Trade News

11 July 2008 CITT Appeals Decisions Pending The latest list of CITT Decisions Pending is available on the CITT website at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/pending/index_e.asp.

11 July 2008 Container Testing and Ventilation The following message is from CBSA. We understand there has been a subsequent message issued. We are following up with CBSA to obtain that message. The purpose of this message is to outline the situation of fumigant / solvent testing of marine…

11 July 2008 CBSA Message: Scheduled Maintenance Outage General EDI Outage: For maintenance purposes, the Customs EDI system will be unavailable from 7:00 am until 7:30 am (ET) on Saturday July 12th, 2008. This will impact all EDI applications including: ER, RNS, CUSDEC, CADEX, ACI Marine, ACI Air…

11 July 2008 Ontario hardest hit as unemployment rises The following is excerpted from the 11 July 2008 edition of Toronto Star. Canada's ability to churn out jobs in the face of slowing growth came abruptly to an end in June as the economy shed 5,000 jobs during the month, pumping up the…

11 July 2008 Canada's trade surplus expands The following was reported on in the 11 July 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com” Canada's trade surplus expanded to $5.5-billion in May, from a revised $4.8-billion in April, as exports to countries other than the United States reached their highest level…

10 July 2008 CBSA Message: Declaration Accepted Messages CBSA PROBLEM PROCESSING OUTBOUND DECLARATION ACCEPTED MESSAGES ON PARS RELEASES This is to advise you that the problems CBSA was experiencing since mid-June in sending Declaration Accepted messages for certain transactions using an air or…

10 July 2008 Minister Day officially opens the new Port of Andover border-crossing facility The following is excerpted from the news release published on CBSA website on 10 July 2008. The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, joined by Mike Allen, Member of Parliament for Tobique–…

10 July 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS website A) Chapter 06 was published to modify the requirements for the following HS codes for the Continental United States; 06.02.10.0011.03 Elm - Unrooted plants 06.02.90.0023.05 Elm - rooted plants B) Chapter 06 was published to modify the requirements for the…

10 July 2008 Housing not just a US problem The following was written by Peter G. Hall, Vice-President and Chief Economist, Export Development Canada. Almost two years old and counting, the US housing market crash is still grabbing headlines. It’s no wonder, given the dramatic plunge, its secondary…

10 July 2008 Ottawa tightens mortgage rules to avoid 'bubble' The following is excerpted from the 10 July 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The federal government is cracking down on the mortgage industry in a move that could help protect against a U.S.-style housing bubble, but will also make it…

10 July 2008 Ministers of Finance weigh in on Michigan Business Tax issue The following is excerpted from the 9 July 2008 edition of “Canadian Transportation and Logistics”. ..[T]he Federal Government and the Government of Ontario are standing up for international businesses such as trucking…

10 July 2008 U.S. looking abroad to ensure import safety The following was reported on in the 9 July 2008 edition of “Journal of Commerce”. Import safety is becoming a proxy war for two opposing philosophies of world trade, Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt told the Import…

10 July 2008 ICC issues whistleblowing guidelines The following is excerpted from the 9 July 2008 news release on “International Chamber of Commerce” website. ICC today issued guidelines on whistleblowing, the first world business organization of its kind to establish a global standard for…

10 July 2008 WTO: New blueprints on farm and non-farm trade issued for 'crucial' talks The latest revisions of two papers including what could become the formulas for cutting tariffs and trade-distorting agricultural subsidies in a final deal were issued on 10 July 2008. They are the outcome of the…

9 July 2008 CN 08-019, Transborder Customs Self Assessment (CSA) Air Shipments in Highway Service The purpose of this notice is to advise CSA carriers of the reporting requirements for CSA shipments originally destined to arrive in Canada in the air mode that are subsequently placed on a highway…

9 July 2008 Update to Customs Notice 08-019 Members are advised that the link to Customs Notice 08-019 provided this morning no longer works, as the customs notice has been revoked by CBSA. The notice no longer applies.

9 July 2008 Bicycles from Chinese Taipei and the People’s Republic of China Notice of Conclusion of Reinvestigation This notice is to advise that, on July 9, 2008, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) concluded its re-investigation of the normal values and export prices of bicycles originating…

9 July 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS website A) Chapter 05 was published to add the end use "Other end use" to the following HS codes for all countries except USA 05.11.1297.11 Whole carcass or body parts, unpreserved, not suitable for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included - Canine (dog)…

9 July 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS website (2) Chapter 44 was published to: A) change the conditions for the following HS codes 44.01.22.0122.09 – Ash - wood chips (untreated). (Fraxinus spp.) B) modify the requirements for the following HS codes for the Continental United States; 44.03.99.0131.07 –…

9 July 2008 Bank ends emergency lending; U.S. stays course The following is excerpted from the 9 July 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Canada is emerging as an oasis of calm in global credit markets that are otherwise beset by caution and doubt. The Bank of Canada said yesterday that it is ending…