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26 March 2001 Customs Notice N-377 The following Customs Notice is available on the CCRA web site: N-377 Bicycles and Bicycle Frames from Taiwan and the People's Republic of China This Notice advises that a re-investigation pursuant to the SIMA has been initiated on 26 February 2001. The re…

26 March 2001 D Memoranda D15-2-8, D13-2-4 and D13-4-10 The following D memoranda are available on the CCRA web site: D15-2-8 Refined Sugar D13-2-4 Valuation of Goods Imported into Canada that are not in Accordance with Contract D13-4-10 Discounts (Customs Act, Section 48) D15-2-8 refers to the…

26 March 2001 D Memorandum D13-8-1 The following D memorandum is available on the CCRA web site: D13-8-1 "Computed Value" Method (Customs Act, Section 52) This memorandum outlines the manner in which a value for duty is determined under the computed value method (section 52 of the Customs Act). This…

26 March 2001 JYC Auto Inc. v MNR, [2000] CTR 3677 At issue was whether the Minister of National Revenue was justified in seizing the vehicle the plaintiff was trying to import into Canada and in requesting a certain amount to return it. Specifically at issue was whether the Minister had reasonable…

26 March 2001 Classification and Tariff Codes The following information is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. On 4 April 2001 the ECU will update the Classification and Tariff Code files to incorporate changes made to the hard copy Customs Tariff. These changes are outlined in Tariff…

23 March 2001 Third phase of the Quota Elimination under WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) 1. Phase Three of the elimination of quotas under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) will be implemented on January 1, 2002. At that time, certain products…

23 March 2001 Message to Customs Brokers The following message from the EICB to customs brokers concerns the requirements to match names on import permits and CCRA B3 documents. Customs Brokers are reminded of the following procedure on the use of an import permit. Importers should take note that…

23 March 2001 Inquiry No.: NQ-2000-005 CERTAIN GRAIN CORN ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND IMPORTED INTO CANADA FOR USE OR CONSUMPTION WEST OF THE MANITOBA-ONTARIO BORDER Special Import Measures Act -- Whether the dumping and subsidizing of the above-mentioned goods…

22 March 2001 Filtering Fabric (Textile Tariff Request No. TR-2000-003) On 21 March 2001 the CITT issued its report with a recommendation to the Minister of Finance respecting a request for tariff relief filed on 25 September 2000 by Tantalum Mining Corporation of Canada Limited re filtering fabric…

22 March 2001 Customs Proposal P-007 The following proposal is available on the CCRA web site, at http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/cp-007eq/cp-007-e.html. Summary reporting for business documents and letters is being proposed to standardize the reporting requirements for all parties transporting…

22 March 2001 Customs Bill Tabled in the Senate The CCRA has announced that the Customs Bill was tabled on the afternoon of 22 March in the Senate. Further information on the Bill will be forwarded to members as soon as it is available.

21 March 2001 Customs Notice N-376 The following Customs Notice is available on the CCRA web site: N-376 Highway Sufferance Warehouse Closure, Toronto, Ontario This Notice advises all frontier offices and highway carriers that, effective 30 March 2001, at the end of the business day, the…

21 March 2001 Steel - ITEM 80 and ITEM 81Monitoring Programme for Imports of ITEM 80 - Carbon Steel, and ITEM 81 - Specialty Steel 1.0 Coverage 1.1 Items 80 (Carbon Steel) and 81 (Specialty Steel) of the Import Control List. Carbon steel products include semi-finished products (ingots, blooms…

21 March 2001 Notice to Exporters No. 131 -- Softwood Lumber: Under-Utilization (Allocation Return Option - Amended) Date: March 7, 2001 1.0 Purpose 1.1 The purpose of this Notice is to: a) amend the policy on under-utilization of export level allocations; and b) advise quota holders that, if they…

21 March 2001 Preliminary Injury Inquiry No.: PI-2000-006 The Dumping of Certain Flot Hot-rolled Carbon and Alloy Steel Sheet and Strip originating in or Exported from Brazil, Bulgaria, The People's Republic of China, Chinese Taipei, India, The Republic of Korea, The Former Yugoslav Republic of…

21 March 2001 PC 2001-376 PC 2001-376 is the Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Customs Act (Miscellaneous Program). These Regulations make technical changes to the NAFTA Rules of Origin Regulations, the Free Trade Agreement Advance Rulings Regulations, and the CCFTA Rules of…

20 March 2001 D Memoranda D13-2-5 and D13-2-1 The following D memoranda are available on the CCRA web site: D13-2-5 Customs Valuation: Effects of the Goods and Services Tax D13-2-1 Responsibility of Importers and/or Authorized Agents with Respect to Valuation Memorandum D13-2-5 provides information…