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22 October 2007 Requirements for Importing Live and Raw Molluscan Shellfish - Country of Harvest Members are advised that a new Industry Notice "Requirements for Importing Live and Raw Molluscan Shellfish - New Mandatory Declaration of Country of Harvest on CFIA Documents" has been posted on the…

22 October 2007 Windsor Commercial Clients' Meeting, 11 October 2007 Minutes of the commercial clients’ meeting held in Windsor, ON on 11 October 2007 are now available in the members-only area of the CSCB website at: http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m02/rg_on_e.cfm (login required).

22 October 2007 Dodge sounds alarm on dollar's surge This article is excerpted from the 22 October 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The Canadian dollar has soared to unjustified heights, Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge said Sunday, in his strongest suggestion to date that the loonie has gone…

22 October 2007 Proposal to amend tariff on certain textured nylon and polyester yarns The following is a notice from Sean Clarke, International Trade Policy Division at the Department of Finance. I am writing to seek your views on a request that the Department has received to amend the tariff on a…

22 October 2007 Inflation Report from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Headline inflation, as measured by the All-items consumer price index (CPI), rose 2.5% in September 2007 compared to a year earlier. This was a sharp acceleration from the 1.7% increase posted in August and the biggest jump in…

22 October 2007 Dollar plunges on Dodge remarks The following article is excerpted from the 22 October 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The high-flying loonie ran into severe turbulence Monday, falling sharply against the U.S. dollar, although currency experts are not expecting it to crash back…

22 October 2007 AMTAC opposes import concessions for duty-free access This article is extracted from the 19 ctober 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition announced its opposition to proposed legislation that would provide duty-free access to the…

22 October 2007 Tighter Border Delays Re-entry by U.S. Citizens This article is excerpted from the 21 October 2007 edition of “The New York Times”. United States border agents have stepped up scrutiny of Americans returning home from Mexico, slowing commerce and creating delays at border crossings…

19 October 2007 Update to Handbook of Export and Import Commodity Codes, 2007 Updates to the Blue Book are found on the EICB website at: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/trade/eicb/general/Bluebook/since2007-en.a….

19 October 2007 Enforcement Instructions Concerning Imports of Certain Laminate Flooring from The People’s Republic of China and France following January 1, 2007 Tariff Classification Revision On June 16, 2005, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (Tribunal) found that the dumping in Canada of…

19 October 2007 Update on EICS Maintenance on 20-21 October Further to our notice sent out on 18 October 2007 (EICS Maintenance on 20-21 October), EICS has confirmed that new permits will not be issued during this outage period. This outage does not affect permits already issued.

19 October 2007 Customs unveils ACE features This article is extracted from the 18 October 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. [US] Customs and Border Protection has announced new operational features of the Automated Commercial Environment that will make the system more widely accessible by…

19 October 2007 Import safety This article, extracted from the 18 October 2007 “Customs Update” column by Susan Kohn Ross, appeared in “The Journal of Commerce”. … President Bush established the Interagency Working Group on Import Safety. While there is no question this action was in response to the…

19 October 2007 Some day we'll wish for a permeable U.S. border This article is extracted from the 19 October 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Canada and Mexico do well, as nations, buying and selling things in the United States - as do Canadians and Mexicans who habitually cross national borders…

18 October 2007 EICS Maintenance on 20-21 October Maintenance Schedule for EICS (both Web and EDI): The weekend of 20 – 21 October 2007, EICS will close at 24:00 EST on Friday, 19 October and will resume at 04:00 EST on Monday, 22 October. Please note that the Regional Softwood Lumber Export Report…

18 October 2007 CADEX Test Environment Please note that the CCS/CADEX test environment will not be available on Friday, 19 October 2007 due to a migration. CADEX and CUSDEC applications will be affected by this outage.

18 October 2007 Expiry Review No.: RR-2007-002 Xanthates On June 20, 2007, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (Tribunal), pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), initiated an expiry review of its finding made on March 4, 2003, in Inquiry No. NQ-2002-003…

18 October 2007 TR-2007-002, Textured Polypropylene Multifilament Yarn Notice of Commencement of Investigation Notice is hereby given that the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) is satisfied that the request received from Korhani Manufacture Inc. (the requester) of Sorel, Quebec…