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The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce Clients. Please be advised that EDI will not be available Sunday, August 20, 2000 from 4:00AM to 8:00AM ET. This outage is necessary for maintenance . This will impact all EDI applications including ER; RNS; CUSDEC; Marine and Rail Cargo. No EDI…

The following D Memorandum is now available: D6-2-6: Refund of Duties and Taxes on Non-Commercial Importations

The CSCB recently asked for an update to a 1998 press release concerning the examination of marine containers. The statistics in the following response, provided by Mark Connolly, Director General of the Contraband and Intelligence Services Directorate, should prove interesting to all members. This…

The following is from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency: This is further to our memorandum of March 9, 2000. This is to inform you of changes made to the list of designated facilities for the inspection of meat products from the United States for the following establishment: Est. S554 Borden Cold…

14 August 2000 At the request of several members, the CSCB has asked for clarification concerning records that customs brokers must keep while acting as a sub-agent. Following is the response received from the CCRA. Members who wish to comment may forward their comments to the CSCB. " I refer to…

The following are the updates to the sublocation list. If you want the complete documetn, please contact Jill Burgess at 613-941-0335 or via e-mail: mailto:[email protected] To view the list please click on the following URL: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/sublocation.htm mailto:jill.burgess…

11 August 2000 Notice of Commencement of Preliminary Injury Inquiry re Grain Corn Notice was received by the CITT on 9 August 2000 stating that the CCRA Commissioner had initiated an investigation into a complaint respecting the alleged injurious dumping and subsidizing in Canada of grain corn in…

11 August 2000 Customs Notices N-342 and N-343 The following Customs Notices are available on the CCRA web site: N-342 Kitchener Customs Office and Sufferance Warehouse (http://207.6.23.164/news/doce.cfm?id=4139) N-343 Tariff Item No. 9993.00.00 Consumable Goods (http://207.6.23.164/news/doce.cfm?id…

11 August 2000 DOT calls for talks on HOS The following article is excerpted from "The Journal of Commerce" edition of 10 August 2000. Bowing to mounting industry pressure, U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater Wednesday called for discussions on the controversial proposed hours-of-service…

10 August 2000 Disruption in ECU Telephone Services The following information is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. The CCRA apologizes for this morning's interruption in telephone service in the ECU. They are converting the 613-946-4334 number to a toll-free service. It was their goal…

10 August 2000 Provisional Duties Imposed on Waterproof Footwear On 10 August the CCRA announced that provisional duties will be imposed on waterproof footwear and bottoms of plastic or rubber, including moulded clogs, originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China (PRC), excluding…

Outage Scheduled for 13 August 2000 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. EDI will not be available on Sunday, 13 August 2000 between 3:00 and 11:00 am ET, due to monthly maintenance requirements. This will impact all EDI applications, including ER, RNS, CUSDEC…

9 August 2000 Shippers, carriers told: Use e-commerce The following article is excerpted from the 8 August 2000 issue of "The Journal of Commerce". Shippers and carriers can reduce transportation costs and expand the market for their products and services by incorporating the efficient business…

CSCB members have been leaders both domestically and internationally in anticipating changes in the global trade arena. Keep that competitive edge by attending this year's annual conference, scheduled for November 16 - 18 in Montreal. Click on the following address for conference information. http:/…

9 August 2000 Disruption to IPPS The following message is from Mr. Luc Scott of DFAIT. DFAIT is experiencing problems with their telecommunications lines. Access to the IPPS system is therefore subject to disruption. Members who are on-line brokers will be advised by DFAIT as soon as the problem is…

9 August 2000 IPPS System Returns to Operational Status The following message is from Mr. Luc Scott of DFAIT. The IPPS system is now operational.

9 August 2000 SIMA Investigation re Grain Corn On 9 August 2000 the CCRA initiated an investigation under the SIMA into the alleged injurious dumping and subsidizing into Canada of grain corn in all forms, excluding seed corn, sweet corn, popping corn and certain white dent corn, originating in or…

9 August 2000 Ontario Region Meeting with CCRA Scheduled in Windsor A meeting between the CSCB Ontario Region in Windsor and the CCRA is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 23 August 2000. Members wishing to submit items for discussion are asked to contact Mr. John Moccia at [email protected] as…