Trade News

4 December 2008 Becerra A Top Candidate For Obama Trade Chief The following is excerpted from the 3 December 2008 edition of “New York Times”. California congressman Xavier Becerra has emerged as a leading candidate to be the chief U.S. trade negotiator for President-elect Barack Obama, a Democratic…

3 December 2008 D3-1-7, Customs Self Assessment Program for Carriers This memorandum outlines and explains the authorization, reporting and transportation procedures of the Customs Self Assessment (CSA) program. Under the CSA program, an authorized carrier may report eligible goods to the Canada…

3 December 2008 D17-1-7, Customs Self Assessment Program for Importers This memorandum explains the policies and procedures relating to the accounting, revenue reporting, payment of duties and adjustment of goods imported into Canada by an importer authorized under the Customs Self Assessment (CSA)…

3 December 2008 Certain Aluminum Extrusions, Statement of Reasons Statement of Reasons Concerning the preliminary determination of investigations into the dumping and subsidizing of CERTAIN ALUMINUM EXTRUSIONS ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Decision Pursuant to…

3 December 2008 Bio-Ag Consultants & Distributors Inc. Fined $15,000 for Offences Under the Feeds Act The following news release was issued by the CFIA on 2 December 2008. On November 17, 2008 a conviction was registered against Bio-Ag Consultants & Distributors Inc., in the Ontario Court of Justice…

3 December 2008 Softwood Lumber Exports to the United States: Applications for an Export Allocation Serial No. 160 The application for a softwood lumber export allocation is available on the EICS website at: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/trade/eicb/notices/ser160-en.asp.

3 December 2008 2008 Annual Conference Presentations This year’s CSCB national annual conference, held in Vancouver, was a great success. Everyone benefited from an unprecedented level of interaction between speakers and delegates. Delegates rated the “Compliance Management” and “Ask an Expert”…

3 December 2008 Appeals Public Hearing Schedule Starting Date, Appeal No., Appellant, Act , Type of Hearing 2008-12-11, AP-2005-043, Dynamic Furniture Corp., Customs Act, Public Hearing 2008-12-18, AP-2007-028, AutoMed Technologies Inc., Customs Act, Public Hearing 2009-01-14, AP-2008-006, Cobra…

3 December 2008 Reminder: Seminar on Valuation in CSCB Quebec Region Members are reminded that the CSCB Quebec Region invites you to attend its forthcoming seminar on "Valuation". The speaker will be Vincent Routhier, Trade Attorney, Gottlieb and Associates. This event will be held at the Hilton…

3 December 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapter 05 was published to add the following OGD extension to requirements with the end use of "Other end uses" for all countries. 05.11.99.1298.14 Laboratory or tissue samples, fresh, frozen or fixed - Fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic…

3 December 2008 CFIA Scheduled Production Database Backup This is a reminder that a full database backup of the production database (PROD) is scheduled for Saturday, December 6, 2008. CFIA systems will be unavailable from 3am to 7am EST. Please note that full database backups of the production…

3 December 2008 $28-billion to save Detroit 3 This article is extracted from the 3 December 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The wounded Detroit Three auto makers increased their plea for emergency U.S. government help to $28-billion (U.S.) yesterday and the largest of them warned of imminent…

3 December 2008 WTO Upholds Ruling Against EU Banana Import Regime This article is excerpted from the 3 December 2008 edition of “WorldTrade Interactive”. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative reported recently that the World Trade Organization Appellate Body has upheld a May decision that the…

3 December 2008 China ups export rebates This article is excerpted from the 2 December 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. China has restored or increased tax rebates to its exporters on 3,770 items, including labor-intensive, mechanical and electrical products, according to the U.S…

3 December 2008 U.S. economic gloom deepening: Fed This article is excerpted from the 3 December 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The U.S. economic picture has darkened further as Americans hunkered down heading into the holidays, forcing retailers to ring up fewer sales and factories to cut back…

2 December 2008 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Edges Down in September The following is excerpted from the 2 December 2008 edition of “WorldTrade Interactive”. The Department of Transportation reports that U.S. surface transportation trade in goods with NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico…

2 December 2008 Plant Protection Policy Directives Updates Members are advised that the following directives have been revised: Appendix 1 "List of Plants Regulated for Phytophthora ramorum (Sudden Oak Death)" of Directive D-01-01 "Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Entry and Spread of…

2 December 2008 Le Château Inc. (Woven Polyester Fabric), TR-2007-007 On July 14, 1994, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) received terms of reference1 from the Minister of Finance (the Minister) pursuant to section 19 of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act.2 The…

2 December 2008 DSM Nutritional Products Canada Inc. vs. CBSA, AP-2007-012 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on July 10, 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 June 25…