced that the Canada Customs and…

20 June 2001 Request to Remove Customs Duty on "Baseball-Stitched" Leather The Department of Finance is reviewing a request to remove the Customs duty on imports o "baseball-stitched" leather, cut to size and shape, sewn for use in the manufacture of chairs and sofas. This leather is classified…

20 June 2001 TR-2000-006 Notice is given that the CITT is satisfied that the request received from Doubletex (the requester) of Montreal is properly documented. The request is for teh removal, for an indeterminate period of time, of the Customs duty on importations from all countries of woven…

20 June 2001 EICS Launch Date Many members will already have received the message concerning EICS updating from DFAIT. For those who have not, however, the Export and Import Control System has updated information on the DFAIT web site concerning the launch of the new EICS. This information is…

20 June 2001 The following minutes are also available to CSCB members only on the Prairie Region section of the CSCB web site, at the following address: http://www.cscb.ca. Adhoc CSCB/CCRA Committee Meeting North Central Alberta District Edmonton Commercial Operations June 6, 2001 In Attendance…