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13 January 2009 Amended Tariff T2009-1 Chapters Now Available The amended chapters concerning CBSA Tariff Amendment Package T2009-1 are available in zipped format on the CSCB web site, at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/T2009-1ENGAmending_Package.zip The updated tariff is available on the CBSA website…

13 January 2009 CITT Decisions Pending and Requests Not Yet Initiated The following information is now available on the CITT web site: decisions pending http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/pending/index_e.asp requests not yet initiated http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/textiles/requests/index_e.asp

CITT Decisions Pending and Requests Not Yet Initiated The following information is now available on the CITT web site: decisions pending http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/pending/index_e.asp requests not yet initiated http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/textiles/requests/index_e.asp *** Obama talks of…

The following messages were sent on 13 January: 1. Canada Border Services Agency (Tariff) Amended Tariff T2009-1 Chapters Now Available 2. Canadian Customs Articles Chance to bring Obama up to speed Bank of Canada surveys find more companies... Canadian exports in a funk 3. Canadian Food Inspection…

13 January 2009 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site a) Chapter 04 was published to add a new OGD extension. 04.04.90.3548 - Other blended dairy powders This created a requirement version change for the following HS Codes. 04.01.10.3501.01 - Liquid skimmed milk 04.01.20.3503 - Partly skimmed milk 04.01.30…

13 January 2009 Chance to bring Obama up to speed The following article is excerpted from the 13 January 2009 edition of the “Toronto Star”. If war is God's way of teaching Americans geography, then surely the Almighty's method of briefing U.S. politicians about Canada is to make them president.…

13 January 2009 Bank of Canada surveys find more companies plan to cut back on hiring, spending amid credit crunch The following article is extracted from the 13 January 2009 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Canadian businesses plan to hire fewer employees and spend less in the coming year as they…

13 January 2009 CBP Announces C-TPAT 2008 Year in Review The following is excerpted from a news release issued by US Customs on 12 January 2009. U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today the C-TPAT Year in Review highlighting key accomplishments. In 2008, U.S. Customs and Border Protection…

13 January 2009 Obama talks of 'upgrade' to NAFTA with Mexico's Calderón This article is excerpted from the 13 January 2009 edition of “The Dallas Morning News”. Barack Obama told Mexican President Felipe Calderón on Monday that he wants to "upgrade" NAFTA, serving notice that he hasn't abandoned a…

12 January 2009 Minister Day Travels to California and Reinforces the Importance of Trade Relationship with U.S. in Advance of President-elect Obama Taking Office The following is excerpted from the 10 January 2009 news release by DFAIT. The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade…

12 January 2009 CBSA Message: Scheduled CIG outage The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-004). Please note that on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 1:00 am (Eastern Time), for maintenance purposes, there will be a 20 minute interruption in processing inbound and outbound data over the Customs…

12 January 2009 Government of Canada Responds to U.S. Country-of-Origin Labelling Measures The following is excerpted from today’s news release by DFAIT. The Government of the United States of America today published its final regulations for U.S. country-of-origin labelling (COOL). The Government…

12 January 2009 Obama's visit gives Harper chance to highlight Canada's importance as economic partner This article is excerpted from the 12 January 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Prime Minister Stephen Harper will pitch his government's proposal for a Canada-U.S. climate-change accord and urge…

12 January 2009 US-Canada trucks decline This article is extracted from the 9 January 2009 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The busiest U.S.-Canada truck crossing suffered a sharp decline in traffic in December, and for all of 2008. The Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario…

12 January 2009 Lines diverting Vancouver ships as union talks go on The following article is excerpted from the 12 January 2009 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Diversion of container ships from Canada’s west coast Port of Vancouver have become "significant" as marathon collective bargaining…

12 January 2009 Bank of Canada's Business Outlook Survey The following was issued today by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. About 100 firms were surveyed across the country in the fourth quarter of 2008 (between mid-November and mid-December) for the Bank of Canada’s quarterly 'Business Outlook…

12 January 2009 Over-stimulated? This article is excerpted from the 9 January 2009 edition of “American Shipper”. President-elect Obama urged Congress Thursday to quickly pass a giant government-spending bill designed to revive the ailing U.S. economy, saying dramatic action is needed to prevent the…

12 January 2009 All-scan on WCO agenda This article is extracted from the 9 January 2009 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The World Customs Organization in 2009 will work to sustain confidence in the global trading system, including ongoing discussions with the United States regarding 100…

12 January 2009 US CBP ACE Portal Application and Program Participation The following is excerpted from the 9 January 2009 update on the CBP website. The ACE Secure Data Portal is currently expanding access. Sign up today and begin to file manifests electronically and make periodic payments on an…

12 January 2009 US releases details on country-of-origin labeling This article is excerpted from the 12 January 2009 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The Department of Agriculture today announced details of the final regulation for the mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) program…