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Update to CFIA AIRS Website

April 1, 2011
a) Chapter 02 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS Codes for Japan. This created requirement version changes for other countries. 02.08.40.8012 - Marine mammals 02.08.50.8013 - Turtles and tortoise

Colombia, Canada Near FTA

April 1, 2011
The following is from the 1 April 2011 edition of the "American Shipper". The Colombian Constitutional Court late last week completed its review of the Colombia-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and affirmed its constitutionality.

Border Controls - Importation of Japanese Food and Animal Feed Products

April 1, 2011
The CFIA has implemented enhanced import controls on all food and animal feed products from areas in Japan affected by the ongoing nuclear crisis. These products will not be allowed entry into the Canadian food and feed systems without acceptable documentation or test results verifying their safety. In addition, the CFIA has launched a sampling and testing strategy to monitor radiation levels of products being imported from Japan.

Attestation for Importation of Japanese Food and Feed Products

April 1, 2011
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), in coordination with other government and international partners, is constantly assessing the situation as it evolves and taking appropriate actions as necessary to protect Canada's food system.
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Elimination of 77YY and ITN Carrier Codes - Update (2)

March 31, 2011
The CSCB has asked CBSA the following question: What will happen tomorrow [April 1, 2011] for importers who have a carrier code, transport their own goods, and use a customs broker? These are importers who have been given carrier codes by CBSA because they cross more than 5X year.

Canada must do more to stop foreign bribery: OECD

March 31, 2011
The following is excerpted from the 28 March 2011 edition of "The Canadian Business Journal". Canada needs to step up its efforts to stamp out foreign bribery by Canadian businesses, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said in a report, released today.

Obama signals new reliance on oil sands

March 31, 2011
The following is excerpted from the 31 March 2011 edition of "globeandmail.com". President Barack Obama wants to slash U.S. oil imports by a third in the next decade, a commitment that would shrink Canada’s only existing market for crude exports.

Canadian Outlook Executive Summary: Spring 2011

March 31, 2011
This quarterly economic forecast provides highlights of the Canadian Outlook report, which presents the short-term national outlook. Following is an Executive Summary by Pedro Antunes, The Conference Board of Canada Document Highlights:

CFIA EDI Scheduled Maintenance Outage, 31 March

March 30, 2011
The following is a CBSA message (EDI11-014) (on behalf of CFIA) As part of CFIA's ongoing efforts to improve the Automated Import Systems please be advised that CFIA will be performing maintenance/upgrade that will affect access to EDI.

ACI/eManifest Highway - ECCRD

March 30, 2011
Please be advised that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has removed version 1.3 of the ACI/eManifest Highway Electronic Requirements Document (ECCRD) from the CBSA Web site. Updates to this document will be posted in the coming weeks.
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Elimination of 77YY and ITN Carrier Codes - Update

March 30, 2011
Further to our message of March 28th, we have had a response from CBSA to some of our questions regarding the elimination of 77YY and ITN (itinerant) carrier codes. Follow are those questions and CBSA’s answers.

Canada Gazette Official Regulations

March 30, 2011
Members may be interested in the following, published on 30 March 2011 in Part II of the Canada Gazette. 1. Under the Import and Export Permits Act, Order Amending the Automatic Firearms Country Control List to add Albania and Croatia.
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Message for LVS Program Participants

March 30, 2011
The upcoming changes to carrier code requirements and issuance have prompted many emails and phone calls from members as they analyze the implications for their businesses. Several members who are also LVS program participants have contacted us with very specific concerns about their future business operations.