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The following is a CBSA message (EDI10-094). Saturday, November 6th, 2010 EDI Mailbox Outage: Please be advised that due to scheduled maintenance, the mailboxes between ACROSS and CCS/CADEX will be down from 05:00 to 05:30 (Eastern Daylight Time). AO release queries transmitted to the CADEX system will be affected by this outage. Sunday, November 7th, 2010 Time change:

The following is from today's edition of the "Ottawa Citizen". Obama also ditches plan to legislate carbon cap-and-trade system The power shift in the U.S. Congress has killed the prospect of a North American carbon cap-and-trade system and will require Canada to be more vigilant than ever against American economic and political pressures -- and myths -- that threaten open cross-border trade, Canadian politicians and analysts said Wednesday.

Privy Council Office 2009-2010 departmental performance report is now available on the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat website at: http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dpr-rmr/2009-2010/inst/pco/pco00-eng.asp

Finding issued Tuesday, October 19, 2010 Reasons issued Wednesday, November 3, 2010 IN THE MATTER OF an inquiry, pursuant to section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: THE DUMPING OF GREENHOUSE BELL PEPPERS ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE NETHERLANDS FINDING

Serial No: 784 Date: November 3, 2010 Purpose The purposes of this Notice are:

Members may be interested in the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Magazine liaison. The Fall 2010 issue is available on the CFIA website at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/agen/liaison/2010/vol1-2e.shtml

a) Chapter 10 was published to add new OGD extensions for the end uses of "Cleaning (for)" and "Screenings". 10.07.00.0097 - Sorghum - seed (Sorghum sp.) 10.07.00.0098 - Sorghum - grain (Sorghum sp.) 10.08.20.0105.01 - Cereal - Millet - seed - Echinochloa sp. 10.08.20.0105.02 - Cereal - Millet - seed - Eleusine sp. 10.08.20.0105.03 - Cereal - Millet - seed - Panicum sp. 10.08.20.0105.04 - Cereal - Millet - seed - Pennisetum sp. 10.08.20.0105.05 - Cereal - Millet - seed - Setaria sp.

Order issued Wednesday, November 3, 2010 IN THE MATTER OF an application made by Contech Holdings Canada Inc., pursuant to section 67.1 of the Customs Act, for an order extending the time to file a notice of appeal pursuant to section 67 of the Customs Act with respect to decisions of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency dated May 12, 2010. ORDER

Import Policies http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/pol/pole.shtml NEW : Returns and Permit Application Process for Canadian Animals, Semen, Embryos, Animal Products, Animal By-Products, and Finished Pet Food (TAHD-DSAT-IE-2010-9-1) http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/pol/ie-2010-9e.shtml

The following is excerpted from the 2 November 2010 edition of “theglobeandmail.com” When drawing lines to figure out potential trade routes between Canada and Asia, landlocked Winnipeg hardly springs to mind. But Manitoba is pushing hard to turn Canada’s Arctic into an international trade zone, and aims to transform Winnipeg into an air-cargo hub to and from Asia, while converting the underutilized Port of Churchill into a bustling site handling containers of consumer goods from China.

Expiry Reviews (section 76.03) REFINED SUGAR Expiry Review No. RR-2009-003 Orders issued Monday, November 1, 2010 IN THE MATTER OF an expiry review, pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act, of the orders made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on November 2, 2005, in Expiry Review No. RR-2004-007, continuing, with amendment, its orders made on November 3, 2000, in Review No. RR-99-006, continuing, with amendment, its findings made on November 6, 1995, in Inquiry No. NQ-95-002, concerning:

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 2010-38 Chapter 14 The PDF version of directives should be used for maintaining print copies of the meat hygiene manual of procedures.

The following registration type was published on October 28, 2010. # 688 - ISPM no. 15 compliant stamp (Confirmation ( C )) Please check your version number before submitting through EDI. If you have any questions, please contact your Import Service Centre.

The following message is from CBSA (EDI10-93). The annual interest rate for the first quarter of 2011 (January 1 to March 31) will be 0.9046.

The following is excerpted from the 2 November 2010 edition of "ca.reuters.com". Canada's dollar hit its highest in more than two weeks against the U.S. currency on Tuesday, putting its sights on parity again, helped by an unexpected interest rate rise in Australia. But the gains paled in comparison to its commodity cousin, the Australian dollar, which shot above parity to its highest against the U.S. currency since 1983 after a surprise Australian interest rate hike.

The following is from the 1 November 2010 edition of Canadian Transportation and Logistics ”ctl.ca”. The Canadian railway industry saw an increase in cargo loadings in August, as traffic originating on domestic railways as well as traffic received from American railways rose, according to a report from Statistics Canada. Total rail freight traffic increased to 25.1 million metric tonnes in August, up 19.6% from the same month last year.

Purpose This Notice sets out the Minister’s policies and practices respecting supplementary imports of eggs and egg products. This Notice should be read with the Export and Import Permits Act (EIPA) and the EIPA Regulations. Where elements of the present Notice augment relevant sections of the EIPA and Regulations, those elements are to be read as expressions of the Minister’s normal practices and procedures. Coverage

The following is a 1 November 2010 news release by the Department of Finance. The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, said today an annual International Monetary Fund (IMF) statement confirms the Government’s strong economic management.

The third and last CCS Designate Quiz of 2010 must be submitted by 2 p.m. EST on November 9th. Here’s your chance to gain ten (10) professional development points towards maintenance of the CCS designation in 2010, and we encourage all designates to consider taking this opportunity. The quiz is, of course, free of charge. This is the LAST quiz of 2010! We know many designates rely on successful completion of these quizzes to maintain the CCS designation.

Effective November 01 2010 the Rail Industry is upgrading to EDI Rail version 06020. The last Industry upgrade was version 05050 which occurred in November 2008. The following EDI transaction sets, that you may currently be receiving from CN as an inbound message, will be upgraded to EDI version 06020 effective November 01 2010. 417 Rail Carrier Waybill Interchange 418 Rail Advance Interchange Report