Trade News

14 March 2001 Canada Tightens Import Controls as Foot and Mouth Disease Spreads The following is a news release from the CFIA. On 13 March 2001 the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) responded to the confirmation of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on continental Europe and in Argentina by…

13 March 2001 Customs Notices N-374 and N-375 The following Customs Notices are available on the CCRA web site: N-374 Certain Concrete Reinforcing Bar N-375 Priority Registration Service at the Winnipeg Tax Centre N-374 advises that, on 5 February 2001, the CCRA concluded its review of the normal…

12 March 2001 D Memorandum D13-1-2 The following D memorandum is available on the CCRA web site: D13-1-2 Direct Shipment of Goods Regulations This memorandum contains the regulations for determining the place of direct shipment of goods exported to Canada when the goods pass in transit through…

12 March 2001 Meetings in BC Region The following are minutes from meetings that took place recently in the BC Region. These minutes are also available to members only in the regional area of the CSCB reference system, at http://www.cscb.ca. CSCB Airport Committee Meeting, Vancouver March 1, 2001…

12 March 2001 Textile Tariff Request No.: TR-2000-004 RECOMMENDATION In light of the foregoing, the Tribunal hereby recommends to the Minister that tariff relief be granted, for an indeterminate period of time, on importations from all countries of woven fabrics of rayon staple fibres other than…

12 March 2001 Sub-Location Code Update Division Port Sub Port WAREHOUSE NAME 1 Atlantic 0204 2098 Air Canada 1 Atlantic 0204 2099 Household Movers & Shippers Ltd. 1 Atlantic 0204 2101 McMinnimans Transfer Limited 1 Atlantic 0204 2103 New Brunswick Liquor Corp. 1 Atlantic 0204 3977 R.S. Coughlan Ltd…

12 March 2001 Anti-dumping Initiation of Investigation re Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Sheet Products On 12 March the CCRA initiated an investigation under the SIMA into the alleged injurious dumping into Canada of certain cold-rolled steel sheet products originating in or exported from Brazil, Chinese…

12 March 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease in the United Kingdom Further to the notice sent to members on 7 March regarding meat and animal products from the UK, the CFIA has provided information about foot and mouth disease, and the import conditions prevailing as a result of the outbreak in the UK. This…

9 March 2001 T2001-2 Tariff Amendment and 2001 Customs Tariff The T2001-2 Tariff amendment is available from the CCRA web site at the following address: http://207.61.56.166/news/doce.cfm?id=4322 and the 2001 Customs Tariff can be downloaded from http://207.61.56.166/news/doce.cfm?id=4323 These…

9 March 2001 EICS Participants Requirements Document, Version 1, Draft 5 The latest draft of the EICS Participants Requirements Document (PRD) is available from the DFAIT web site, at the following address: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/%7Eeicb/whatsnew-e.htm http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/%7Eeicb…

9 March 2001 Table of Interest Rates and Monthly Interest Rate Factors for Second Quarter, 2001 The table of interest rates and monthly interest rate factors for the second quarter of 2001 is available on the CSCB web site, at the following address: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/rates.htm http://www…

9 March 2001 Expiry Review Decision re Certain Carbon Steel Welded Pipe The CCRA determined on 9 March 2001, pursuant to paragraph 76.03(7)(a) of the SIMA, that the expiry of the order made by the CITT inrespect of certain carbon steel welded pipe originating in or exported from Argentina, Brazil…

9 March 2001 Rejection of Report or Producer Re-Determination Request The "Rejection of Report or Producer Re-Determination Request" form is available from the CCRA web site at the following address: http://207.61.56.166/news/doce.cfm?id=4321 http://207.61.56.166/news/doce.cfm?id=4321

9 March 2001 D Memoranda D13-7-3, D13-9-1 and D17-1-13 The following D memoranda are available on the CCRA web site: D13-7-3 Deductions from the Price Per Unit (Customs Act, Section 51) D13-9-1 "Residual Basis of Appraisal" Method (Customs Act, Section 53) D17-1-13 Interim Accounting (Provisional…

8 March 2001 D Memorandum D13-4-8 The following D memorandum has been posted on the CCRA web site: D13-4-8 Assists This Memorandum outlines and explains the manner in which the goods and services referred to in subparagraph 48(5)(a)(iii) of the Customs Act are to be treated in determining the…

8 March 2001 Inquiry No.: NQ-2000-005 In the matter of an inquiry, under section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: 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…

8 March 2001 Inquiry NQ-2000-008 Notice was received by the Secretary of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) on March 5, 2001, from the Acting Director General of the Anti-dumping and Countervailing Directorate at the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, stating that a preliminary…

8 March 2001 Scheduled EDI Maintenance Outage, 11 March 2001 The following is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. Members are minded of a planned outage for maintenance activities on Sunday, March 11, 2001. Therefore the EDI system will be unavailable from 03:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (ET)…

8 March 2001 Ten Digit Dialling is Coming to 905 and 604 Area Codes In order to prepare for ten digit dialling in area codes 905 and 604, permissive dialling in the 905 region begins on 7 April 2001. This means when dialling a local seven digit number within the 905 area, you will hear a message…