Trade News

3 July 2008 CITT 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.

3 July 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapter 05 was published to change the recommendation from "Refuse entry" to "CBSA Inspection - Border Service Officer (BSO) designated and trained in FPA inspection" for the following HS codes from Spain 05.11.99.1293.11 Animal semen (other than bovine) -…

3 July 2008 GM faces possible bankruptcy The following article is excerpted from the 3 July 2008 edition of the “Toronto Star”. General Motors Corp., battered by the slowest U.S. sales market in 15 years, faces the possibility of bankruptcy and may need to raise as much as $15 billion (U.S.), a…

3 July 2008 Report urges ACE changes The following article is excerpted from the 2 July 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General gave [US] Customs and Border Protection high marks for protecting the data collected by the Automated Commercial…

2 July 2008 CBSA Message: EDI Hotline Update EDI Hotline - July 2nd, 9:00 am Outbound messages are not being picked up by the following connections: UPS, CRIMSON LOGIC, SITA, KLEINSCHMIDT, and FLAGSHIP. Also, OOCL is down. Our IT are investigating. There is no ETA.

2 July 2008 D-05-02, Pilot Project – Import requirements for wheat, triticale, rye and barley for non-propagative uses… Members are advised that Directive D-05-02 "Pilot Project – Import requirements for wheat, triticale, rye and barley for non-propagative uses originating from the state of North…

2 July 2008 Modernized PIP Program Introduced The CBSA issued notification on 30 June of changes to the Partners in Protection (PIP) program, about which members were notified on 6 March 2008. Steps have been taken to ensure that PIP is better aligned with the WCO Framework of Standards to Secure…

2 July 2008 CBSA Message: EDI Hotline Update EDI Hotline - July 2nd, 11:15 am We are not processing outbound messages for CRIMSON LOGIC and KLEINSCHMIDT. We are not processing inbound or outbound for OOCL. Our IT are investigating. There is no ETA.

2 July 2008 CBSA Message: EDI Hotline Update EDI Hotline - July 2nd, noon We are not processing outbound messages for CRIMSON LOGIC. We are not processing inbound or outbound for OOCL. Our IT are investigating. There is no ETA.

2 July 2008 CBSA Message: Connection Problems Resolved EDI Hotline - July 2nd, 1:00 pm The system connection problems have been resolved.

2 July 2008 Signing of an arrangement of mutual recognition with the United States and launch of modernized PIP program The following letter was written by Greta Bossenmaier, Interim President of Canada Border Services Agency, addressed to Border Commercial Consultative Committee (BCCC) members. The…

The following messages were sent on 2 July: 1. CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY - ELECTRONIC COMMERCE CBSA Message: EDI Hotline Update CBSA Message: EDI Hotline Update CBSA Message: EDI Hotline Update CBSA Message: Connection Problems Resolved 2. CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY - OTHER Modernized PIP…

2 July 2008 CFIA Production Database Backup This is a reminder that a full database backup of the production database (PROD) is scheduled for Saturday, July 5, 2008. CFIA systems will be unavailable from 3am to 7am EST. Please note that full database backups of the production database (PROD) are…

2 July 2008 Spike Marks Inc. v. Attorney General of Canada Application for judicial review of seven decisions issued by the President of the Canada Border Services Agency (the CBSA) dated February 3, 2006 pursuant to subsection 60(4) of the Customs Act (collectively, the "re-determination"). The re…

2 July 2008 Deepening Cycle of Job Loss Seen Lasting Into ’09 This article is excerpted from the 2 July 2008 edition of “The New York Times”. As automakers dropped their latest batch of awful sales numbers on the market on Tuesday, reinforcing the gloom spreading across the economy, the troubles…

2 July 2008 Report: Global contract logistics industry bucks downturn, for now This article is excerpted from the 1 July 2008 edition of “American Shipper”. The global contract logistics industry was largely immune to the economic downturn hurting other transport and logistics sectors in 2007, but…

2 July 2008 EU adopts guidelines for liner data-sharing This article is extracted from the 1 July 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The European Commission announced Tuesday it has adopted the long-awaited guidelines that will govern the maritime transport sector following the repeal of the…

2 July 2008 NAFTA surface mark This article is excerpted from the 1 July 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Surface trade between the United States and partners Canada and Mexico totaled $74.3 billion in April, a new record, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the Department of…

2 July 2008 When [US] Customs Knocks The following is a trade advisory from Sandler Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., dated 27 June 2008, is found at http://www.strtrade.com/advisory.aspx?id=335. Recent actions by Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") strongly suggest it has intensified enforcement efforts…