Trade News

7 September 2007 Truckers protest plans to okay Mexican trucks This article is excerpted from the 7 September 2007 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Dozens of truckers waved signs and American flags at a San Diego border crossing yesterday to protest a program that will allow up to 100 Mexican trucking…

6 September 2007 Canada Takes Concrete Steps To Strengthen Ties With Partners From The Asia-Pacific Region The following is excerpted from the 6 September 2007 news release on DFIAT website. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Maxime Bernier, and the Minister of International Trade, the…

6 September 2007 D10-14-51, Tariff Classification Policy: Tariff Item 9948.00.00 Memorandum D10-14-51 outlines the Canada Border Services Agency’s policy as it relates to the tariff classification of goods under tariff item 9948.00.00 of the Customs Tariff. This memo is available on the CBSA website…

6 September 2007 Report details delays at U.S.-Canada crossing The following is excerpted from the 31 August edition of “Journal of Commerce”. Border crossings between Canada and the United States are "suffering the worst [vehicle] backlogs since 9/11," [according to] the Ontario Chamber of Commerce…

6 September 2007 TN-25 Tariff Notice, Summary of Changes The changes to the Customs Tariff in Tariff Notice TN-25 are available on the CSCB website at: English: Tariff Notice: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/TariffNoticeTN-25E.pdf Summary of Changes: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/T2007-4Summary.pdf…

6 September 2007 Some economists expect no change at all in 2007 The following article is excerpted from the 6 September 2007 edition of the “Toronto Star”. The Bank of Canada probably won't raise interest rates until December at the earliest, and possibly later, economists said yesterday after the…

6 September 2007 EDC and ACOA Sign Agreement to Foster Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in Atlantic Canada The following is excerpted from the 5 September 2007 news release on” news.gc.ca”. Export Development Canada (EDC) and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) today signed a…

6 September 2007 Canada will accept U.S.-registered Mexican trucks This article is excerpted from the 6 September 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Canada will accept any Mexican trucks that enter the country from the United States under Department of Transport registration, a Canadian…

6 September 2007 [US] Court denies injunction to block Mexican trucks The following is excerpted from the 5 September 2007 edition of “Journal of Commerce”. A [US] federal appeals court denied a request for an emergency injunction to stop the Department of Transportation's cross-border trucking…

6 September 2007 Manufacturers: Asia meet could jumpstart Doha talks This article is extracted from the 6 September 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The National Association of Manufacturers said an Asian economic summit that opened Thursday could help restart the stalled Doha round of…

5 September 2007 CBSA - 2007 Fourth Quarter Interest Rates The annual interest rate for the fourth quarter of 2007 (Oct. 1 to December 31) will be 4.5373. The monthly interest rate for the same period will be 0.4.

5 September 2007 TRIEX implementation in Obico ON terminal on Saturday, 15 Sep. 2007 and Sunday, 16 Sep. 2007 The following notice is from Claudio Minello, General Manager, International at Canadian Pacific. CP is in the process of implementing TRIEX (Truck, Rail, Intermodal EXcellence), an end-to…

5 September CN Intermodal: Heater Rates Protective Service Heat – Railway Owned Equipment. During the high heat season ( October 15th to March 15th), customers will be billed the rate of ‘heater turned on’ whenever requesting a heater unit, whether the heat is turned on or off. This change…

5 September 2007 2008 IFCBA World Conference The CSCB has served as Secretariat for the International Federation of Customs Brokers Associations (IFCBA) for more than ten years. We are currently planning the 2008 IFCBA World Conference, which will be held in Istanbul, Turkey in May/June 2008. Our…

5 September 2007 CITT Appeals Hearing Schedule The latest CITT list of appeals hearing schedule is available on the CITT website at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/hearings/070905_e.asp.