Trade News

1 September 2000 British Columbia Region Meeting with CCRA The CSCB British Columbia Region representatives will meet with Customs on 14 September 2000. Members are asked to forward agenda items for this meeting to Paul Courtney at [email protected] or Stan Liu at [email protected]…

1 September 2000 Textile Tariff Request No. TR-2000-001 The CITT is satisfied that the request received from Peerless Clothing Inc. (the requester) of Montreal, QC is properly documented. The request is for the removal, for an indeterminate period of time, of the customs duty on importations from…

31 August 2000 PB-2000-001 — Public Interest Investigation into Certain Iodinated Contrast Media Originating in or Exported from the USA (Including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) In the matter of an opinion of the CITT, under section 45 of the SIMA, resulting from Inquiry No. NQ-99-003, conducted…

30 August 2000 Customs Notice N-345 The following Customs Notice has been published: N-345 Certain Iodinated Contrast Media Used for Radiographic Imaging, Originating In or Exported from the United States of America (Including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) This Customs Notice advises that the…

29 August 2000 SIMA Index for September 2000 The SIMA index for September is now available on the CSCB web site, at the following address: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/sima.htm http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/sima.htm

29 August 2000 Memorandum D17-1-3 The following D memorandum has been revised: D17-1-3 Casual Importations This memorandum has been revised to reflect the amendments made to the Accounting for Imported Goods and Payment of Duties Regulations, dated 1 April 1998. Casual importations entering Canada…

29 August 2000 Sublocation List Update The following are updates to the sublocation list. Members who want the entire sublocation document should contact Ms. Jill Burgess at 613-941-0335, or via e-mail at [email protected]. DIVISION PORT SUB PORT 1-1 Atlantic 0009 2040 Maritime Ops Group…

29 August 2000 Commercial Operations Golf Tournament in Toronto Region Members will find information about the CCRA's first annual Commercial Operations golf tournament in Toronto Region on that Region's web page, at http://www.cscb.ca. http://www.cscb.ca

29 August 2000 British Columbia Region Annual General Meeting, 13 May 2000 Information and reports from the BC Region's annual general meeting in Kelowna in May 2000 are now available to members on the BC Region page on the CSCB web site, at http://www.cscb.ca. Thanks to Margo Roberts for providing…

28 August 2000 Processed Product Fee Order The CFIA collects a fee of $14 (plus tax) for import shipments with chargeable tariff codes, under the Processed Product Fee Order. A major restructuring of the CCRA and CFIA joint data system has resulted in a significant delay in the distribution of…

28 August 2000 World Trade Organization (WTO) Grants Canada Record Award over Brazilian Aircraft Subsidy The Canadian government welcomed the largest-ever retaliation award in the World Trade Organization's history, indicating that Brazil's illegal Proex aircraft subsidy program has done signficiant…

28 August 2000 Statutory Holiday, 4 September 2000 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. The Electronic Commerce Unit will be closed on the statutory holiday of Monday, September 4th. B3 entries processed and accepted on both Monday, September 4th and Tuesday…

25 August 2000 Canada Further Opens Market to Least-Developed Countries Canada will increase the number products that enter the country duty-free from the world's least- developed countries; these tariff measures will come into effect on 1 September 2000. Five hundred and seventy additional tariff…

25 August 2000 Outage in Test Environment on 28 August 2000 All EDI clients currently testing over CADEX lines are advised that there will be a scheduled outage in the test environment on Monday, 28 August from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. You are asked not to send test data over CADEX lines during this…

24 August 2000 Customs Notice N-344 The following Customs Notice has been published: N-344 Customs Office at London Airport This Notice gives details of the hours of service, location and contact information regarding the Customs office at the London, Ontario airport. The Notice is available on the…

24 August 2000 Request for Interim Review No.: RD-2000-001 In the matter of a request for an interim review of the order made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on April 21, 1997, in Review No. RR-96-004, continuing, with amendment, its finding made on April 21, 1992, in Inquiry No. NQ-91…

24 August 2000 SOR/3000-320 The Technical Amendments Order (Customs Tariff) 2000-2 is as follows: 1. Tariff item No. 8443.59.20 in the List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Customs Tariff is repealed. 2. The List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Act is amended…