Trade News

13 February 2009 2008/09 Sugar-containing Products Quota Holders List The 2008/09 sugar-containing products quota holders list is now available on the EICS website at: http://www.international.gc.ca/controls-controles/prod/agri/sugar-sucre….

13 February 2009 EICS: Help Desk NOT Available Today The EICS/EXCOL Telephone Help Desk is not available today Friday, 13 February 2009. The E-Mail Help Desk will continue to be monitored until 16:00 EST. [email protected] [email protected]

13 February 2009 Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapter 30 was published with a new OGD extension. 30.01.90.1675.08 - Medical implant made of porcine collagen

13 February 2009 'Buy American' wording finalized The following is excerpted from the February 13th edition of "Toronto Start". Canadian officials took cold comfort today as the U.S. government finalized the wording of a provocative Buy American initiative with no last-minute surprises that would…

13 February 2009 Get your houses in order, Canada to tell G7 The following is excerpted from the February 13th edition of "Toronto start". Sound regulation starts at home. That's the message Canada plans to push at today's Group of Seven meeting in Rome, where the world's developed countries have…

13 February 2009 Pros and cons of Obama's trip north The following is excepted from the February 12th edition of "Toronto Star", written by Bob Hepburn. When Barack Obama visits Ottawa next Thursday, he will be all business, a dramatic change from the era when Canada-U.S. summits were filled with…

13 February 2009 Get Used to Job Losses, For Now The following was written by Peter G. Hall, Vice-President and Chief Economist, Export Development Canada A year ago, pressures on the global labour supply were intensifying. The boom years were a job machine, driving global unemployment rates down to…

13 February 2009 Chinese trade plunges, fanning worries The following is excerpted from the February 11the edition of "globeandmail.com". China's exports plunged in January amid collapsing global demand, adding to the threat of job losses and possible unrest and intensifying pressure on Beijing to…

12 February 2009 CBSA Message: Customs Offices Ste-Aurélie, St-Juste de la Bretonnière The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-013). Please be advised that effective immediately, Customs Offices 0336 St-Juste de la Bretonnière and 0339 Ste-Aurélie are automated for ACROSS releases.

12 February 2009 General Motors of Canada Limited, Application No. EP-2008-002 Order and reasons issued Wednesday, February 11, 2009 IN THE MATTER OF an application made by General Motors of Canada Limited, under section 67.1 of the Customs Act, for an order extending the time within which a notice…

12 February 2009 Merley Chains Ltd., Application No. EP-2008-003 Order issued Tuesday, February 10, 2009 IN THE MATTER OF an application made by Merley Chains Ltd., under section 67.1 of the Customs Act, for an order extending the time within which a notice of appeal may be filed under section 67 of…

12 February 2009 Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapter 12 was published with a new OGD extension. 12.09.30.0069.07 - Wildflower (seed)

12 February 2009 Update to CFIA AIRS website (2) Chapter 23 was published to add the end use "Other end use" to the following HS code for the USA. NO REQUIREMENT VERSION CHANGE 23.09.90.1567.08 - Bovine bones

12 February 2009 Canada has no choice but to go global This article is excerpted from the 12 February 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The trade news was frightening yesterday. For the first time in 33 years, we're in the red. A $458-million deficit in December, fuelled by a 10 per cent plunge in…

12 February 2009 CN, Norfolk Southern Corporation to create MidAmerica Corridor The following article is extracted from the 11 February 2009 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. CN and Norfolk Southern Corporation will create a "MidAmerica Corridor" in which the railroads will share…

12 February 2009 Obama adviser looks to Canada's financial system This article is excerpted from the 11 February 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The United States should emerge from the economic crisis with a two-part financial system that places tighter restrictions on banks, says former…

12 February 2009 [US] Export License Transfers This article is excerpted from the 12 February 2009 edition of “WorldTrade Interactive”. The [US] Bureau of Industry and Security posted to its Web site Feb. 10 a notice concerning the transfer of individual export licenses. The BIS notes that a change…

12 February 2009 Compromise stimulus bill ready for vote This article is excerpted from the 12 February 2009 edition of “American Shipper”. [US] Congressional conferees on Wednesday reached agreement on a bill to inject $790 billion into the struggling economy and create jobs. The bill includes…