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Lamy cautions against weakening the WTO

March 23, 2011
Director-General Pascal Lamy, in a speech to the Annual Session of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO at the WTO headquarters on 22 March 2011, said: “In the current turbulent times, the WTO must act as a catalyst of trust and global unity through the conclusion of the Doha Round. It must make a contribution to a more stable world. A WTO in crisis is not what is expected of responsible members of the international community.

Update to CFIA AIRS Website

March 23, 2011
Chapter 63 was published to change the end use from "Other end uses" to "All end uses" for the following HS Codes. 63.05.10.0001 - Jute - new 63.05.10.0002 - Jute - used

Seaway traffic to rise 7% in 2011

March 23, 2011
The following is from the 22 March 2011 edition of "cbc.ca". The volume of shipments through the St. Lawrence Seaway will increase by about seven per cent this year compared with 2010, the system's Canadian operator predicted Tuesday.

Canadian Automated Export Declaration (CAED)

March 22, 2011
Statistics Canada and Canada Border Services Agency (CAED) launched the national implementation of the Canadian Automated Export Declaration (CAED) program, which gives registered exporters and agents the opportunity to report goods electronically to the Federal Government of Canada.
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Meat Shipments at the Border - Update

March 22, 2011
Further to our message to members dated March 2, 2011, the CSCB participated in a conference call with CFIA and other trade representatives to hear CFIA’s solution to the issues related to the inspection of meat.

ACI/eManifest Program Direction

March 22, 2011
CBSA has provided a communiqué that will inform you of the Canada Border Services Agency’s decision regarding dolly equipment.

Budget 2011

March 22, 2011
The CSCB attended the Stakeholder's Lock-up, prior to the presentation of Budget 2011 by the Minister of Finance.

Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and its Salts...

March 22, 2011
Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and its Salts and Certain Other Compounds Regulations Members may be interested in the following message sent to the CSCB from Environment Canada; your clients may be affected.

Softwood Quota Allocations, April 2011

March 22, 2011
Softwood Lumber interim quota allocations for APRIL 2011 are now available in EICS. Please be advised that the volume available currently represents 80% of the actual April allocation. __________________________________________________________________

ICC launches online Incoterms 2010 training

March 22, 2011
ICC has further expanded its online training offerings with the launch of Incoterms® 2010 Online Training, making its services even more accessible and convenient to users of the rules worldwide.
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In Memoriam - Morris Levine

March 21, 2011
The CSCB is saddened to report the passing of Morris Levine, of Bensol Customs Brokers. Morris began as a bookkeeper at the age of 19 and worked his entire 55 year customs brokerage career at the same company. During the 1970s Morris was very active on the Montreal division Board of Directors and handled the education portfolio. He was a DCCHBA member and founding corporate member of the CACB, CICB, CSCB, and was also a CCS designate prior to retirement.

Canadian dollar rebounds as oil, overseas worries support

March 21, 2011
This article is from the 21 March 2011 edition of “Reuters Canada”. The Canadian dollar rebounded on Monday from last week's sell-off against its U.S. counterpart as firm commodity prices and developments in strife-torn Libya and quake-stricken Japan bolstered the currency.