Trade News

1. Memorandum D19-7-2 has been updated and replaces the previous Memorandum D19-7-2, dated February 10, 2010.

1. This In Brief page has been revised to denote changes made as a result of the Government of Canada’s Paperwork Burden Reduction Initiative. The revisions are aimed at eliminating obsolete and duplicated requirements. This revision replaces Memorandum D7-4-1 dated January 31, 1996. 2. In accordance with the above, the following changes were made: a. All information regarding customs bonded warehouse can be found by referencing D7-4-4, Customs Bonded Warehouses.

Members are advised that two policies on animal health have been amended: Import Policies - Animal Products and By Products http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/pol/pole.shtml#prod

Members may be interested in the following, published on 15 January 2011 in Part I of the Canada Gazette. 1. Canadian International Trade Tribunal. Issue: Whether the goods in issue are properly classified under tariff item No. 2106.90.99 as other food preparations not elsewhere specified or included, as determined by the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, or should be classified under tariff item No. 3004.50.00 as other medicaments containing vitamins or other products of heading No. 29.36 as claimed by Nutricia North America.

The following is excerpted from the 14 January 2011 edition of the "American Shipper". The St. Lawrence Seaway said ships passing through it moved 35.5 million tons in the 2010 navigation season that ended Dec. 29, 15 percent more than in 2009. Iron ore shipments rose 35 percent, grain was up 10 percent, and general cargo up 63 percent. General cargo consisted principally of iron and steel breakbulk shipments and project cargo such as wind turbine components.

The following is a 14 January 2011 news release by DFAIT. The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, today concluded a two-day visit to Orlando, Florida, where he met with the state’s newly elected governor, Rick Scott, and promoted Canadian expertise in the construction and energy sectors.

The following is a 14 January 2011 news release by DFAIT. The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement at the conclusion of his visit to Algeria, where he met with Algerian leaders including President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mourad Medelci, and to Qatar, where he co-chaired the meeting of the 7th Forum for the Future of the G8-Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative (BMENA):

Serial No. 175 Date: January 01, 2011 1.0 Background 1.1 On October 12, 2006, the Canada-United States Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) entered into force. Under the SLA, shipments of softwood lumber products from Canada to the United States are subject to certain Canadian border measures. In particular, under "Option A" of the SLA, an export charge is payable based on the export price of softwood lumber; and, under "Option B", an export charge is payable at rates lower than under Option A, combined with volume restraints (quotas).

The ACROSS EDI release requests received report for December 2010 is available on the CSCB website at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/EDI-Release-Oct-2010.xls The National Percent EDI was 93.6%.

The following meat hygiene directives are now available in HTML and PDF versions at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/meavia/man/direct/directe.shtml MHD 2011-05 Chapter 19 The PDF version of directives should be used for maintaining print copies of the meat hygiene manual of procedures.

The following is a 13 January 2011 Customer News item from www.cn.ca. In line with our goal of keeping you informed, here is where things stand with respect to our upcoming negotiations.

The following is from the 10 January 2011 edition of The Journal of Commerce ”joc.com”. It’s been almost 11 years since I left the public sector after 21 years at Customs headquarters in Washington as a trade compliance attorney to begin my second career in the private sector. While the international trade landscape has changed significantly over the last decade — most notably the ushering in of the post-September 11 trade security regime — the basics of Customs compliance have remained relatively constant.

The following is from the 13 January 2011 edition of "The Canadian Business Journal". Canada's trading gap fell from record highs in 2010 to a mere $81 million in November, according to Statistics Canada's latest numbers. Imports fell 3.2 per cent in November, led by a 15.1 per cent drop in energy import volumes. Exports saw a 0.8 per cent increase, posting a $34.3-billion total that just fell short of Canada's $34.4 billion in imports.

The following is a 13 January 2011 news release by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. Small and medium-sized businesses to benefit from reduced administrative burden Prime Minister Stephen Harper, accompanied by Rob Moore, Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism), today announced the creation of the Red Tape Reduction Commission, which will work to reduce the burden of federal regulatory requirements on Canadian enterprises, especially small- and medium-sized businesses.

The following is a 13 January 2011 news release by Reuters Canada. Unionized workers at both Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway have voted in favor of giving their union a strike mandate if labor talks fail, the Canadian Auto Workers union said on Thursday. The strike deadline at CN, the country's biggest railway, is January 25, and the deadline at CP, Canada's No. 2 carrier, is set for February 8, after contracts expired December 31.

The following is a 13 January 2011 news release by Transport Canada. The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, today hosted a pre-budget roundtable consultation. He met with industry stakeholders whose operations are centred on Port Metro Vancouver, in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland, to discuss ways to create jobs and economic growth, and plans for the next phase of Canada’s Economic Action Plan.

The following is a CBSA message (EDI11-002). Saturday, January 15th, 2011 Partial EDI Outage: For maintenance purposes, the following EDI applications will be unavailable from 04:30 to 05:30 (Eastern Time) AND from 07:00 to 08:00 (ET) : Electronic Releases, RNS, CSA, ACI Marine, ACI Air, ACI eManifest Highway as well as Rail and Highway Cargo. Please note that CADEX and CUSDEC B3 processing will not be affected by this outage, except between 05:00 and 05:30 (ET) as indicated below. CCS/CADEX Outage:

CBSA at port 809 have advised that RMD Corrections for that port should be sent to fax number 604-666-5237.