Trade News

4 January 2001 NAFTA Parties Agree to Accelerate Elimination of Tariffs The Minister for International Trade, the Honourable Pierre Pettigrew, PC, MP announced on 3 January that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Parties have agreed to accelerate the elimination of tariffs on a number…

4 January 2001 January 2001 SIMA Index The January 2001 SIMA index is now 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

4 January 2001 New Regulations for Gun Users Visiting Canada The Canada Customs and Revenue Agency today reminded travellers to Canada that starting January 1, 2001, hunters and other visitors bringing firearms into Canada will have to follow new regulations under Canada's Firearms Act. As of…

4 January 2001 Heritage Duty Free Shop v MNR, CTR 3641 Request for (i) a mandatory injunction directing the Minister of National Revenue to extend the applicant's licence to operate a duty free shop beyond its December 31, 2000 expiry date, until its judicial review application has been heard; and…

4 January 2001 LVS Releases in December 2000 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. The ECU is requesting that all LVS releases for the period 1 to 31 December 2000 be consolidated on one entry, and this entry must be transmitted to the CCRA by 24 January 2001. The…

4 January 2001 Minutes of the BC Region General Meeting and Regional Representative's Report, October 2000 The minutes of the BC regional meeting held on 19 October 2000 are now available to members only on the BC Region page of the CSCB web site (http://www.cscb.ca). In addition, the BC Regional…

4 January 2001 Inquiry No.: NQ-2000-006 Notice was received by the Secretary of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) on January 3, 2001, from the Acting Director General of the Anti-dumping and Countervailing Directorate at the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, stating that a…

The following messages were sent on 4 January: 1. Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (electronic commerce) LVS Releases in December 2000 2. Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (general) New Regulations for Gun Users Visiting Canada 3. Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (SIMA) January 2001 SIMA Index 4…

4 January 2001 SOR/2001-20 SOR/2001-20 is the Regulations Amending the List of Tariff Provisions set out in the Schedle to the Customs Tariff (Firearms and Other Prohibited Goods). Amendments 1. (1) Subparagraph (e)(i) in the Description of Goods of tariff item No. 9898.00.00 in the List of Tariff…

3 January 2000 Canada Requests NAFTA Consultations on US Restrictions on PEI Potatoes It was announced on 2 January that Canada has requested NAFTA consultations with the United States regarding American restrictions on imports of potatoes from Prince Edward Island. On 31 October, the US Department…

3 January 2001 Facilities Designated for Inspection of Meat Products from the USA The following facility has been removed from the list of designated facilities for the inspection of meat products from the US: Est. 609 Gilbert International Inc. Arborg, Manitoba

3 January 2000 Minutes of Meeting between CSCB and CCRA in Greater Toronto Area CSCB – CCRA GTA Committee Meeting December 6, 2000 The following minutes are also available on the CSCB web site, on the Toronto Region page in the members-only section, at http://www.cscb.ca. Present: Laurie Caron (CSCB…

3 January 2001 Preliminary Injury Inquiry No.: PI-2000-002 IN THE MATTER OF a preliminary injury inquiry, under subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: GARLIC, FRESH OR FROZEN, ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND VIETNAM, EXCLUDING FRESH GARLIC…

3 January 2000 Preliminary Injury Inquiry No.: PI-2000-003 IN THE MATTER OF a preliminary injury inquiry, under subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: CERTAIN CONCRETE REINFORCING BAR ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA…

3 January 2001 Outage in Test Environment on 5 January 2001 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. All EDI clients currently testing are notified that there will be a scheduled outage in the test environment on Friday, 5 January 2001 all day. Members are asked not to…

3 January 2001 Notice of Expiry No. LE-2000-003 IN THE MATTER OF an order made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on September 12, 1996, in Review No. RR-96-001, respecting: CERTAIN STAINLESS STEEL WELDED PIPE ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM CHINESE TAIPEI NOTICE On November 10, 2000, the…

3 January 2000 Inquiry No.: NQ-2000-004 WATERPROOF FOOTWEAR AND BOTTOMS OF PLASTIC OR RUBBER ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Special Import Measures Act - Whether the dumping of the above-mentioned goods has caused material injury or retardation or is threatening to…

3 January 2001 Request No.: TR-2000-004 Notice is given that the CITT is satisfied that the request received from Ballin Inc. (the requester) of Ville Saint-Laurent, QC is properly documented. The request is for the removal, for an indeterminate period of time, of the customs duty on importations…

The following messages were sent on 3 January: 1. Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (anti-dumping) Outage in Test Environment on 5 January 2001 2. Canadian Food Inspection Agency Facilities Designated for Inspection of Meat ... 3. Canadian International Trade Tribunal Request No.: TR-2000-004…

2 January 2001 SIMA Preliminary Determination re Garlic from the PRC and Vietnam The Commissioner of the CCRA made a preliminary determination on 2 January under the SIMA respecting garlic, fresh or frozen, originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China and Vietnam, excluding fresh…