Trade News

11 August 2008 FMC Asked to Exempt NVOCCs from Tariff Publication Requirement This article is extracted from the 11 August 2008 edition of “World Trade Interactive”. The Federal Maritime Commission is seeking comments by Sept. 26 on a petition asking it to exempt non-vessel-operating common carriers…

11 August 2008 Business Leaders Call for APEC to Advance Trans-Pacific Trade Agreements This news release was issued by APEC on 6 August 2008. With the possibility of consensus and the Doha Round effectively collapsed, the business community is looking elsewhere for trade solutions. The APEC…

11 August 2008 Documentation control This article is excerpted from the 11 August 2008 edition of “Export ABCs” column in “The Journal of Commerce”. It is written by Frank Reynolds, president of International Projects, Inc., an export management company. The March and April columns covered document…

11 August 2008 September TSN Will Feature Multi-Agency Plans for ACE Integration The following was reported on 7 August 2008 on CBP website. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans to use the September 2008 Trade Support Network (TSN) plenary session as a forum to discuss how the Automated…

8 August 2008 Update to Appendix 4 of Directive D-01-01 Members are advised that Appendix 4 "CFIA Approved Pest Free Certification Programs for Phytophthora ramorum" of Directive D-01-01 "Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Entry and Spread of Phytophthora ramorum" has been revised and is…

8 August 2008 D3-1-2, Transit international routier – TIR Carnet This memorandum has been revised to update contact information. Memorandum D3-1-2 is available on the CBSA website at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d3/d3-1-2-eng.pdf.

8 August 2008 D0 Checklist for July 2008 The revised list of Departmental Memoranda for July 2008 is available on the CBSA website at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d0/d0-200807.pdf.

8 August 2008 D4-1-4, Customs Sufferance Warehouses This memorandum explains the procedures an individual or company must follow to obtain a Canada Border Services (CBSA) customs sufferance warehouse licence. It also describes the conditions for operating a sufferance warehouse and the types of…

8 August 2008 Hollow Structural Sections, Expiry Review No.: RR-2008-001 On April 9, 2008, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal), pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), initiated an expiry review of its finding made on December 23, 2003, in…

8 August 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapter 07 was published to change the release recommendation from "Approved" to "Refer to CFIA-ISC" for the following HS codes for California. 07.09.60.0001 - Pepper (fresh or chilled) 07.09.60.9999 - Other fruits of the genus Capsicum This created a…

8 August 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS website (2) Chapter 06 was published to modify the requirements of non-regulated hosts of Phytophthora ramorum with soil for the following HS codes for the States of California, Oregon and Washinton. NO VERSION CHANGE. 06.02.20.0019.02 Apple - True seedlings. (Malus…

8 August 2008 Farm Bill's illegal logging ban hits shippers, logistics companies The following was reported on in the 8 August 2008 edition of “Journal of Commerce”. Customs and Border Patrol and an industry advisory panel are scrambling to understand and cope with a provision in the recently…

8 August 2008 U.S. surface trade dips with Canada, Mexico The following was reported on in the 8 August 2008 edition of “Journal of Commerce”. U.S. surface trade with Canada and Mexico was valued at $74.1 billion in May, down 0.3 percent from April, although that was 6.8 percent higher than in May…

7 August 2008 Certain Carbon Steel Welded Pipe Originating in or Exported from the People’s Republic of China Decision On July 21, 2008, pursuant to paragraph 41(1)(a) of the Special Import Measures Act, the President of the Canada Border Services Agency made final determinations of dumping and…

7 August 2008 CP Message: EDI 404 Billing for Concentrated Weight Cargo Requires Proper STCC The following message is from Canadian Pacific. CP continues to receive EDI 404 billing for heavy metals and concentrated weight items without the appropriate Standard Transportation Commodity Code (STCC)…

7 August 2008 Procedures to be followed when requesting electronic release using carrier code 77YY The following message is from CBSA (EDI08-068) The following procedures are to be followed when requesting the electronic release of commercial goods involving itinerant carriers using the 77YY carrier…

7 August 2008 CBSA Message: EDI Hotline Update The following message is from CBSA (EDI08-067) All communication problems have been resolved.

7 August 2008 CBSA Message: Entries sent betweem 0:41 and 6:15 AM The following message is from CBSA (EDI08-067 Update) If you have submitted a PARS or an RMD between 0:41 and 6:15 this morning and have not yet received an acknowlegement or a reject message, please resubmit your entry.

7 August 2008 CBSA Message: EDI Hotline The following message is from CBSA (EDI08-067) EDI Hotline - August 7th, 8:20 am There is no inbound or outbound traffic for all VANs, all Customs Internet Gateway connections, CN and CP. Our IT are investigating. There is no ETA