Trade News

9 August 2007 Proposed Changes to Regulations The Advance Commercial Initiative (ACI) has created a need for changes to existing regulations. Proposed changes to four of these regulations - Transportation of Goods Regulations; Designated Provisions (Customs) Regulations; Presentation of Persons…

9 August 2007 Scheduled Maintenance Outage Members are advised that due to scheduled maintenance, the mailboxes between ACROSS and CCS/CADEX will be down on Sunday, 12 August 2007 from 6:00 am to 7:30 am (Eastern Time).

9 August 2007 PC 2007-1002 British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. Remission Order Remission 1. Remission is granted to British Columbia Ferry Services Inc., Victoria, British Columbia, in the amount representing the customs duties paid or payable under the Customs Tariff in respect of the “MV Sonia”…

9 August 2007 PC 2007-1165 General Preferential Tariff Withdrawal Order (Bulgaria and Romania) Withdrawal of Entitlement 1. Entitlement to the benefit of the General Preferential Tariff is hereby withdrawn in respect of all goods that originate in Bulgaria and Romania. Exception 2. Section 1 does…

9 August 2007 PC 2007-1167 General Preferential Tariff Withdrawal Order (Republic of Belarus) Withdrawal of Entitlement 1. Entitlement to the benefit of the General Preferential Tariff is hereby withdrawn in respect of all goods that originate in Republic of Belarus. Exception 2. Section 1 does not…

9 August 2007 PC 2007-1160 Regulations Amending the Special Import Measures Regulations Amendment 1. The Special Import Measures Regulations are amended by adding the following after section 17.1: 17.2 (1) For the purpose of subsection 20(1) of the Act, the customs territory of the Socialist…

9 August 2007 PC 2007-1167 Regulations Amending Certain Canada Border Services Agency Regulations (Miscellaneous Program) CUSTOMS ACT CCRFTA Verification of Origin Regulations 1. Subsection 6(1) of the French version of the CCRFTA Verification of Origin Regulations (SOR/2004-129) is replaced by the…

9 August 2007 Canada's missing out in India The following is excerpted from the 9 August 2007 edition of the “globeandmail.com”. A top executive of one of the biggest companies in India says Canadian business is missing out on a golden opportunity: India's rise as an economic power. Alan Rosling…

9 August 2007 U.S. WHTI – Chamber of Commerce Submission Further to our message on July 6 ( U.S. WHTI – Request for Comment), the following was excerpted from a message received at the CSCB, from the Chamber of Commerce, providing us with their submission on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative…

8 August 2007 Statement From Minister Emerson On Softwood Lumber Agreement The following news release is available on the DFAIT website at: http://w01.international.gc.ca/MinPub/Publication.aspx?isRedirect=True&… The Honourable David Emerson, Minister of…

8 August 2007 Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapter 08 was published a) to change the End Uses by adding Industrial Use 08.02.90.4083 Walnut Shell and b) to change the release recommendation for requirements from California with a destination of British Columbia. This resulted in version change for…

8 August 2007 U.S. begins arbitration process over lumber deal This article is excerpted from the 8 August 2007 edition of the “Toronto Star”. The U.S. government has launched arbitration proceedings in what will be the first major test of the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber agreement. It claims Canada…

8 August 2007 [US] May Surface Trade with Canada … Rose 5.2 Percent from May 2006 This article is excerpted from a news release issued by the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics on 31 July 2007. The release in its entirety is found at: http://www.bts.gov/press_releases/2007/bts036_07/html/bts036…

8 August 2007 ACE e-Manifest Deployment Information CBP has posted a DRAFT deployment schedule of land border ports with ACE e-Manifest capabilities. It is avaialbe on the CBP website at: http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/ace_wel……

8 August 2007 ACE Accomplishments Fact Sheet ACE Accomplishments Fact Sheet is available on the CBP website at: http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/newsroom/fact_sheets/trade/ace_fact…

8 August 2007 US Customs and Border Protection Announces New Account Type Functionality This is a news release from US Customs and Border Protection’s ACE Division. On August 26, 2007, United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), will implement new…

7 August 2007 Americans rethinking free trade This article is extracted from the 6 August 2007 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Canada entered the free trade era warily. Many residents still have doubts about the 19-year-old Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement. But most would rather live with it…

7 August 2007 CBSA Broker Licensing - New Contact List CBSA has provided a new list of contact information at the Broker Licensing Division in Ottawa. It is available on the CSCB website at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/BrokersLicensingContact.pdf. The new contact list is effective 8 August 2007.

7 August 2007 Request for Removal of Customs Duties on Imports of Certain Aluminum Foil The Department of Finance is currently reviewing a request for the removal of the customs duties on imports of aluminum foil, of a thickness of 6 microns or more but not exceeding 75 microns, for use in Canadian…

7 August 2007 TRIEX implementation in Minneapolis, MN & Detroit MI terminals and subsequent Gate closure CP is in the process of implementing TRIEX (Truck, Rail, Intermodal EXcellence), an end-to-end shipment management solution that will utilize new processes and technology to enhance CP Intermodal…