Trade News

Softwood Lumber interim quota allocations for OCTOBER 2010 are now available in EICS. Please be advised that the volume available currently represents 80% of the actual October allocation.

This message applies to imports of wheat products covered by items 162 to 181 of the Import Control List (ICL). The purpose of this Notice is to advise importers that the wheat products tariff rate quota (TRQ) will be filled on October 15, 2010. Consequently, October 15 , 2010 (at 11:59 p.m.) will be the cut-off date for accounting for imports of all wheat products classified under a “within access commitment” tariff item number. The entire notice is avaialble on the the DFAIT website at:

1. Pursuant to Customs Notice 10-007, the purpose of this customs notice is to notify industry that the Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) has reached a final resolution with regard to the grace period for Advance Commercial Information (ACI) transmission requirements for US-loaded FROB cargo. Based on a thorough analytical review of all information acquired, the following determinations are issued:

The ACROSS EDI release requests received report for August 2010 is available on the CSCB website at: http://new.cscb.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/Monthly_EDI_Re… The National Percent EDI was 93.3%.

The GTA Region would like to invite you to the CBSA Golf Tournament, being held on Thursday, October 7, 2010 at the Royal Woodbine Golf Club (Hwy 27 & Dixon Road). The itinerary and registration information are available in the following flyer: http://new.cscb.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/CBSA_Golf_17-0…

Chapter 12 was published to change the release recommendation from "Approved" to "Refer to CFIA-ISC" for the following HS Code with the Miscellaneous Code of "Other than small "lots"/Authorized importer". 12.07.99.0118.99 - Other oil seed (seed) This created a requirement version change for the following HS Codes. 12.04.00.0112 - Linseed (seed) 12.07.20 - Cotton seeds 12.07.99.0080.01 - Shea nuts (karite nuts) (seeds) 12.07.99.0118.03 - Echium spp. other than E. plantagineum (seed)

The following is a CBSA message (EDI10-080). Saturday, September 18th, 2010 EDI Mailbox Outage: Please be advised that due to scheduled maintenance, the mailboxes between ACROSS and CCS/CADEX will be down from 5:00 am to 5:30 am (Eastern Time). AO release queries transmitted to the CADEX system will be affected by this outage. Sunday, September 19th, 2010 EDI Mailbox Outage:

This memorandum has been revised to update the contact information for the Canada Border Services Agency and the Canadian Transportation Agency. Memorandum D3-5-7 is available on the CBSA website at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d3/d3-5-7-eng.html

The following is excerpted from the 14 September 2010 news release by Transport Canada. The Honourable Stockwell Day, President of the Treasury Board and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today announced that the Government of Canada will invest $2.5 million in the Prince Rupert Port Authority’s (PRPA’s) Fairview Terminal project to provide shore power capacity to container ships through an electric cable management system. Prince Rupert will be the first Canadian port to offer shore power for container ships.

DFAIT will be making an emergency technical adjustment to the EICS system between 12:00 noon and 13:00 ET FRIDAY 17 SEPTEMBER. The system will be unavailable during this period, and any active sessions will be terminated. EDI transactions will be processed when system availability returns. Please do NOT re-send any EDI traffic.

Members may be interested in the following recently enacted regulations published on September 14 in Part II of the Canada Gazette. 1. Regulations Amending the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations Respecting the Pest Control Products Act and Regulations http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2010/2010-09-15/html/sor-dors191-eng… 2. Natural Health Products (Unprocessed Product Licence Applications) Regulations

The 2010 Chicken Quota Holders Lists have been updated and are available at: http://www.international.gc.ca/controls-controles/prod/agri/chicken-pou…

a) Chapter 08 was published to remove the container size for the following HS Code with the end use of "Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution". 08.08.20.4003 - Pears (fresh) This created requirement version changes for the same HS Code with different end uses. b) The following Miscellaneous Codes have been created. # 797 - From Hebei Province # 798 - From Shandong Province # 799 - From Xinjlang Province # 800 - Other Chinese provinces

Canada’s Economic Action Plan September 13, 2010 Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced support for the second phase of revitalizing the Relance Terminal in the Port of Sept-Îles. The Prime Minister also welcomed the significant progress achieved on the first phase of the revitalization, initiated in September 2009, which also received Economic Action Plan funding! . This Economic Action Plan initiative will create long-term jobs, improve the competitiveness of local industries and promote economic growth in Sept-Îles and the surrounding regions.

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today [September 10, 2010] issued an order following the expiry review of its order made on September 12, 2005, in Expiry Review No. RR-2004-006 concerning the dumping of certain whole potatoes originating in or exported from the United States of America for use or consumption in the province of British Columbia.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) provides service at over 1200 locations across Canada. All government programs are reviewed on a regular basis to ensure they are effective and efficient and that they respond to the priorities of Canadians. This ensures that funding is allocated to programs that are a high priority for Canadians and produce results.

Chapter 01 was published to add the end use "Temporary stay" to the following HS codes from the United States. 01.06.11 - Primates 01.06.19.2062.01 - Camels 01.06.19.2062.02 - Dromedaries This addition created a requirement version change to the same HS codes with other end uses. Chapter 16 was published to add new OGD extensions. 16.01.00.5480.00 - Meat tray (with cheese) 16.01.00.5480.01 - Containing beef 16.01.00.5480.02 - Containing veal 16.01.00.5480.03 - Containing pork

Members may be interested in the following proposed regulation published on September 11, 2010, in Part I of the Canada Gazette. 1. Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act Recommended that export controls for PFOS and lindane be developed under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.