Trade News

15 December 2008 B.C. could face port strike in the New Year The following article is excerpted from the 11 December 2008 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. A labour dispute at British Columbia ports in the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and Prince Rupert could see port workers in a…

15 December 2008 US-Canada truck traffic declines This article is excerpted from the 12 December 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Freight traffic over the busiest United States-Canada border crossing declined by nearly 500,000 trucks through November from the previous-year period. Truck…

15 December 2008 Tories set to add forestry, mining to bailout list This article is excerpted from the 15 December 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. After pledging more than $3-billion to rescue the auto sector, the Harper government is now poised to offer similar aid to the struggling mining and…

15 December 2008 Port Alberta: Edmonton airport pushes intermodal hub The following article is extracted from the 12 December 2008 edition of “Canadian Sailings”. Glen Vanstone, director of cargo and business innovation for the Edmonton Regional Airports Authority, is forecasting a minimum threefold…

15 December 2008 U.N. General Assembly adopts new cargo rules This article is excerpted from the 12 December 2008 edition of “American Shipper”. The United Nations General Assembly Thursday adopted the U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea, and…

15 December 2008 New members for COAC This article is excerpted from the 12 December 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Customs and Border Protection named seven new members of the trade community to the Departmental Advisory Committee for the Commercial Operation of Customs and Border…

15 December 2008 [US] Petition Seeks to Ban Imports of Swordfish This article is extracted from the 15 December 2008 edition of “WorldTrade Interactive”. The National Marine Fisheries Service is inviting public comments by Jan. 29 on a petition asking NMFS to initiate a rulemaking that would ban…

15 December 2008 [US] Decal and Transponder Online Procurement System (DTOPS) The following is excerpted from the 12 December 2008 news release by CBP. The purpose of this notice is to … advise all interested trade partners of the new procedures that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is using…

15 December 2008 Customs administrations feel $queeze This article is extracted from the 15 December 2008 edition of “American Shipper”. Members can refer to the World Customs Organization’s statement from Buenos Aires , sent on 12 December. The CSCB President, Carol West, chairs the Private Sector…

15 December 2008 [US] Pro-trade group seeks border bucks This article is excerpted from the 15 December 2008 edition of “American Shipper”. The Border Trade Alliance on Friday urged [US] House leaders to include $301 million in an economic recovery spending bill for upgrading Customs inspection…

12 December 2008 December 2008 K84 Statement Members are advised that the K84 statements will be due on December 31, 2008. However, no interest or penalties will be assessed when payment is made by 4:30 PM local time, January 2, 2009. As banks in Quebec are closed, clients that normally pay their…

12 December 2008 CBSA Message: Scheduled Maintenance Outage The following message is from CBSA (EDI08-100). EDI Mailbox Outage: Please be advised that due to scheduled maintenance, the mailboxes between ACROSS and CCS/CADEX will be down on Saturday, December 13th, 2008 from 7:30 am to 8:00 am AND…

12 December 2008 Thermoelectric Containers, Inquiry No. NQ-2008-002 IN THE MATTER OF an inquiry, under section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: THE DUMPING AND SUBSIDIZING OF THERMOELECTRIC CONTAINERS ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA FINDING The…

12 December 2008 Minister Day Enhances Trade Links with the Americas The following is excerpted from the 11 December 2008 press release by DFAIT. The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, yesterday concluded a successful two-day visit to…

12 December 2008 Correction: CBSA Message: Scheduled Maintenance Outage The following message is from CBSA (EDI08-100, Amendment to Sunday’s outage time) Further to the message from CBSA sent out this morning, the following message includes a correction of the Sunday’s outage time (extended from 12…

12 December 2008 CBSA Message: December 2008 monthly K84 statement The following is the official message from CBSA (EDI08-101). Although payment for December 2008's monthly K84 statements will be due as usual on December 31, 2008, the CBSA realizes that the number of statutory holidays and where…

12 December 2008 USDA Revises Import Requirements for Canadian Seed Potatoes The following was released by CFIA on 12 December 2008. The Government of Canada is making progress towards regaining market access for Alberta seed potato exports to the United States. The Canada-U.S. Potato Committee has…

12 December 2008 CADEX-formatted Customs Tariff 2009 Members are advised that the CADEX-formatted Customs Tariff 2009 is now available for download on the CBSA website at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2009/cadex-eng.h….

12 December 2008 CBSA Message: ACROSS problems The following message is from CBSA (EDI08-102) We are experiencing intermittent problems processing Rail, ACI Marine and Air and Release data. There is no ETA, but our IT is looking into it.

12 December 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapter 06 was published to add the conditions for “with soil” to the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia from the states of California, New Hampshire and Vermont for the following HS code: 06.02.90.0023.06 - Pine - rooted plants. (Pinus spp.)