Trade News

11 November 2008 Guidelines for PIP Security Profile The following message is from the CBSA’s Partners in Protection Team. The deadline to submit a completed Security Profile is fast approaching! The Profile takes time to complete, and we strongly encourage legacy members to begin completing it…

11 November 2008 Canada Continues Pressing to Re-open Korean Market to Canadian Beef Exporters The following news release was issued by the CFIA on 10 November 2008. The Government of Canada is continuing to work hard to re-open the Korean market to our world-class Canadian beef. Based on science…

11 November 2008 Request to eliminate tariff on certain viscose rayon yarn The Department of Finance is seeking your views on a request it received to eliminate the tariff on 100% viscose rayon yarn for use in the manufacture of mattress ticking. DoF is proposing to add a duty-free tariff line under…

11 November 2008 Premiers, PM plot economic rescue The following article is excerpted from the 11 November 2008 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Faced with a darkening economic outlook, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the premiers are pledging to speed up infrastructure spending, look at easing…

11 November 2008 Weakened Canadian dollar may provide relief to Quebec exports in 2009: EDC Report The following article is excerpted from the 10 November 2008 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. The EDC report is available on its website at: http://www.edc.ca/english/docs/news/2008…

11 November 2008 UK's Brown warns against global protectionism This article is excerpted from the 10 November 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The international financial crisis has given world leaders a unique opportunity to create “a truly global society” based on free trade, said Prime…

11 November 2008 "10+2" could be served the day before [US] Thanksgiving This article is excerpted from the 11 November 2008 edition of “American Shipper”. U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to publish the intensely debated "10+2" rule in the Federal Register on Nov. 24 pending a positive…

10 November 2008 Correction Period for October Softwood Lumber Permits ENDS TODAY Members are advised that the correction period for October 2008 Softwood Lumber permits ends Monday, 10 November 2008, at 18:00 EST. We remind you of the importance of submitting correct information on permits as this…

10 November 2008 How to ensure we're in Obama's tent This article is extracted from the 10 November 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The Harper government will have to recalibrate Canada's relationship with the United States when the Obama administration takes office…. But we will also have to…

10 November 2008 Time to nurture our trade relations, both old and new The following article is by Gwyn Morgan, the retired founding CEO of EnCana Corp., and was published in the 10 November 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Pollsters report that Barack Obama is much more popular among Canadians…

10 November 2008 D1-8-3, Canada Border Services Agency Customs Brokers Professional Examination This memorandum contains information concerning the Customs Brokers Professional Examination, given pursuant to section 15 of the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations. Revisions This memorandum has been…

10 November 2008 CBSA Message: Remembrance Day The following message is from CBSA (EDI08-088). During the Remembrance Day holiday, Tuesday, November 11, 2008, between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm (ET), three officers will be available at 1-888-957-7224 to deal with urgent matters. Testing clients should hold…

10 November 2008 Certain Thermoelectric Coolers and Warmers Investigations, Notice of Final Determination On November 10, 2008, the President of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) made final determinations of dumping and subsidizing pursuant to paragraph 41(1)(a) of the Special Import Measures…

How to ensure we're in Obama's tent This article is extracted from the 10 November 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The Harper government will have to recalibrate Canada's relationship with the United States when the Obama administration takes office…. But we will also have to move our diplomacy…

10 November 2008 Update to CFIA HS Code Target List Further to our message on 3 November 2008 ( CFIA HS Target List), the following update is from Import Systems Unit. Please be advised that the December 1st date of implementation for the New HS Code Target list will be postponed until further…

10 November 2008 Chief EI Actuary Recommends Holding 2009 EI Premiums at 2008 Levels The following message is excerpted from the 5 November 2008 news release issued by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. On October 14, the Chief Actuary’s Report to the Employment Insurance Commission recommended that…

10 November 2008 Incoming WCO Chief Outlines Vision for Improved Customs Services The following was reported on in the 7 November 2008 edition of “World Trade Interactive”. Kunio Mikuriya, the secretary general-elect of the World Customs Organization, recently laid out the WCO’s vision of how…