Trade News

7 October 2008 New Import Requirements for Food Products from China Containing Milk or Milk-derived Ingredients The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is advising all importers of food products from China containing milk or milk-derived ingredients that the Agency will require documentation…

7 October 2008 D1-7-1, Posting security for transacting bonded operations This memorandum outlines and explains general policies and procedures relating to the posting of security for participating in Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) bonded transactions. A request to participate in a bondable…

7 October 2008 Enroll in the Certified Customs Specialist (CCS) Course before the deadline! Members are reminded that the deadline for submission of applications for this year’s Certified Customs Specialist (CCS) online course is Friday, 31 October 2008. Please ensure that we receive your…

7 October 2008 CP Message: Winnipeg, Edmonton Facility Hours Members are advised of the following changes to operating hours at our Winnipeg and Edmonton terminals: Effective October 25, 2008 - Winnipeg Intermodal Facility gates will be closed to all truck traffic from 15:30pm to 23:59pm on…

7 October 2008 EICS: Thanksgiving Holiday Monday 13 October is a civic holiday, and the Bureau's offices will be closed (no officers or Help Desk staff will be available). The EICS system will be available during normal hours. The Help Desk email will be monitored between 08:00 - 16:00 (EST) for…

7 October 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapters 04, 12, 17, 18, 19, 21 and 22 were published to change the release recommendation from "Approved" to "Refer to CFIA-ISC" for the following HS codes for Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea (Democratic…

7 October 2008 Ontario could slide into deficit, Duncan says The following article is excerpted from the 7 October 2008 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Ontarians should brace themselves for a provincial budget deficit because of the global finance crisis, warns Finance Minister Dwight Duncan. In his…

7 October 2008 Economic experts at ATA deliver dire warnings and some glimmers of hope The following article is excerpted from the 6 October 2008 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. US trucking executives attending the American Trucking Associations' popular All Eyes on the Economy…

7 October 2008 Statement by the Minister of Finance on the Unfolding Global Market Turmoil The following is excerpted from a news release issued by the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, on 6 October 2008. "Tumultuous shocks to the global credit system, beginning in the United States and…

7 October 2008 Financial Crises Spread in Europe This article is excerpted from the 7 October 2008 edition of “The New York Times”. European nations scrambled on Sunday night to prevent a growing credit crisis from bringing down major banks and alarming savers as troubles in financial markets spread…

7 October 2008 Ocean lines likely to trim capacity after slack season This article is excerpted from the 6 October 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Shipping lines are reducing their capacity in the trans-Pacific trade by about 15 percent during the slack season, but don’t expect the…

7 October 2008 Delayed Enforcement of Mandatory AES Filing Requirement The following article is excerpted from the 6 October 2008 edition of “WorldTrade Interactive”. According to sources, enforcement of the requirement for export data to be filed through the Automated Export System is being delayed…

7 October 2008 'A lengthy recession' This article is excerpted from the 6 October 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Global leaders faced stark divisions over how to tackle the spiralling financial crisis yesterday as their governments tried to come to grips with another worldwide stock market…

7 October 2008 [US] Fed to buy up commercial paper This article is excerpted from the 7 October 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The [US] Federal Reserve announced Tuesday a radical plan to buy massive amounts of short-term debt in a dramatic effort to break through a credit clog that is…

7 October 2008 New Mandatory CPSC Import Documentation Requirements [for US Importers] Effective November 12 The following note is from a client advisory issued by Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, PA. New [US] import requirements for consumer goods will take effect Nov. 12 as a result of the Consumer…

6 October 2008 Outbreak of E. Coli in the United States and related cases in Ontario The following is excerpted from the 4 October 2008 news release by CFIA. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is informing the public of its investigation into a possible food link between an E. coli O157:H7…

6 October 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapter 12 was published to add the end use of "Livestock feed" for the following HS codes. NO VERSION CHANGES. 12.08.10 - Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard - Of soya beans 12.08.90 - Flours and meals of oil…

6 October 2008 The Great Wall of the United States The following article is excerpted from the 4 October 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. It was written by Edward Alden, currently a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington and author of The Closing of the American Border…

6 October 2008 Europe to Canada: Get your act together This article is excerpted from the 4 October 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The two presidents of the European Union will arrive in Montreal on the Friday after Canada's Oct. 14 federal election for a meeting that Prime Minister Stephen…