Trade News

27 August 2007 ACE A1 Implementation Is Postponed The following notice is from the Department of Homeland Security. Due to an ABI software limitation, the implementation of ACE A1, Enhanced Accounts and Master Data, is being postponed until September 2007. All related implementation procedures are…

27 August 2007 Japan shrinks trade surplus The following is excerpted from the 24 August 2007 edition of “Journal of Commerce”. Japan’s merchandise trade surplus contracted for the first time in nine months in July, shrinking over 20 percent from the same month in 2006, according to preliminary…

24 August 2007 Certain Hot-rolled Steel Plate, Expiry Review Decision (Expiry Review No.: RR-2007-001) On April 25, 2007, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal), pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), initiated an expiry review of its order made…

24 August 2007 CN07-025, Air Cargo or Conveyance Reference Number Reuse Time Frames The purpose of this notice is to advise clients of a policy and systems change allowing air cargo reference numbers for the following reports to be reused after one year instead of maintaining the current requirement…

24 August 2007 CN07-008 Measures to Increase the use of EDI for Release Purposes Customs Notice CN07-008 advises that FIRST will be eliminated on 31 January 2008 and that paper RMD and paper PARS service options will not be accepted as of 15 October 2007. With respect to the latter, CBSA has…

24 August 2007 New form for Agreement to Maintain Books & Records Outside of Canada The following message is from Brigitte Philippe of Compliance Management Division at the CBSA. Members are advised that the Books & Records Program has changed its location. To reflect this change, they have updated…

24 August 2007 New Version of AIRS The following message is from the National Import Operations Division. A new version of the AIRS system will be rolled out by the end of the day on 4 September 2007. This system upgrade is to address the periodic problem some of our clients experienced when using…

24 August 2007 Trade Data Online Canadian import and export data are now updated to June 2007, and the Canadian data for the year 2006 has been revised and is available on the StatsCanada website at: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/tdst/engdoc/tr_homep.html. U.S. import and export data are now…

24 August 2007 Lumber ouput slips to 5-year low The following article is extracted from the 24 August 2007 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Canadian lumber production continued its downward spiral in June amid signs on both sides of the border that an end to the slump is nowhere in sight. June…

24 August 2007 Inflation Report from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Headline inflation, as measured by the All-items consumer price index (CPI), rose 2.2% in July 2007 compared to a year earlier. It has remained stable at 2.2% for the last four months. Much of the upward pressure on the all-items…

24 August 2007 Minister Day launches the NEXUS program at Winnipeg International Airport The following is excerpted from the CBSA news release on 23 August 2007. The Minister of Public Safety, the Honourable Stockwell Day, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Port Director Michael…

24 August 2007 Shippers criticize passport rule The following is excerpted from the 23 August 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Trade and transport interests have renewed their opposition to a U.S. plan requiring passports for travelers entering the U.S. at land crossings with Canada and…

24 August 2007 Chinese government throws product safety issues back at U.S. again The following is excerpted from the 23 August 2007 edition of “American Shipper” . The U.S.-Chinese tit for tat atmosphere over the safety of imported goods shows no signs of dissipating after Beijing on Thursday…

24 August 2007 Dodd puts more pressure on China imports The following is excerpted from the 23 August 2007 edition of “American Shipper”. Presidential hopeful Christopher Dodd last Friday urged President Bush to suspend the import of food, toy and pet food products from China until safety concerns…

24 August 2007 China to soon pass Japan as third-biggest U.S. export market The following is excerpted from the 23 August 2007 edition of “American Shipper”. A Beijing official said Thursday that China will overtake Japan as the United States’ third largest export destination by the end of the year…

24 August 2007 Boeing behind schedule on U.S. border program The following is excerpted from the 24 August 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Boeing Co., the second-largest U.S. defence contractor, has fallen behind schedule in delivering functioning border-security towers under a contract with U.S…

24 August 2007 Mexico sets 24-hour rule This article is excerpted from the 23 August 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Mexico Customs will begin enforcing a 24-hour rule for container manifests beginning Sept. 1. The rule will require carriers and non-vessel-operating common carriers to…

23 August 2007 Update to Common Names for Fish and Seafood List Members are advised that the "List of Canadian Acceptable Common Names for Fish and Seafood" has been updated with new entries: Sebastes norvegicus, Sebastes viviparus. The Fish List is available on the CFIA website at: http://active…

23 August 2007 MISC Construction Members, please be aware that beginning the weekend of Sept 8th, there will be short term external construction across the main driveway into MISC at 7505 Bramalea Rd. MISC will continue to operate and road access to the driveway will be available throughout the…

23 August 2007 Don't let the border get in trade's way The following article is extracted from the 23 August 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The meeting of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his American and Mexican counterparts in Montebello ended predictably…. Of more importance to Canada…