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Export Credit Support Booms

22 April 2009 Export Credit Support Booms The following is excerpted from today's edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Despite exports and imports crashing and trade suffocated by a global credit crunch, one export-supporting business in Canada is booming --- the credit agency that finances and…
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AMPS – Update

22 April 2009 AMPS – Update The CSCB has a long history with AMPS, an issue managed by our Board of Directors. We were involved in initial consultations on AMPS, beginning in 2000; we continue to participate on the BCCC AMPS sub-committee; and we have had several bilateral meetings with CBSA on this subject.

CSCB Toronto and Ontario Regions’ Joint Conference

22 April 2009 CSCB Toronto and Ontario Regions’ Joint Annual Conference – Registration Package The CSCB Toronto and Ontario Regions' 2009 conference is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, June 17 at Woodbine Race Track, Toronto, Ontario. The following are links to the conference program…

Certain Fasteners from China and Chinese Taipei

22 April 2009 Certain Fasteners from China and Chinese Taipei The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today initiated an expiry review of its findings made on January 7, 2005, in Inquiry No. NQ-2004-005, concerning the dumping of certain carbon steel fasteners from China and Chinese Taipei and the…

CFIA Production Database Backup, 2 May

22 April 2009 CFIA Production Database Backup, 2 May This is a reminder that a full database backup of the production database (PROD) is scheduled for Saturday May 2, 2009. CFIA systems will be unavailable from 3am to 7am ET. Please note that full database backups of the production database (PROD)…

Central bank darkens view of recession

22 April 2009 Central bank darkens view of recession The following article is extracted from the 21 April 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com”. For months, the person who should know the most about the health of Canada's economy and its prognosis has been badly out of step. Now, in a sharp public…

U.S. security czar stops blaming Canada

22 April 2009 U.S. security czar stops blaming Canada The following is excerpted from today's “Toronto Star”. A day after the fact, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano set the record straight: she does not believe Canada's fingerprints are to be found anywhere near the file of the 9/11…

Bank sector key to rebound, IMF says

22 April 2009 Bank sector key to rebound, IMF says The following is excerpted from today's edition of “globeandmail.com”. Canadians searching for economic recovery had better hope authorities in the United States and Europe can get a better grip on their financial services. The International…

Brokers Add Risk with Expanded Services

22 April 2009 Brokers Add Risk with Expanded Services The following is excerpted from the 21 April 2009 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Transportation intermediaries seeking to increase their revenue stream by expanding their menu of value-added services should be aware that they are taking on…

EU Narrows List of U.S. Exports Subject to Byrd...

22 April 2009 EU Narrows List of U.S. Exports Subject to Byrd Amendment Retaliation The following is excerpted from today’s edition of ST&R “WorldTrade Interactive”. The European Union announced April 17 a decrease in the volume and types of U.S. exports subject to trade sanctions in response to the…

Crisis unprecedented in modern times: Geithner

22 April 2009 Crisis unprecedented in modern times: Geithner The following is excerpted from today's edition of “globeandmail.com”. [US] Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday the United States bears a substantial share of responsibility for a global economic crisis that could cost the…
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UPS to streamline Broker Manifest, Invoice...

21 April 2009 UPS to streamline Broker Manifest and Invoice Notifications The following notice is from UPS. If you are currently a ViaSafe TradeGate subscriber with regards to receiving UPS manifests and invoice information, please note, as of October 16, 2009, this process will no longer be…

Certain Green Cardamom Recall

21 April 2009 Certain Green Cardamom Recall The following news release was issued today by the CFIA. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume certain green cardamom because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella. The following product is affected by…

Certain Filter-Tipped Cigarette Tubes, SOR

21 April 2009 Certain Filter-Tipped Cigarette Tubes, Statement of Reasons Concerning the termination of an undertaking by the President of the Canada Border Services Agency under subsection 52(1.2) of the Special Import Measures Act respecting FILTER-TIPPED CIGARETTE TUBES, EXCLUDING THOSE WHICH…

Automed Technologies Inc. vs. CBSA, AP-2007-028

21 April 2009 Automed Technologies Inc. vs. CBSA, Appeal No. AP-2007-028 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on December 18, 2008, under 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…

Various Foods Containing Pistachios Recalled...

21 April 2009 Various Foods Containing Pistachios Recalled - Update The following news release was issued today by the CFIA. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume the foods described below because these products may be contaminated with Salmonella. These…

President of the CFIA Addresses Standing Committee

21 April 2009 President of the CFIA Addresses Standing Committee on Food Safety Members may be interested in the notes for an address by Carole Swan, President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food Subcommittee on food safety. The notes are…

Update to CFIA AIRS website

21 April 2009 Update to CFIA AIRS website a) Chapter 44 was published to add the conditions for a Fumigation Certificate for the following HS Codes. 44.07.10.0134 - Sawn wood, sliced or peeled wood, wood planed or not, forestry products (not manufactured) - coniferous - treated - Not end-jointed or…

Bank of Canada slashes interest rate to 0.25%

21 April 2009 Bank of Canada slashes interest rate to 0.25% The following is excerpted from today's "globeandmail.com". The Bank of Canada cut its key lending rate to the lowest possible, saying the recession is deeper and will last longer than thought. The central bank on Tuesday shaved its…

U.S. official resurrects terror link to Canada

21 April 2009 U.S. official resurrects terror link to Canada The following is excerpted from today's "Toronto Star". Canada is a primary source for terrorists entering the United States, President Barack Obama's homeland security chief suggested last night in an interview explaining the reasoning…