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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in cooperation with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has begun processing the first 5-year renewals for the U.S./Canada FAST Commercial Driver program. As of Feb. 4, 2008, CBP and CBSA had jointly processed 716 renewal requests. In short, 13 percent…

15 February 2008 Customs Notice 08-004 -- Memoranda D9-1-1, D9-1-15 and D9-1-17 This notice informs the public of amendments to the memoranda on the importation of obscenity and hate propaganda, and of the publication of a new prrocedural memorandum on the determination of obscenity and hate…

15 February 2008 UPDATE from CPR to February 1st Bulletin titled “INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS - PORT OF VANCOUVER GATEWAY” Please notice that our pilot will be effective at all of CP’s US terminals as of March 1, 2008. In our ongoing efforts to maintain fluidity in the Port of Vancouver Gateway, CP will…

15 February 2008 CBSA message re: Scheduled Maintenance Outage on 17 February 2008 Message EDI08-017 The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients from the Canada Border Services Agency. General EDI Outage: For maintenance purposes, the Customs EDI system will be unavailable from 7…

15 February 2008 Intermodal & International Customer Bulletin: Quebec Spring Thaw Restrictions The Quebec Ministry of Transport wiplement the annual spring thaw weight restrictions in March 2008. Effective March 1, 2008 Canadian Pacific will not accept/ingate any overweight containers. Shipment…

15 February 2008 Release Requests for January, 2008 The CBSA has provided release statistics for January, 2008 at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/release_requests_received_-_jan’08.xls

15 February 2008 Scheduled Maintenance Outage on 16 and 17 February 2008 Message EDI08-017 The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients from the Canada Border Services Agency. EDI Mailbox outage: Please be advised that due to scheduled maintenance, the mailboxes between ACROSS and…

15 February 2008 Pact for unions, CP Rail The following article is excerpted from the 14 February 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Canadian Pacific Railway on Thursday announced that 4,500 locomotive engineers and conductors represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference ratified a…

15 February 2008 Government to Table its Third Budget on February 26, 2008 Members may wish to note that relevant details from the next Budget will be provided on 26 February from the CSCB national office as soon as Budget documents are made available. The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of…

15 February 2008 The Secure Freight Report Heads to Congress The following article is excerpted from the 14 February 2008 edition of “American Shipper”. The Secure Freight Initiative for conducting automated inspections of all U.S.-bound containers at a handful of foreign ports is conceptually…

15 February 2008 Taking a CBP-Wide Approach to ACE This news release from US Customs and Border Protection was published on 11 February, and appeared on their web site on 14 February. The Office of International Trade is playing a vital role in creating Automated Commercial Environment entry summary…

15 February 2008 US CBP Unified Business Resumption Messaging Alert – Maritime On 14 February 2008 CBP issued an alert. To view the messages, direction, and updates to enable post-incident trade resumption, please visit the CBP web site at http://www.customs.gov/xp/cgov/import/communications_to…

15 February 2008 U.S. sinks deeper... The following article is excerpted from the 15 February 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Sluggish growth, more interest rate relief, but no recession. That's the latest status update on the slumping U.S. economy from Federal Reserve Board chief Ben Bernanke…

14 February 2008 Canadian Pacific and Running Trades union reach agreement Canadian Pacific (TSX/NYSE: CP) was notified by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference [on 13 February] that the Memorandum of Settlement reached in December by Canadian Pacific and the Teamsters has now been ratified by the…

14 February 2008 "Fish List", Vietnam list Members are advised that the "List of Vietnam Establishments Eligible forCertification by Vietnam Authorities" has been updated at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/fispoi/import/viee.shtml . The "List of Canadian Acceptable Common Names for Fish…

14 February 2008 THE PAMPERED CHEF, CANADA CORPORATION v. PRESIDENT OF THE CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY, Appeal No. AP-2006-048 Decision and reasons issued Wednesday, February 13, 2008 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on September 26 and 27, 2007, under section 67 of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985…

14 February 2008 LOCATION ROBERT LTÉE AND TRANSPORT ROBERT (1973) LTÉE v. MINISTER OF NATIONAL REVENUE, Appeal Nos. AP-2006-036 and AP-2006-037 Decision and reasons issued Wednesday, February 13, 2008 IN THE MATTER OF appeals heard on September 11, 2007, under section 81.19 of the Excise Tax Act, R…

14 February 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 44 was published with new OGD extensions. 44.18.60.0140 - Posts and beams - Of tropical wood - without bark 44.18.60.0141 - Posts and beams - Of tropical wood - with bark 44.18.60.0142 - Posts and beams - Of non-tropical wood, coniferous -…

14 February 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 44 was published to change the release recommendation from "Refer to CFIA-ISC" to "Approved" for the continental United States for the following HS code. 44.18.60.0140 - Posts and beams - Of tropical wood - without bark This created requirement…