Trade News

The following is excerpted from a 25 January 2012 news release by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today announced new sanctions against Syria’s Assad regime in concert with like-minded countries: “We want to make sure we are doing everything we can to isolate this reprehensible regime." This release is available in its entirety at:

The following is excerpted from a 26 January 2012 message from the World Customs Organization (WCO). WCO Secretary General, Kunio Mikuriya, launches the Year of Connectivity with the slogan “Borders divide, Customs connects” on the occasion of International Customs Day as the WCO prepares to celebrate its 60th anniversary this year. This message is available on the WCO website at:

The following is excerpted from a 23 January 2012 news release by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, and Ron Kirk, United States Trade Representative, today signed a two-year extension to the Canada-United States Softwood Lumber Agreement, which will benefit lumber workers and their families by bringing much-needed stability and predictability to the lumber industry. This release is available in its entirety at:

The following is excerpted from the 26 January 2012 edition of The Globe and Mail. Canada needs to take steps to preserve its hard-won economic stability, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says. He will be elaborating on those steps later today in a key address to the 2,600 delegates attending the World Economic Forum, where he will also stress the need for Europe to quickly make sure its debt crisis doesn't contaminate the global economy. This article is available in its entirety at:

The following is excerpted from the 25 January 2012 edition of CBC News. Canada and the U.S. have finalized one agreement and renewed another to better co-ordinate civilian and military forces against threats. Defence Minister Peter MacKay, speaking Tuesday night to a group of defence officials, diplomats and civil servants, said the two countries were expected Wednesday to renew the Civil Assistance Plan and sign off on the Combined Defence Plan. This article is available in its entirety at:

The following is excerpted from the 25 January 2012 edition of Reuters Canada. Ontario's spring budget will see targeted changes to the public sector, rather than cuts across all areas, the finance minister of Canada's most populous province said on Wednesday. "I categorically reject that we will do across the board cuts," Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan said in an interview. This article is available in its entirety at:

CBSA have confirmed that they will waive late accounting penalties for paying February’s K84 after its due date of February 29th. A message from CBSA will follow. __________________________________________________

Order issued Tuesday, January 24, 2012 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal filed by Aluminart Products Limited on July 29, 2011, pursuant to subsection 61(1) of the Special Import Measures Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. S-15; AND IN THE MATTER OF a motion filed by Universal Consumer Products Inc. on January 13, 2012, for leave to intervene in the appeal pursuant to subsection 61(2) of the Special Import Measures Act and rule 39 of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Rules, S.O.R./91-499. BETWEEN ALUMINART PRODUCTS LIMITED Appellant AND

HS classification and its compliance implications have been recognized by the CSCB and CBSA as a priority for education and training. As a result of our shared recognition of its importance and our ongoing collaboration on this subject area, we are pleased to announce that Vancouver will be the site of a second CBSA/CSCB joint seminar on HS Classification.

Dumping case number: AD/1392 Dumping file number: 4214-32 Subsidy case number: CV/129 Subsidy file number: 4218-31

The CBSA has updated the list of goods currently subject to measures under the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA). That list, including HS classification and relevant country of origin and/or export, is available here: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima-lmsi/mif-mev-eng.html __________________________________________________

Softwood Lumber interim quota allocations for FEBRUARY 2012 are now available in EICS. Please be advised that the volume available currently represents 80% of the actual FEBRUARY allocation. __________________________________________________

The following is from the 25 January 2012 edition of American Shipper. The Obama administration on Wednesday unveiled its global supply chain security strategy on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The document is a whole-of-government approach towards balancing security and international trade that acknowledges to properly manage cross-border commerce extends beyond the Department of Homeland Security.

The following is from the 25 January 2012 edition of the Journal of Commerce. Suffered a $32 billion largely because of disaster-caused supply chain disruptions Japan suffered a trade deficit of $32 billion with the rest of the world in 2011— the first annual deficit in 31 years —primarily because of the effects of the devastating earthquake and tsunami, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.

This guide has been updated and is available on CBSA's website at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/pub/bsf5146-eng.html __________________________________________________

The Canada Revenue Agency has released the following publication: NEWS83, Excise and GST/HST News – No. 83 (Winter 2012). It is available on the CRA website at: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/gr/news83/README.html __________________________________________________

Appeal No. Appeal Name Act AP-2009-014 Transport Desgagnés Inc. Customs Act AP-2010-033 AP-2010-042 Contech Holdings Canada Inc. Customs Act AP-2010-036 Accessoires Sportracks Inc. de Thule Canada Inc. Customs Act AP-2010-046 VGI Village Green Imports Customs Act AP-2010-065 Beckman Coulter Canada Inc. Customs Act AP-2010-066 CE Franklin Ltd. Customs Act

The following is excerpted from the 25 January 2012 edition of Embassy Magazine. Relatively few issues remain within the Canada-European free trade talks, and officials expect the deal to be completed by the summer, European representatives say. "The negotiations are still going on, but they are really getting down to details that need to be solved, and simply going on with a very good dynamic," said Tomás Dupla del Moral, director for the Americas for the European External Action Service, during a visit to Ottawa last week.