Trade News

20 April 2009 Canada to Relax First-Port Policy The following article is excerpted from the 17 April 2009 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Canada Customs is bowing to favored importers and carriers, those certified to be of low-risk, and for them is not enforcing its long-stated policy of only…

20 April 2009 Minister Blackburn extends personal income tax filing deadline for taxpayers affected by flooding in Manitoba The following is excerpted from a news release issued by CRA on 17 April 2009. The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of National Revenue and Minister of State…

20 April 2009 [US] Economic Indicators Fall in March This article is extracted from the 20 April 2009 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Leading indicators for the U.S. economy fell for the ninth consecutive month in March, according to a report April 20 from … the [US] Conference Board. The…

20 April 2009 CBP defines “10+2” penalty This article is excerpted from the 20 April 2009 edition of “American Shipper”. One of the perplexing uncertainties for importers about the new requirements for advance electronic shipment data is what kind of penalty structure will the U.S. government…

20 April 2009 In Shift, Obama Doesn’t Plan to Reopen NAFTA Talks This article is excerpted from the 20 April 2009 edition of “The New York Times”. The Obama administration said on Monday that it had no plans to reopen negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement to revise its labor and…

17 April 2009 CITT Public Hearings, Appeals Date, Appeal No., Appellant, Act , Type of Hearing 2009-05-20, AP-2008-011, Sarstedt Canada Inc., Customs Act , Public Hearing 2009-06-16, AP-2008-012, P.I. Light Systems Canada Inc., Customs Act, Public Hearing AP-2008-011—Whether the goods in issue are…

17 April 2009 Meat Directives Update 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 2009-18 Chapter 14: complete rewrite of Chapter 14 The PDF version of directives should be used for…

17 April 2009 CBSA Message: CIG problems The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-030). We are currently experiencing problems processing inbound and outbound data for some clients using the Customs Internet Gateway. There is no ETA.

17 April 2009 CBSA Message: CIG problems resolved The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-030 Update). The problems with the Customs Internet Gateway are now RESOLVED.

17 April 2009 Update to CBSA Message: Scheduled Maintenance Outage, 18/19 April The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-029 Amendment). Please note that the Sunday CIG outage has been cancelled. The EDI mailbox outage remains as scheduled (details available below). EDI Mailbox Outage: Please be…

17 April 2009 Customs duties on certain gas turbine-driven generator sets The Department of Finance is currently reviewing a request for the removal of the customs duties on gas turbine-driven generator sets with a range of 30 to 40 MW. These generator sets are classified under tariff item No. 8502…

17 April 2009 CBSA Message: NRCan HS Codes The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-031). Please note that there will be some changes to the list of HS codes subject to Natural Resources Canada requirements. The ACROSS system and the CBSA website will be updated Tuesday, April 21, 2009. The revised…

17 April 2009 Orders in Council The following orders in council are available in the 15 April 2009 edition of Part II of the “Canada Gazette”: 1. Order Amending the Schedule to the Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Act http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2009/2009-04-15/html/sor-dors107-eng… 2…

17 April 2009 Pace of inflation slows in March The following is excerpted from today's "globeandmail.com". Consumer prices in Canada rose just 1.2 per cent in March compared to a year earlier, with rising food costs offset by cheaper gas and cars, Statistics Canada says. That's slower than the 1.4…

17 April 2009 Obama won't ease restrictions at border The following is excerpted from today's "Toronto Star". Canada-U.S. border slowdowns are mainly a result of aging infrastructure at crossings, not overly restrictive U.S. policy, says a senior American security official. With a deadline looming…

17 April 2009 Federal and provincial governments support Manitoba's inland port The following is excerpted from 16 April 2009 edition of "Canadian Transportation & Logistics". The federal and provincial governments have committed more than $212 million to build a four-lane divided expressway that…

17 April 2009 Canada and Morocco are exploring ways by which to strengthen trade relationship The following is excerpted from 16 April 2009 news release by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The Governments of Canada and the Kingdom of Morocco have had discussions in order to identify areas of…

17 April 2009 Argentina Joins Ecuador in Protectionism The following was reported on in today’s ST&R “WorldTrade Interactive”. Argentina’s Resolution 61 took effect on March 25, 2009. The resolution establishes the requirement of obtaining non-automatic import licenses and certificates of…

16 April 2009 Release Requests Received, March 2009 The release requests received report for March 2009 is available on the CSCB website at: www.cscb.ca/listinfo/ReleaseRequestsReceived_Mar09.xls.

16 April 2009 CBSA Message: Scheduled Maintenance Outage, 18/19 April The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-029). EDI Mailbox Outage: Please be advised that due to scheduled maintenance, the mailboxes between ACROSS and CCS/CADEX will be down on Saturday, April 18th, 2009 from 5:00 am to 5:30 am…