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17 November 2009 Update to CFIA AIRS website a) Chapter 06 was published to streamline the conditions for the following HS codes for all Countries other than the continental US. 06.04.99.0147 - Conifer cones - dried. 06.04.91.0144 - Wreath > 1.5cm (0.6in) branch diameter (non manufactured) - fresh…

17 November 2009 Harmonization of the Sales Tax in Ontario and British Columbia The following news release was issued by the Canada Revenue Agency on 16 November 2009. The Government of Canada and the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia have signed Memoranda of Agreement that provide the…

17 November 2009 PM's Asia tour masks harsh reality This article is excerpted from the 17 November 2009 edition of “The Star”. … [F]or all its headline-grabbing dynamic growth this decade, India still has the world's biggest poor population. At 400 million people, India's destitute would, on their…

17 November 2009 All Trans-Pacific Rates to Rise in 2010 This article is excerpted from the 17 November 2009 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Freight rates in the trans-Pacific will go up in 2010 even though supply-demand economics will most likely not be favorable for ocean carriers, a senior…

17 November 2009 Detroit Ferry to Close for Construction This article is extracted from the 17 November 2009 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Truckers moving hazardous materials between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, will have to take a long detour beginning Nov. 23. The Detroit-Windsor Truck…

16 November 2009 CPR Customer Bulletin: Carload facilities closed for U.S. Thanksgiving - Thursday and Friday, November 26 and 27, 2009 On Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27, 2009, Canadian Pacific will not be offering local service to carload facilities in the United States. In addition…

16 November 2009 CPR Customer Bulletin: Minneapolis Intermodal Facility - Updated Hours of Operation Effective November 23, 2009, hours of operation at CP's Minneapolis Intermodal Facility will be revised to: Monday to Friday: 06:00 - 20:00 Saturday: 08:00 - 12:00 - no change Sunday: 08:00 - 12:00 -…

16 November 2009 Release Requests Received, October 2009 The CBSA’s ACROSS EDI report for October, 2009 is available on the CSCB web site, at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/releaserequestsoctober2009.xls.htm

16 November 2009 Scheduled Maintenance Outages and Holidays for 2010 Message ACI09-103 Scheduled Maintenance Outages for 2010 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) clients of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) are advised that they can expect scheduled maintenance outages on the following weekends…

16 November 2009 Certain Fasteners, Expiry Review No. RR-2009-001 Order issued Tuesday, November 10, 2009 IN THE MATTER OF an expiry review, under subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act, of the findings made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on January 7, 2005, in Inquiry…

16 November 2009 Update to Directive D-09-01 "Phytosanitary requirements to prevent the introduction and spread of the European brown garden snail (Cornu aspersum [Müller], syn. Helix aspersa [Müller]) from the United States" Directive D-09-01, "Phytosanitary requirements to prevent the introduction…

16 November 2009 Risk Management Document RMD-08-02, "Pest Risk Management Document for Eriochloa villosa (Woolly Cup Grass)" Risk Management Document RMD-08-02, "Pest Risk Management Document for Eriochloa villosa (Woolly Cup Grass)", is now available on the Web at http://www.inspection.gc.ca…

16 November 2009 Revision to Directive D-02-12, "Import requirements for non-processed wood and other non-propagative wood products, except solid wood packaging material, from all areas other than the continental United States" Directive D-02-12, "Import requirements for non-processed wood and other…

16 November 2009 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 01 was published to streamline the conditions for the following HS codes from the United States for the end use In-Transit. 01.06.19.2083.02 Dogs less than 8 months of age A new miscellaneous was created: Personal importation not for commercial…

16 November 2009 Next big idea for Canada: An Asia strategy This article is extracted from the 15 November 2009 edition of the “Toronto Star”. We had the Auto Pact. Then free trade. Given the economic meltdown south of the border, we are badly in need of the next big idea. It is decidedly not…

16 November 2009 Canada must look to the east to win in new world economy This article is excerpted from the 16 November 2009 edition of the “Toronto Star”. It was a telling statement, a surprise, and a signal, perhaps, that Prime Minister Stephen Harper is altering his views on Asia. "While Canada…

16 November 2009 Dollar parity imminent, Royal Bank says This article is excerpted from the 16 November 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com” Canada's strong housing market recovery “is providing Canadian dollar bulls with more fodder to retest parity,” Royal Bank currency strategist Matthew Strauss…

16 November 2009 [US] Legislative Update: Short Deadlines for Input on MTB, Preference Programs This article is excerpted from the 16 November 2009 edition of “WorldTrade\Interactive”. Members of the trade community have just a few weeks to provide input into two processes that could have a…

16 November 2009 World Out of Balance This article is by Paul Krugman, and appeared in the 16 November 2009 edition of “The New York Times”. …. Nobody expects President Obama to come back from China with major new agreements, on economic policy or anything else. But let’s hope that when the cameras…

16 November 2009 Two is the loneliest number This article is extracted from the 16 November 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com”. U.S. President Barack Obama's first visit to China this week will get people talking about how what the world really needs is a Group of Two. Sure, the Group of 20 was only…