Trade News

29 October 2008 [US] Product Safety Initiative to be Pilot Tested under Importer Self-Assessment Program This article is extracted from the 29 October 2008 edition of “WorldTrade Interactive”. Government efforts to ensure the safety of imported consumer goods continued to expand this week when U.S…

29 October 2008 [US] Electronic Certificates of Conformity Allowed for Imported Consumer Products This article is extracted from the 29 October 2008 edition of “WorldTrade Interactive”. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has indicated that importers and manufacturers can provide electronically…

29 October 2008 Information from the US Customs and Border Protection Trade Symposium The CBP Trade Symposium runs from today until Friday, October 31. The speakers’ presentations have been made available on the CBP website at: http://www.customs.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_outreach/symposium08/event…

28 October 2008 Weak loonie will save exporters: EDC The following article is excerpted from the 28 October 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. A weak Canadian dollar will prevent exporters from drowning in the global financial turmoil next year, albeit barely, a new forecast from Export Development…

28 October 2008 Update to Extension of the B2 pilot project Further to our message yesterday regarding the extension of the B2 pilot project, CBSA has advised that any B2s submitted in Winnipeg will be forwarded by CBSA to the GTA. Although the letter from CBSA gives an address in Toronto where B2s…

28 October 2008 New Requirements - Export of Firewood to the United States The following news release was issued by the CFIA on 27 October 2008, and is found at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/for/prod/firee.shtml The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) received notification Monday…

28 October 2008 Flaherty and Prentice expected to keep cabinet posts The following article is excerpted from the 28 October 2008 edition of the “Toronto Star’. Prime Minister Stephen Harper will keep his key economic ministers in place in a cabinet remake expected Thursday that will frame a short…

28 October 2008 Auto-parts industry seeks $1-billion in loans The following article is extracted from the 28 October 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Canada's auto-parts makers need up to $1-billion in immediate short-term loans to help them survive during the liquidity crisis or the country's…

28 October 2008 Loonie slips in volatile trading The following article is extracted from the 28 October 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The Canadian dollar was down, up, and down again in early trading Tuesday in a volatile start to the day…. Shortly after 8 a.m., the loonie was at 77.53 cents…

28 October 2008 Reminder: Third and Last CCS Designate Quiz CCS designates are reminded that the third and last quiz of 2008 must be submitted by 2:00 pm EDT this Friday, October 31. Do the quiz and get 10 points towards maintenance of your CCS designation in 2008. December is just around the corner…

28 October 2008 G7 trade drops This article is extracted from the 27 October 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Merchandise import volumes of the Group of Seven countries fell by 1.4 percent during the second quarter of 2008 compared with the first quarter, and the volume of exports in the…

28 October 2008 EU version of Lacey Act aimed at illegal timber harvests This article is excerpted from the 28 October 2008 edition of “American Shipper”. The European Commission has proposed legislation that would require international traders to verify that wood used in imported or exported…

28 October 2008 US plans pilot program to bar unsafe imports This article is excerpted from the 28 October 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. [US] Customs and Border Protection and the Consumer Product Safety Commission are introducing a new importer-participation pilot program to assure the…

27 October 2008 CBSA Message: CFIA Connection Down The following message is from CBSA (EDI08-084). Please note that the connection between ACROSS and the CFIA EDI System is down. There is no ETA as to when this problem will be resolved. For urgent requests, please present paper.

27 October 2008 Fasteners, Interim Review No. RD-2008-001 IN THE MATTER OF an interim review, under paragraph 76.01(1)(b) of the Special Import Measures Act, of the findings made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on January 7, 2005, in Inquiry No. NQ-2004-005 concerning: THE DUMPING OF…

27 October 2008 CN08-021, Summary of the Special Economic Measures (Zimbabwe) Regulations The purpose of this notice is to inform exporters of the key provisions of the Special Economic Measures (Zimbabwe) Regulations, that came into force on September 4, 2008, that include a ban on the export of…

27 October 2008 Partners in Protection Members The list of recent PIP members is found on the CBSA website at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/security-securite/pip-pep/list-liste-eng.html The list of PIP legacy members accepted into the program before 30 June 2008 is found on the CBSA website at: http:/…

27 October 2008 Canada-EU joint study assessing the costs and benefits of a closer economic partnership Canada and the EU have published the results of a joint study into the costs and benefits of a closer economic partnership between the EU and Canada. The purpose of this study is to examine the…