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1. The purpose of this notice is to remind clients of the requirement to provide the correct destination and location of goods information in the carrier cargo report to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). 2. Unless otherwise exempted in writing by the CBSA, goods reported as the First Point of Arrival (FPOA) and authorized to move in bond, must be delivered to the applicable primary sufferance warehouse that is licensed to receive the goods. 3. The following are the types of primary warehouses: (a) Highway cargo: BW sufferance warehouse

1. The purpose of this notice is to provide clarification concerning the release and accounting of casual importations of personal effects as outlined in Memorandum D17-1-3, Casual Importations. 2. When the importer's goods arrive in Canada and the individual importer will not be present to clear the goods themselves, they may provide written authorization to an agent to act on their behalf. The definition of an agent may be found in Memorandum D1-6-1, Authority to Act as Agent. The carrier transporting the goods cannot act as an agent of the importer.

CP Notice: Changes to Canadian Pacific's Supplemental Service Tariffs - Effective January 1st, 2011 This important message is to notify you that Canadian Pacific has updated its Tariffs with changes, effective January 1st, 2011 Please ensure you have reviewed the changes outlined below and on our website by clicking here. You can sign up to receive updates to these tariffs by subscribing here. Tariff 1 - CP’s Guide to Products and Services (formerly Basic Freight)

Brokers are advised that the correction period for NOVEMBER 2010 Softwood Lumber permits ends Thursday December 9th 2010, at 17:00 ET. We remind you of the importance of submitting correct information on permits as this is imperative to the operation of the Softwood Lumber Agreement. Please submit permit corrections for the month of NOVEMBER before the end of the correction period, as is the case for every allocation month of the year.

Please be advised that the following has been added on the CFIA web site: Industry Notice: National Import Service Centre (NISC) - Communiqué Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Data Quality Enhancements CFIA Modernization - Electronic Receipt and Delivery of Import Documents 24/7 Service http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/imp/20101116cmqe.shtml

a) Chapter 06 was published to add new OGD extensions. 06.04.91.0045.10 - Foliage, branches - fresh - Prunus spp. 06.04.91.0045.11 - Foliage, branches - fresh - Pear (Pyrus spp.) 06.04.91.0045.12 - Foliage, branches - fresh - Quince (Cydonia spp., Chaenomeles spp.) 06.04.91.0045.13 - Foliage, branches - fresh - Apple and crabapple (Malus spp.) 06.04.91.0045.14 - Foliage, branches-fresh - Rutaceae (citrus) 06.04.91.0045.15 - Foliage, branches-fresh - Dieffenbachia

Appointment of New President and Chief Executive Officer of Export Development Canada The following is a 1 December 2010 news release by DFAIT. The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, today announced the appointment of Stephen Poloz as President and Chief Executive Officer of Export Development Canada (EDC).

The following is from the 30 November 2010 edition of the "The Journal of Commerce". Comeback from recession falls below 2008 level Trade using surface transportation between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico totaled $68.3 billion in September, up 19.3 percent from a year earlier, the Transportation Department reported. Despite the increase, the value of surface-transportation trade between the U.S. and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners was 4.8 percent below levels of September 2008, when the financial crisis hit.

The following is excerpted from the 1 December 2010 news release by Health Canada. At an event held today, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, and Shelly Glover, Member of Parliament for Saint Boniface, announced changes to the Hazardous Products Act (HPA) that will make cribs, cradles and bassinets safer for infants and young children... Some of the most notable changes to the Cribs, Cradles and Bassinets Regulations include the following amendments:

CBSA has posted information on their website about the eManifest Portal. The eManifest Portal is a secure data transmission option developed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) that will allow the trade community to electronically transmit their pre-arrival information through the Internet. It was developed primarily for small- to medium-sized enterprises to facilitate their compliance and make the transition from paper to electronic reporting more manageable. The eManifest Portal will be available in 2011 for highway carriers to transmit pre-arrival cargo and conveyance data.

Further to our message regarding the availability of Tariff Notice TN-51, the CBSA has provided the following information: The following message is from CBSA (EDI10-105).

CBSA has advised of the upcoming release of the 2011 Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff, soon to be available on CBSA’s website. However, Tariff Notice TN-51, with the summary of changes, is available now. Questions can be sent to the CSCB at [email protected].

Chapters 07, 08, 09, 12 and 20 were published to remove the registration types "Confirmation of sale" and "Box 22: Confirmation of sale - California Leafy Green Handler Marketing Agreement". New registration types were added to requirements with the following HS Codes for the end uses of "Human Consumption", "Further Processing" and/or "Other end uses". NEW REGISTRATION TYPES: # 689 - CFIA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Licence Number or DRC Membership Number - A (Alpha-numeric) # 690 - Licence Exempt Declaration - C (Confirmation)

The minutes of the Winnipeg Standing Committee meeting that took place on 16 November 2010 are available on the Prairie Region page of the members site. To access, please login, click on the Regions tab, and then Prairie Region link.

The following is excerpted from the 30 November 2010 edition of “ottawacitizen.com”. Knock-off jerseys knock down profits Phonies sell for fraction of price of real article Chris Torti used to count on Christmas sales of licensed NHL hockey jerseys at his three Clubhouse stores in Ottawa to generate gratifying profits -- "the gravy." But those days are over, thanks to factories in China -- many controlled by criminal gangs -- that are flooding the market with counterfeit jerseys.

The following is excerpted from the 30 November 2010 edition of “montrealgazette.com”. 82 counterfeit-goods websites closed Court-ordered domain seizures target mostly online retailers based in China United States authorities announced yesterday the shutdown of 82 websites selling mostly Chinese-made counterfeit goods, including golf clubs, Walt Disney movies, handbags and other items.

The following is a 30 November 2010 news release by Reuters Canada. Canada's economy disappointed in the third quarter with the weakest growth rate in a year, while the economy shrank outright in September, adding pressure on policy makers to safeguard the patchy recovery. Gross domestic product growth slowed to a 1.0 percent annual rate in the July-September period because of declining exports and a housing downturn, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday.

The following is from the 29 November 2010 edition of Canadian Transportation and Logistics ”ctl.ca”. Vancouver container haulers are once again growing ornery over alleged rate slashing and restrictions they say are affecting their livelihoods. On Nov. 27, about 400 truckers protested in Delta, according to local media. The protest was organized by the Vancouver Container Truckers' Association.

The following is from the 29 November 2010 edition of Canadian Transportation and Logistics ”ctl.ca”. Truckers using the Saint John Harbour Bridge will no longer have to reach into their pockets, after the feds downloaded ownership of the bridge to the province and made them remove the tolls as a condition of the transfer. The deal also provides funding for refurbishing while forgiving the bridge authority's outstanding federal debt.

Notice of Re-investigation 4214-24 AD/1383 The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today initiated a re-investigation, in accordance with the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), of the normal values and export prices of certain mattress innerspring units originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China. The subject goods are described as certain mattress innerspring units, with or without edgeguards, used in the manufacture of innerspring mattresses, originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China.