Trade News

5 January 2010 Report buoys Canada's economic outlook The following is excerpted from today's edition of "The Star". A closely-watched manufacturing index blew away all expectations Monday, raising hopes that the U.S. economy is not just back on solid ground, but heading higher at a good clip. Good…

5 January 2010 Government of Canada announces new electronic filing requirements for GST/HST registrants The following is excerpted from the 4 January 2010 news release by CRA. The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of National Revenue and Minister of State (Agriculture and Agri-Food), today…

5 January 2010 Certificates of Origin - Certification The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has announced its association with TradeCert to offer Canadian exporters the opportunity to request Certificates of Origin online. The system is web-based, and the exporter will be able to apply online and print…

4 January 2010 Certain Whole Potatoes, Expiry Review No. RR-2009-002 Notice of Expiry Review of Order The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice that it will, pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), initiate an expiry review of its…

4 January 2010 CITT Public Hearings, Dumping and Subsidizing Starting Date, Case No., Product 2010-01-05, NQ-2009-003, Hot-rolled Carbon Steel Plate and High-strength Low-alloy Steel Plate 2010-02-22, NQ-2009-004, Oil Country Tubular Goods 2010-07-27, RR-2009-002, Whole Potatoes

4 January 2010 Refined Sugar, Expiry No. LE-2009-003 Notice of Expiry of Orders The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice, pursuant to subsection 76.03(2) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), that its orders made on November 2, 2005, in Expiry Review No. RR…

4 January 2010 Oil Country Tubular Goods, Inquiry No. NQ-2009-004 Order issued Thursday, December 24, 2009 IN THE MATTER of an inquiry, pursuant to section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting oil country tubular goods, made of carbon or alloy steel, welded or seamless, heat-treated or…

4 January 2010 CP Notice: Port of Montreal Switch Fee Tariff Increase EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 2010 Consistent with the Tariff increase announced recently by the Port of Montreal Authority, please be advised that effective February 1, 2010, Canadian Pacific will be increasing by 3% the switching fee…

4 January 2010 GTA-Commercial District CBSA/CSCB Meeting Minutes Minutes of the GTA-Commercial District CBSA/CSCB meeting held on 11 November 2009 are now available on the Toronto Region page of the CSCB members website. To access, please login, click on the Regions tab, and then on the Toronto…

4 January 2010 Update to Meat Hygiene Directives 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 2009-50 Chapter 7 – section 7.12 (1) The PDF version of directives should be used for…

4 January 2010 Whole Potatoes, Expiry Review No.: RR-2009-002 On December 30, 2009, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act, initiated an expiry review of its order made on September 12, 2005, in Inquiry No. RR-2004-006…

4 January 2010 Update to CFIA AIRS website (29 December 2009 updates) Chapter 44 was published to remove the registration type "Fumigation Certificate" for the following HS Codes for all countries except the Continental United States. 44.20.10.0001 - Wooden components - not exceeding 1.5 cm in…

For quite some time, CSCB members have been asking for an automatic download of AIRS information from CFIA, similar to the way in which the tariff is downloaded from CBSA.

4 January 2010 Government Of Canada Provides Canadians With Tax Relief For 2010 The following press release was issued by Finance Canada on 28 December 2009. The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today highlighted tax relief measures that will benefit Canadians in 2010…. Some of the…

4 January 2010 Canadian dollar rises more than a penny The following is excerpted from today's edition of "globeandmail.com". The Canadian dollar ... rose more than one cent against the U.S. currency Monday as the price of crude oil rallied and global financial markets were upbeat on the first…

4 January 2010 Consumer outlook improves: RBC poll The following was reported on in today's edition of "CBC News". Canadians are showing an upturn in expectations for their personal economic situations over the next year, according to a survey released Monday. RBC said that 43 per cent of Canadians…

4 January 2010 National Transportation Strategy The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has released the fourth pillar of their Commerce Transportation Series: An Economically, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Plan. The CSCB participated in discussions leading to the publication of these pillars…

31 December 2009 CBSA Message: Scheduled CADEX Outage, 2/3 January The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-120) Saturday, January 02, 2010 CADEX / CUSDEC Outage: Please note that the CADEX and CUSDEC systems will be unavailable from 5:00 am to 5:30 am on Saturday, January 02th, 2010 (Eastern Time)…

30 December 2009 U.S. Meat Shipments at the Border - Update The CSCB directed the following question to the CFIA, regarding the changes affecting U.S. meat shiments at the border, effective January 4: "What, if anything, after an inspection, will be given to the driver at the re-inspection facility…