Trade News

1 February 2010 Softwood Lumber Permits Correction Period, Jan 2010 Brokers are advised that the correction period for JANUARY 2010 Softwood Lumber permits ends Tuesday 9 February 2010, at 17:00 ET. We remind you of the importance of submitting correct information on permits as this is imperative to…

1 February 2010 Back to Signs of classic recovery in revised GDP fall data The following is excerpted from the 30 January 2010 edition of “The Star”. The economies of Canada and the United States are growing faster than many anticipated, with new numbers suggesting to analysts that both are into a…

1 February 2010 Majority of shippers unhappy with CN, CP rail service: survey The following is extracted from the 29 January 2010 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. A recent survey has found that the majority of shippers are dissatisfied with the rail freight service they receive from…

1 February 2010 Ambitious plans, cold reality The following is extracted from the 1 February 2010 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The Port of Montreal's giant dockside cranes are once again picking up the pace as the outlook for global shipping begins to brighten. But ambitious plans for a major…

1 February 2010 No consensus on way forward at Davos forum The following is extracted from the 1 February 2010 edition of “The Star”. The world's foremost gathering of business and government leaders wrapped up a five-day meeting Sunday with widespread agreement that a fragile recovery is under way…

1 February 2010 Montreal, Halifax Turn the Corner The following is extracted from the 1 February 2010 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Like other North American ports, Canada’s two big East Coast ports suffered declining container throughput in 2009, but the downturn at Montreal and Halifax…

1 February 2010 [US] Focus on Boosting Exports Highlights Need for Effective Compliance and Management Programs The following is excerpted from the 1 February 2010 edition of “World Trade Interactive”. U.S.-based companies are about to get more help breaking into foreign markets, with the Obama…

1 February 2010 Canada braces for fallout as Barack Obama unveils budget The following is extracted from the 1 February 2010 edition of “The Star”. The year ahead could be littered with as many as 14 fresh pieces of Buy American legislation as Washington readies to crunch a budget built for hard…

1 February 2010 NAFTA Trade Fell 2.9 Percent in November The following is excerpted from the 1 February 2010 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and Mexico in November fell 2.9…

29 January 2010 Refined Sugar from the European Union, Notice of Conclusion of Re-investigation 4218-2 CVD/87 On January 29, 2010, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) concluded its re-investigation respecting the amount of subsidy of refined sugar, refined from sugar cane or sugar beets, in…

29 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 2009-49 Chapter 17, Annex E The PDF version of directives should be used for…

29 January 2010 Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapter 23 was published to add new OGD extensions. 23.09.90.6211.01 - Food for laboratory and zoo animals - Containing ingredients of bovine origin 23.09.90.6211.02 - Food for laboratory and zoo animals - Containing ingredients of animal origin other than…

29 January 2010 CFIA Production Database Backup This is a reminder that a full database backup of the production database (PROD) is scheduled for Saturday February 6th, 2010. CFIA systems will be unavailable from 3am to 7am EST. Please note that full database backups of the production database (PROD…

29 January 2010 CFIA Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) submissions As a reminder, to facilitate the CFIA Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) release process all Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) information should be submitted for each commodity line in a transaction. This will reduce the…

29 January 2009 Companies pursue perfect ISF compliance This article is excerpted from the 28 January 2010 edition of “American Shipper”. The fact that big importers with large information technology resources are still not able to properly file the Importer Security Filing every time illustrates…

28 January 2010 Animal Health – Import Policy Update Members are advised that two policies on animal health have been amended: Requirements for Small Ruminants Imported from the United States for Feeding and Subsequent Slaughter (AHPD-DSAE-IE-2007-11-5) Requirements for Farmed Cervids Imported from…

28 January 2010 Update to CFIA AIRS website a) Chapter 06 was published to change the release recommendation from "Approved" to "Refer to CFIA-ISC" for the following HS Codes from countries other than the Continental United States. 06.04.99.0046.01 - Herbarium specimens - foliage, branches, plant…

28 January 2010 StatsCan survey casts doubt on job gain in November The following was reported on in today's edition of "The Star". A new Statistics Canada employment survey has cast a cloud over its previously-announced large pick-up in jobs in November. The delayed survey of industry released…

28 January 2010 Productivity gains slowing The following was reported on in the 27 January 2010 edition of "CBC News". Productivity in Canada increased by an average of 1.3 per cent per year between 1997 and 2008. But a Statistics Canada report released Wednesday shows productivity growth slowed…

The following messages were sent on 28 January 2010: 1. CANADIAN CUSTOMS ARTICLES StatsCan survey casts doubt on job gain in November Productivity gains slowing 2. CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY - AIRS Update to CFIA AIRS website 3. CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY - OTHER Animal Health – Import…