Trade News

The following is excerpted from the 18 October 2010 news release by DFAIT. The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, today launched the fifth round of negotiations toward a trade agreement between Canada and the European Union. The negotiations are taking place in Ottawa this week.

The following is a 18 October 2010 news release by the Department of Finance. The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today highlighted the tax measures that the Government of Canada has implemented to reduce the tax burden on Canadians.

Members were advised on October 18 of a proposed regulation in Part I of the Canada Gazette to amend the Automatic Firearms Country Control List. Additional information has been made on available on Foreign Affairs and International Trade’s website. This information follows. On October 16, 2010 the Proposed Order to Amend the Automatic Firearms Country Control List (AFCCL) was published in the Canada Gazette, Part I.

The CFIA has provided the following information regarding goods of chapters 07 and 08. 1. Attestation of Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) federal produce licence number or Dispute Resolution Corporation (DRC) membership number Under the Licensing and Arbitration Regulations, Canadian purchasers of fresh fruit and vegetables are required to be licensed with the CFIA and/or be a member of the DRC, if they are not exempt from the Regulations.

A message was sent to members yesterday with the subject line: Licence to Import IFS Products. Members are asked to disregard this message and to please accept our apologies for any confusion this message may have caused. Please note that the requirement for importers to have an Imported Food Sector licence will not take place until two years after the regulations come into effect.

CFIA have advised that effective October 18, 2010, all requests for change of inspection establishment for US meat should be directed to Kim Rodrigue. Contact information and additional information from CFIA follows. Change of inspection facility for imported meat and meat products. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has a new contact to request a change to the import inspection facility for meat and meat products.

Chapter 01 was published to add two new miscellaneous codes to the following HS Codes from the United States except for California, Michigan, Minnesota and New Mexico. 01.02.10.1007 - Sexually intact cattle (other than male calves between 8 and 14 days old). 01.02.90.1007 - Sexually intact cattle (other than male calves between 8 and 14 days old). 01.02.90.1009 - Steers. 01.02.90.1010 - Spayed heifers.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, today launched the fifth round of negotiations toward a trade agreement between Canada and the European Union. The negotiations are taking place in Ottawa this week.

At this year’s CSCB national conference, members brought to CBSA’s attention the fact that goods arriving at certain airports on weekends are often not released until Monday morning. The issue was directed to CBSA Acting Vice-President, Cathy Munro, who spoke at the conference on CBSA’s Service Commitment. As a result, CBSA has provided the following procedure to be followed for air shipments destined for Calgary or Edmonton that are not released in a timely fashion.

Members may be interested in the following notices and proposed regulations published on October 13, 2010, in Part I of the Canada Gazette. 1. Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act Notice of intent to develop more stringent regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new passenger automobiles and light trucks of the 2017 and later model years.

The following is excerpted from an October 13 news release by Transport Canada. OTTAWA — The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Canada’s Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, attended a ceremony in Beijing to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Canada and China.

2011 Chicken and Chicken Products Quota Holders Lists The quota list for Chicken and Chicken products for 2011 is available at: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/controls-controles/index.aspx EICS also invites applications for shares of the chicken TRQ for the period January 1 to December 31, 2011.

18 October 2010 EDI Release Requests Received, September 2010 The ACROSS EDI release requests received report for September 2010 is available on the CSCB website at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/MonthlyEDIReleaseReport_Sept2010.xls The National Percent EDI was 93.6%.

1. This Customs Notice (CN) does not serve as a change, modification, or update to the final resolution rendered in CN10-015 (issued on September 17, 2010). Rather, this CN clarifies transmission requirements pertaining to the final resolution issued regarding US-loaded FROB cargo.

Members are advised that policy on animal health has been amended: Import Policies - Live Animal http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/pol/pole.shtml#anima NEW: Import of Restricted Feeder Cattle From the United States to a Terminal Feedlot (TAHD-DSAT-IE-2010-16) http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/pol/ie-2010-16e.shtml

The following message is from CBSA (EDI10-86). Saturday, October 16th, 2010 CADEX Outage: Please note that the CADEX system will be unavailable from 4:30 to 7:00 Eastern Time (ET). CADEX and CUSDEC B3’s and AO release queries transmitted to the CADEX system will not be processed during this time. Please be advised that Electronic Releases, RNS, ACI Marine, ACI Air, Rail and Highway Cargo will not be affected by this outage. Sunday, October 17th, 2010 Partial EDI Outage:

Access to EICS is achieved using a PKI Certificate from the Internal Credential Management (ICM) Service of PWGSC. ICM Services = PKI Certificate Authority. This is to inform you that maintenance will be conducted by PWGSC on Internal Credential Management (ICM) Services during the scheduled maintenance window Sunday, 17 October 2010 between the hours of 05:00 and 09:00 ET. ICM services will be unavailable - no PKI logins - during the full duration of this maintenance window to allow for maintenance activities to take place.

Please be advised that the following have been updated/added on the CFIA web site: - Certification Requirements - Russia: http://inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/fispoi/export/cert10/rusruse.shtml (links to form and approved list added) - Country of Origin Declaration - imported product exported from Canada: