LAW 724 Lecture Notes - Excise, Softwood, Peanut Butter

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 724
• Professor: Alyssa Brierley

Document Summary

Canada"s import and export are influenced by: protection of health and safety, maintenance of the economic well being, compliance with rules under wto, nafta, etc, compliance with provisions of treaties-environmental protection. Wto provisions for dumping and subsidies-own legislation called the special import. Canada: open market for import and export, control import and export of endangered species, protected cultural artifacts, uranium and nuclear related material, military goods, some regulations also generated by nafta. The customs act: canada"s primary legislation relating to imports and exports, authorises the canadian government to control the import and export of goods and to levy duties. In conjunction with two other acts- the customs tariff and the special import. Import and export reporting, calculation of duty, abatements and refunds ad enforcement of legislation. Pip and c-tpat-industry government partnership programs to improve the security of goods and services supply chain. Fast- paperless cargo-release system using electronic data transmission, barcode technology and transponder technology.