Trade News

7 September 2007 Scheduled Maintenance Outage Members are advised that due to scheduled maintenance, the mailboxes between ACROSS and CCS/CADEX will be down on Saturday, 8 September 2007 from 5:00 am to 5:30 am, as well as on Sunday, 9 September 2007 from 7:30 am to 8:00 am (Eastern Time).

7 September 2007 Certification Requirements Members are advised that certification requirements for Algeria and Morocco have been added at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/fispoi/export/coupaye.shtml.

7 September 2007 Courses offered in Ontario Region during the Fall of 2007 The CSCB Ontario Region, CBSA GTA Region and AICBA are offering a series of seminars this fall in Burlington and Cambridge. CCS points will be awarded for attendance at these events; five points will be given for the one-day…

7 September 2007 WHTI - Government of Canada comments on NPRM for sea and land The following notice is from Janet Rumball, Acting Director General, Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative of CBSA. The purpose of this message is to announce that the official Government of Canada (GC) comments have been…

7 September 2007 Seminar on Import Service Center Procedures and Recent Changes in CFIA Regulation in Prairie Region The CSCB Prairie Region is offering a seminar entitled "Import Service Center Procedures and Recent changes in CFIA Regulation" on Thursday, 17 September 2007, between 4:00 and 7:00…

7 September 2007 Employment Report from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce The following is the report on employment issued today by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Employment in Canada rose a solid 23,300 in August, surpassing market expectations. An estimated 6,500 full-time positions and 16,800…

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…