Trade News

13 March 2000 Prairie Region Minutes of Edmonton Standing Committee Minutes of the 25 January 2000 meeting between the Edmonton Standing Committee and the CCRA are now available to members on the Prairie Region web page, at http://www.cscb.ca. Meeting of Edmonton Standing Committee January 25, 2000…

13 March 2000 US Brokers ready for Customs to shift attention to them The following article is excerpted from "The Journal of Commerce" edition of 13 March 2000. Customs brokers have spent much of the last six years helping their importer clients adjust to the new responsibilities the Customs…

13 March 2000 Facilities Designated for Inspection of Meat Products from the U.S. The following facility has been added to the list of designated facilities for the inspection of meat products from the U.S.: Est. S526 Atlas Cold Storage 316 Aviva Park Drive Vaughan, ON L4L 9C7

13 March 2000 Corrections to Exchange Rate for Haiti The CCRA has announced corrections to the exchange rate for Haiti (HTG) for the following dates: February 15 .079518 February 22 .079496 February 29 .077355 March 7 .075001

10 March 2000 Customs Notices and D Memorandum The following Customs Notices have been issued, and the following D memorandum revised: N-310 General Import Permit (GIP) No. 1 - Dairy Products for Personal Use N-311 New Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and…

10 March 2000 Update to Changes due to ACROSS and RNS Release 00.1 The following messasge is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. The Electronic Commerce Unit advises members that the following is a replacement to section 2 of the message concerning changes due to ACROSS and RNS release 00…

10 March 2000 Notice to Importers No. 600 Items 11 to 116 - Beef and Veal: Supplementary Imports This Notice refers to items 114 to 116 of the Import Control List covering fresh, chilled and frozen beef and veal imported from countries other than the US, Mexico or Chile under headings 02.01 and 02…

10 March 2000 U.S. Customs, industry agree to reforms The following article is excerpted from "The Journal of Commerce" issue of 10 March 2000. It follows directly from the article "Customs plans new filing system" sent to members on 8 March. In a breakthrough that could lead to the first major…

10 March 2000 Update to the Sublocation List The following are changes to the sublocation list. For the complete sublocation document, members should contact Ms. Pauline Morris at 613-954-0027, or e-mail her at pauline.morris@ccra- adrc.gc.ca Division Port Sub-Office Warehouse #1- 2 Quebec 0307 2227…

10 March 2000 RNS/Arrivals Re-engineering Project The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. Further to the CCRA's message of Deceber 14, 1999 concerning the RNS/Arrivals Re-engineering Project, the EDU announces that, effective April 2, 2000 the RNS Automatic Release…

10 March 2000 Review No.: RR-99-006 — Notice of Review of Findings re Refined Sugar The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice that it will, pursuant to subsection 76(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, review its findings made on November 6, 1995, in Inquiry No…

9 March 2000 Customs Corruption The following article is excerpted from "The Journal of Commerce" issue of 9 March 2000. Say you're a shipper or forwarder and your container, which should have taken two hours to clear customs and get on the road, is sitting instead on an exposed quayside in a Third…

9 March 2000 Scheduled Outage on 12 March 2000 The following message is from the CCRA Electronic Commerce Unit. EDI will not be available on Sunday, 12 March 2000 from 3:00 am to 12:00 pm (noon) ET. This will impact on all EDI applications, including ER, RNS, CUSDEC, marine and rail cargo. No EDI…

8 March 2000 Reminder — Register Now for Our Presentation in Montréal on 16 March Members are encouraged to attend the CSCB presentation entitled "The New Customs Environment: Opportunities and Obligations", which will take place on Thursday, 16 March at the Montréal Hilton Hotel, 1 Place…

8 March 2000 D Memorandum D3-4-4 Updated The following D memorandum has been updated regarding the terminology and the name, address, telephone and fax numbers of the Section to contact at the CCRA. A paragraph concerning the sealing of high-risk commodities has also been added. D3-4-4 Highway Cargo…

8 March 2000 U.S. Customs plans new filing system The following article is excerpted from the 8 March issue of "The Journal of Commerce". U.S. Customs is proposing revolutionary changes in how importers file millions of entry documents each year and pay duties. These changes, in the basic entry…

7 March 2000 D Memorandum D3-2-4 Updated The following D memorandum has been updated: D3-2-4 Air Cargo - Export Movements

7 March 2000 Prototype to be funded, but ACE still in limbo The following article is excerpted from the 7 March issue of "The Journal of Commerce". Though the Treasury Department has found $3 million in its budget to keep an important Customs cargo clearance program alive, importers and customs…

7 March 2000 Your opportunity to book accommodation at the Renaissance Jamaica Grande at the early bird rate comes to an end on March 20, 2000. If you are planning to attend the 2000 World Conference of the International Federation of Customs Brokers Associations (IFCBA) and want to take advantage…