Trade News

25 January 2008 Court refuses to enforce truckers hours ruling This article is excerpted from the 25 January 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. A federal court late Wednesday refused to enforce its ruling against the hours of service interim rule for truckers. Judges Karen Henderson and…

25 January 2008 China passes U.S. as Japan’s top trade partner This article is extracted from the 25 January 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. China surpassed the United States as Japan’s largest trading partner for the first time on a calendar year basis in 2007, with bilateral trade…

24 January 2008 Aquatic Animal Health Export Program The following news release was issued by the CFIA on 23 January. Through the National Aquatic Animal Health Program (NAAHP), the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is responsible for export health certification of aquatic animals and aquatic…

24 January 2008 Status Query Function Message EDI08-013 The EDI hotline receives many enquiries regarding the status of transaction numbers. In order to assist you with your EDI transmissions, we would like to remind/inform you about the Status Query capabilities available through the Release…

24 January 2008 Carbon Steel Welded Pipe, Preliminary Injury Inquiry No. PI-2007-002 NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PRELIMINARY INJURY INQUIRY Notice was received by the Secretary of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) on January 23, 2008, from the Director General of the Trade…

24 January 2008 Carbon Steel Welded Pipe from China The following news release was issued by the CITT on 24 January 2008. On January 24, 2008, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated a preliminary injury inquiry into a complaint by ArcelorMittal of Montréal, Quebec, that it has suffered…

24 January 2008 Revision to Directive D-01-01 Directive D-01-01, "PhytosanitaryRequirements to Prevent the Entry and Spread of Phytophthora ramorum", has been revised and is available on the web at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/protect/dir/d-01-01e.shtml . This policy has been revised…

24 January 2008 Revision to "List of Genera Regulated for Phytophthora ramorum (Sudden Oak Death)" Appendix 1, "List of GeneraRegulated for Phytophthora ramorum (Sudden Oak Death)", of Directive D-01-01, "Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Entry and Spread of Phytophthoraramorum", has been…

24 January 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site A) Chapter 05 was published to create new requirement Ids with the end uses : Other end uses and Retail use for following HS codes for USA only. 05.11.99.1995.13 Poultry digest These new requirement Ids create a change of version of the following HS codes…

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

24 January 2008 Can Canada Escape a Recession? The following article is excerpted from the 24 January 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. A week or two ago, the notion of Canada falling into a recession seemed far-fetched. Domestic demand was strong, commodity prices were soaring and the rest of the…

24 January 2008 B.C. port study rocks the boat The following article is excerpted from the 24 January 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Taking aim at the labour woes and bottlenecks that have plagued West Coast ports, a trio of private-sector advisers have come up with a slew of recommendations to…

24 January 2008 Strategis.gc.ca has merged with Industry Canada (ic.gc.ca) The following message is from Industry Canada. We have merged Strategis.gc.ca with ic.gc.ca to provide a single point of entry to Industry Canada’s programs and services at http://www.ic.gc.ca

24 January 2008 Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative - Land and Sea Documentation The following message is from Laurel Smith, Director of the Public Outreach Division of US Customs and Border Protection. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reminds travelers that beginning January 31, 2008…

24 January 2008 Customs proposes change in valuation rule This article is excerpted from the 24 January 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. A proposed change in rules by Customs and Border Protection could result in importers paying higher duties for goods they purchase through multi-sale…

24 January 2008 COAC meets in Tucson This article is excerpted from the 24 January 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The first 2008 meeting of COAC, the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Agencies, will be Feb. 13 in Tucson…

24 January 2008 Bonner tells trade to back DHS security strategy This article is extracted from the 24 January 2008 edition of “American Shipper”. The import-export industry shares some blame for last year’s law mandating every ocean container be scanned overseas by 2012, but still has a chance to…

23 January 2008 Initial Environmental Assessment of the Canada-Andean Community Free Trade Agreements Closing date: February 21, 2008 In keeping with the 2001 Framework for Conducting Environmental Assessment of Trade Negotiations, an Initial Environmental Assessment of the Canada-Andean Community…