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21 June 2007 DISPOSABLE ADULT INCONTINENCE BRIEFS Inquiry No. NQ-2006-004 IN THE MATTER OF an inquiry, under section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: THE DUMPING OF DISPOSABLE ADULT INCONTINENCE BRIEFS ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM FRANCE FINDING The Canadian International Trade…

21 June 2007 Hearings Appeal Schedule Revised Updated appeals hearing schedule is available on the CITT website at http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/hearings/070621_e.asp.

21 June 2007 Canada pol: West Coast ports should ally This article was excerpted from The Journal of Commerce edition of 21 June 2007 Canadian and American ports on the West Coast should work together to handle container traffic that is expected to soar in the coming years, a Canadian politician…

New developments regarding the U.S. WHTI Since January 23, 2007, all travellers flying to, or through, the United States (U.S.) have been required to present either a valid passport or NEXUS card, when used at NEXUS kiosks at designated airports. On June 20, 2007, the U.S. released its Notice of…

21 June 2007 Update to CFIA – AIRS website Chapter 23 was published to add OGD to the following HS codes: 23.01.10.5345.01 Bovine meat. 23.01.10.5345.02 Bovine bulk blood or plasma. 23.01.10.5345.03 Equine meat. 23.01.10.5345.04 Equine bulk blood or plasma. 23.01.10.5345.05 Ovine meat. 23.01.10.5345…

21 June 2007 The Government announces that the NEXUS program is taking off at Ottawa International Airport The Government announced the opening of NEXUS kiosks at the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport. Airports in Vancouver, Toronto and Montréal already operate kiosks for NEXUS members…

21 June 2007 DHS Advances Initiative to Strengthen Border Security and Facilitate Entry into the United States The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the land and sea portion of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. Proposed…

21 June 2007 Jackson outlines vision for Secure Freight data clearinghouse This article is extracted from the 20 June 2007 edition of “American Shipper”. A centralized data repository of international supply chain transaction data would help advance a harmonized, global cargo security system…

21 June 2007 Jackson: Congress may have to break stalemate on mandatory AES This article is extracted from the 21 June 2007 edition of “American Shipper”. Congress may have to referee the 18-month impasse between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Census Bureau over proposed…

20 June 2007 Update to CFIA Regional Co-odinators Latika Mogla will be the Acting Import Coordinator, Ontario from June 4 - Aug. 31, 2007. Latika may be reached at: Telephone: (416) 665-5035 Fax: (416) 665-5069 Internet: [email protected]

20 June 2007 Challenging the CCS Examination -- the Deadline is Approaching Individuals with an interest in challenging the Certified Customs Specialist (CCS) examination in September, 2007 are reminded that applications, with payment of $400.00, must be received in the CSCB national office by 15…

20 June 2007 "Fish List", Certification Requirements Members are advised that the "List of Canadian Acceptable Common Names for Fish and Seafood" has been updated with new entries. The Fish List is available at: http://active.inspection.gc.ca/scripts/fispoi/fplist/fplist.asp?lang=e and that the…

20 June 2007 New External Error Code Effective June 25, 2007, a new external error code H67 will be generated, if applicable, on outgoing ACROSS reject messages. Code H67 will flag the user to review the associated HS code that the actual validation error applies to, e.g. Mandatory fields missing…

20 June 2007 Minutes of the BC Region Trade Compliance Committee Minutes of the BC Region Trade Compliance Committee are found on the CSCB BC Region web page at: http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m02/docs/rgbc_min_20070516_e.pdf

PKI Certificate Authority Upgrade The EICB will soon be preparing the schedule to migrate your PKI Certificate over the summer months. Please advise Juudy Scrimger at [email protected] or (613) 996-2299 right away regarding any constraints that would affect the timing of your Certificate…

20 June 2007 Vancouver container traffic up 6% through May The following article is excerpted from the 20 June 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Container traffic through the Port of Vancouver, British Columbia, continued to increase through May, rising to 894,422 TEUs, up 6 percent from…

Vancouver container traffic up 6% through May The following article is excerpted from the 20 June 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Container traffic through the Port of Vancouver, British Columbia, continued to increase through May, rising to 894,422 TEUs, up 6 percent from 847,402 TEUs in…

20 June 2007 Scheduled Electrical Power Shutdown for CFIA on 23 June 2007 AAFC will conduct a scheduled electrical power shutdown to perform required maintenance on power distribution components within their data centre. Date : Saturday June 23, 2007 Time : From 6:00 am (EST) until 11:59 pm (EST)…