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The following is excerpted from the 20 August 2010 edition of “theglobeandmail.com” New harmonized sales taxes in some provinces pushed up Canada's inflation rate last month — but the increase was still softer than what many economists had forecast. Canada's annual inflation rate rose by eight-tenths of a point in July to 1.8 per cent. Month-to-month, the consumer price index rose half a percentage point from May.

The following message is from CBSA (EDI10-073) Please note that there will be some changes to the list of HS codes subject to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency requirements. The ACROSS system and the CBSA website will be updated Monday, August 30, 2010. DELETED RANGES EFFECTIVE AUGUST 30, 2010:

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 2010-56 - Chapter 19, Annex C MHD 2010-34 - Chapter 15 The PDF version of directives should be used for maintaining print copies of the meat hygiene manual of procedures.

Members may be interested in the following recently enacted regulations published on August 18 in Part II of the Canada Gazette. 1. Canadian Turkey Marking Quota Regulations http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2010/2010-08-18/html/sor-dors168-eng… 2. Domestic Substances List Amendments http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2010/2010-08-18/html/sor-dors169-eng…

Members are reminded that the last date for responding to CBSA's questions on C274 is tomorrow, August 20. Our earlier message, with background material, is available here: http://www.cscb.ca/050/rs_prev_e.cfm?ID=24397 Comments can be sent to the CSCB at [email protected]

The following is a CBSA message (EDI10-072). Saturday, August 21st, 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 6:00 am (Eastern Time). AO release queries transmitted to the CADEX system will be affected by this outage. Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 EDI Mailbox Outage:

a) Chapter 08 was published to add the conditions for untreated fruits for the following HS Codes for Idaho and Oregon. This generated requirement version changes for various countries. 08.09.10.4020 - Apricots (fresh) 08.09.10.4021 - Aprium (hybrid of prunus spp.) 08.09.30.4005 - Peach (fresh) 08.09.30.4006 - Nectarine (fresh) 08.09.30.4007 -Peacotum (hybrid of prunus spp.) 08.09.40.4007 - Plums (fresh) 08.09.40.4008 - Sloes (fresh) 08.09.40.4009 - Pluot (hybrid of prunus spp.)

Please check the following URL for an update on CFIA rendered products and inedible products directive. Terrestrial Animal Health Import Requirements for Rendered and Inedible Products TAHD-DSAT-IE-2002-10-5 http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/pol/ie-2002-10e.shtml

Decision and reasons issued Tuesday, August 17, 2010 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on May 20, 2010, pursuant to subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF decisions of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, dated July 30, 2009, with respect to requests for re-determination pursuant to subsection 60(4) of the Customs Act. BETWEEN LEEZA DISTRIBUTION INC. Appellant AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY Respondent

If you haven't already registered for the 2010 CSCB National Annual Conference, take a look at this year's conference program at http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/Conference2010Program.pdf. We are certain that you'll find it interesting to say the least. Following are some of the highlights of this year’s conference program.

Chapter 12 was published to change the release recommendation from "Refuse Entry" to "Refer to CFIA-ISC" for the following HS Code for all countries except the Continental United States. 12.09.99.0075.01 - Ginseng (seed) This created a requirement version change for the following HS Code. 12.09.99.0074.14 - Siberian ginseng (seed) Please check your version number before submitting through EDI. If you have any questions, please contact your Import Service Centre.

Four weeks until the CSCB national conference and delegates have been registering at a rapid pace. Don’t miss out on staying in the conference hotel. The room block deadline is TOMORROW and it is almost full.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is seeking feedback on a regulatory proposal to enhance import controls. Imported food products in the Non Federally Register Sectors (NFRS) are affected. These goods include all food and food ingredients regulated solely under the Food and Drugs Act and account for 70% of the food products available in the Canadian marketplace. This regulatory proposal is being introduced to:

CBSA has asked the BCCC AMPS subcommittee to review AMPS contravention C274 and to look at ways for securing the timeframes for release of goods in order to achieve a greater level of compliance. C274 is applied for failure to comply with the timeframes for release as specified in D17-1-4, Appendix B.

The following document has been posted on the CFIA website: Modifications to the Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) Requirements for the Importation of Livestock Feeds and Ingredients to Canada. http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/feebet/ind/airse.shtml

Chapter 12 was published to add the conditions for "without soil" to the following HS Code. 12.11.90.3034 - Mint - with or without roots (fresh or chilled) Please check your version number before submitting through EDI. If you have any questions, please contact your Import Service Centre.

Canada Passes Sanctions under the Special Economic Measures Act The following is excerpted from the 26 July 2010 news release by DFAIT. On July 26, 2010, Prime Minister Harper made a statement announcing that Canada is imposing sanctions on Iran under the Special Economic Measures Act. These sanctions are in addition to existing sanctions passed under the United Nations Act.

The ACROSS EDI release requests received report for July 2010 is available on the CSCB website at: www.cscb.ca/listinfo/Monthly_EDI_Release_Report_July_2010.xls. The National Percent EDI was 93.2%.

The Canada Revenue Agency has published notice SWLN26 which provides additional information on the calculation of the FOB value and the export price by wholesalers as required under the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006. This notice supplements the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Notice, SWLN3, Calculation of Export price. Notice SWLN26 is available here: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/et/swln26/swln26-e.pdf