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19 December 2007 CBSA Message: Outages and Holidays for 2008 Scheduled maintenances Outages for 2008 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) clients of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) are advised that they can expect scheduled maintenance outages on the following weekends, generally in the early…

19 December 2007 GST/HST Rate Reduction in 2008 The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has published the final GST/HST Notice 226 concerning the reduction in the GST/HST rate in 2008. This notice is available on the CRA website at: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/gi/notice226/notice226-e.pdf. Please note…

19 December 2007 Forget decoupling This article is extracted from the 19 December 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. For all those gossip columnists who have been gleefully reporting that the U.S. and global markets were headed for Splitsville, I have two words: Centro Properties. Up until a couple…

19 December 2007 ESC lauds customs revisions The following was reported on in the 18 December 2007 edition of “Journal of Commerce”. The European Shippers’ Council on Tuesday said it welcomed revisions of customs rules aimed at improving global anti-terror measures. The SAFE Framework, adopted by…

19 December 2007 DHS made progress in '07, says Chertoff in review The following is excerpted from the 18 December 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said his department made “tremendous progress” despite its “share of errors” as it continued to…

18 December 2007 CN Message: Intermodal Reservations and Allocations – 24, 31 December For shippers that secure their own reservations on CN trains, as Christmas and New Year's fall on a Tuesday, access to allocation and reservations for the weeks of Dec 31 and Jan 7 will be made available to you…

18 December 2007 Canadian Economic Sanctions against Burma (also known as Myanmar) On December 13, 2007, the Special Economic Measures (Burma) Regulations came into force in order to respond to the gravity of the situation in Burma. The abhorrent human rights and humanitarian situation in Burma is…

18 December 2007 CCS Examination Results – 2007 Congratulations to the 368 students who took the CCS (Certified Customs Specialist) course and are now entitled to use the CCS designation, having passed the fall 2007 final examination. The passing grade for the CCS final examination is 65%. The…

18 December 2007 CCS Examination Results – 2007 Congratulations to the 368 students who took the CCS (Certified Customs Specialist) course and are now entitled to use the CCS designation, having passed the fall 2007 final examination. The passing grade for the CCS final examination is 65%. The…

18 December 2007 Update to CFIA AIRS website A) Chapter 06 was published to modify the requirements for the following HS codes for the Continental United States. 06.02.10.0011.02 - Douglas Fir - Unrooted plants (Other Pseudotsuga spp. than Pseudotsuga menzieii) 06.02.10.0011.05 - Spruce - Unrooted…

18 December 2007 Tories vow to hit 'fly-by-night operators' with $1-million fines, mandatory recalls This article is extracted from the 18 December 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Manufacturers could be fined $1-million and be forced to recall products that pose serious safety concerns under…

18 December 2007 A 'what if' UBS list of economic scenarios This article is excerpted from the 18 December 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Just as experts around the world are weighing in with their best assessments of what will happen next year in the global economies and global markets, UBS…

18 December 2007 U.S. politicians renew drive to delay passport requirement This article is excerpted from the 18 December 2007 edition of the “Toronto Star”. American legislators are renewing their push to delay requiring passports at the Canada-U.S. border until June 2009 by slipping the measure…

18 December 2007 The Canada Revenue Agency informs Canadians on tax relief measures The following is excerpted from the 17 December 2007 news release issued by CRA. Minister of National Revenue Gordon O'Connor today assured Canadians that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is ready to support taxpayers…

18 December 2007 Notice of Change, GST/HST Memoranda 4.4, Agriculture and Fishing The following paragraph [14.1] was inserted after paragraph 14 of the GST/HST Memoranda 4.4 Agriculture and Fishing. 14.1 Hay is ordinarily sold in bales of various sizes and shapes. For a supply of hay to be zero…

18 December 2007 U.S. grants EU postal, warehouse concessions This article has been extracted from the 18 December 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The United States has agreed to concessions on postal services and warehousing with the European Union as compensation for Washington's…

17 December 2007 CBSA Message: Holiday Schedule The Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA will be closed on Tuesday, December 25th and Wednesday, December 26th. December 25th and 26th will not be counted in the calculation of overdue entries. B3 entries processed and accepted on December 25th and…

17 December 2007 Exports decrease for the third consecutive month The following was reported on in the 14 December 2007 edition of Canadian Transportation & Logistics. Exports edged down for the third consecutive month in October, Statistics Canada records reveal. Decreases in agricultural and…

17 December 2007 EICS: Connectivity Unavailable Connectivity to EICS is down due to technical problems (PKI). An investigation is underway, and further information will be provided as it becomes available.

17 December 2007 GTA-Commercial District CBSA/CSCB Meeting Minutes Minutes from the 22 November 2007 GTA Commercial District meeting are now available to members in the members-only area of the CSCB website, under Regions, Toronto Region (login is required). The minutes include a list of CBSA ports…