Trade News

4 November 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS website (2) Chapter 06 was published to change the required documentation from "Phytosanitary Certificate" to "Phytosanitary Certificate and/or Phytosanitary Certificate for Re-export" for the following HS code for all origins except the Continental USA ... NO…

4 November 2008 Industry pleads for help to ease 'crisis' The following article is excerpted from the 4 November 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The besieged manufacturing industry is calling on the Harper government to come to the aid of the country's factories the same way it intervened to…

4 November 2008 Airports push for arrivals duty free The following article is excerpted from the 4 November 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Canada's eight largest airports have joined forces to promote duty-free shops for arriving passengers, arguing the change would repatriate the $60-million a…

4 November 2008 Request to eliminate tariff on certain cotton yarn The Department of Finance is seeking your views on a request to eliminate the tariff on certain 100% Egyptian cotton yarn for use in the manufacture of towels. The department is proposing to amend duty-free tariff line subheading No…

4 November 2008 EU Moves Toward Restrictions on 15 Chemical Substances This article is extracted from the 4 November 2008 edition of “WorldTrade Interactive”. The European Chemicals Agency recently named 15 chemical substances as candidates for its list of substances of very high concern. This…

4 November 2008 Economic gloom descends on EU This article is excerpted from the 4 November 2008 edition of”globeandmail.com”. Europe's debt-fuelled expansion has come to a grinding halt, shattering its dreams of becoming the leading engine of global growth and wielding the power and influence that…

4 November 2008 Prince Rupert TEUs up This article is excerpted from the 4 November issue of “The Journal of Commerce”. Containerized shipments moving from Asia to the United States Midwest through Prince Rupert, British Columbia, almost tripled in the third quarter from the previous two quarters --…

4 November 2008 New WCO chief outlines priorities This article is excerpted from the 4 November 2008 edition of “American Shipper”. Developing countries could react to the global financial crisis by leaning on customs services to raise more revenue and enforce stricter trade polices, Kunio Mikuriya…

4 November 2008 [US] Factory Orders Fall as Businesses Cut Back This article is excerpted from the 4 November 2008 edition of “The New York Times”. [US] Factory orders dropped for a second consecutive month in September as businesses cut back on purchases of steel, computers and other equipment amid…

3 November 2008 Chicken TRQ for 2009 Notice No. 737, Items 96 to 104 The purposes of this Notice are: To outline the Minister’s policies and practices respecting tariff rate quota (TRQ) import allocations for chicken and chicken products for 2009…; and To invite applications for shares of the…

3 November 2008 Aluminum Extrusions, Preliminary Injury Inquiry No. PI-2008-002 IN THE MATTER OF a preliminary injury inquiry, under subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: THE DUMPING AND SUBSIDIZING OF ALUMINUM EXTRUSIONS ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE PEOPLE’S…

3 November 2008 Wood Slats, Expiry No. LE-2008-001 IN THE MATTER OF a notice of expiry, pursuant to subsection 76.03(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, of the findings of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal made on June 18, 2004, in Inquiry No. NQ-2003-003, concerning wood slats…

3 November 2008 Meat industries want Ottawa to launch U.S. trade challenge The following article is excerpted from the 2 November 2008 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Beef and pork producers want Ottawa to start trade actions against the United States over a new law that is already starting to shut…

3 November 2008 New Version of Chapter 18, Meat Hygiene Directive: 2008-40 Further to the memorandum of June 18, 2008, the main body of Chapter 18 of the Meat Hygiene Manual of Procedures is available on the CFIA website as follows: Online version: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/meavia/man…

The following messages were sent on 3 November: 1. CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY - AIRS CFIA-Ottawa Office Move CFIA HS Target List 2. CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY - DIRECTIVES New Version of Chapter 18, Meat Hygiene Directive: 2008-40 3. CANADIAN CUSTOMS ARTICLES Fast-track cards a licence to…

3 November 2008 CFIA-Ottawa Office Move The following notice is from Import Systems Unit at CFIA. Please be advised that the Import Control Division will be moving Friday, 7 November 2008. Our office will be closed as of noon on Friday. If you have any problems during this time, please contact your…

3 November 2008 CFIA HS Target List Members are advised that the CFIA has revamped its HS Target list. As of 1 December 2008 your company will be required to send all HS codes listed on the new HS target list. You will notice that there has been quite a few HS codes added to the target list, the…

3 November 2008 Fast-track cards a licence to smuggle, border guards fear This article is excerpted from the 1 November 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Canada's border guards are skeptical about a card that fast-tracks travellers across the Canada-U.S. border, fearing it's become a “licence to…

3 November 2008 Canada and Ontario Announce Reopening of Walker Road to Improve Traffic The following news release was issued by Transport Canada on 31 October 2008. The governments of Canada and Ontario, in partnership with the City of Windsor, today announced the completion of construction on the…