Trade News

20 June 2007 Passport rule is `flexible' This article is excerpted from the 20 June 2007 edition of the “Toronto Star”. A senior U.S. State Department official promised yesterday the United States will be flexible in applying rules calling for the use of passports at land border crossings with…

20 June 2007 Trade executives warn 10+2 to bring big changes This article is excerpted from the 19 June 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Customs and Border Protection's new security-driven "10+2" program for advance collection of import data will produce bigger changes than many companies…

19 June 2007 Items 96 to 104 – Chicken and Chicken Products Serial No. 710 14 May 2007 This Notice outlines the allocation policies and practices respecting import allocations of TRQ for chicken and chicken products in 2007, by supplementing Notice to Importers No. 701 of 5 October 2006. The present…

19 June 2007 Item 17.1 Specialty Creams Serial No. 712 8 June 2007 This Notice informs importers of the policies and practices respecting the administration of 394,000 kilogram TRA for specialty creams. It should be read with the Import Allocation Regulations and the Import Permit Regulations. Where…

19 June 2007 Quebec Civic Holiday 2007 The following information concerning this year’s civic holiday in Quebec on Monday, 25 June 2007 is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA. For all clients, overnight reports will run the evenings of Friday, 22 June and Monday, 25 June as usual. Daily…

CN Intermodal Gate Hours July 2 2007 Gates: Open at/ Close at/ ************************************ HALIFAX (HIT) Monday: 08:00 – 18:00 MONCTON Monday: 00:01 – 24:00 MONTREAL (TASCHE) Monday: 00:01 - 18:00 BRAMPTON (BIT) Monday: 00:01 – 24:00 .MISC (Empty Impex Yard) Monday: 00:01 – 24:00 WINNIPEG…

19 June 2007 Information sheet for carriers on CN07-008 The CBSA has issued an information sheet for carriers. This notice addresses questions from carriers regarding CBSA measures to increase the use of EDI for release purposes, as described in Customs Notice CN07-008. This sheet can be viewed here…

19 June 2007 TRANSPORT CANADA TAKES STEPS TO INTEGRATE B.C. LOWER MAINLAND PORT AUTHORITIES The following news release issued on 18 June 2007. …The Government announced its intention to amalgamate the British Columbia (B.C.) Lower Mainland port authorities of Fraser River, North Fraser and Vancouver…

19 June 2007 Revision of Tariff Line Item regarding Certain Textured Polyester Yarns Further to the Department of Finance’s letter of 12 June 2007 concerning a request for elimination of the tariff on certain textured polyester yarns of subheading No. 5402.33, the Department now advises that the…

Information sheet for carriers on CN07-008 The CBSA has issued an information sheet for carriers. This notice addresses questions from carriers regarding CBSA measures to increase the use of EDI for release purposes, as described in Customs Notice CN07-008. This sheet can be viewed here: http://www…

19 June 2007 Update to CFIA – AIRS website a) Chapter 01 was published to add new requirements. In consequences, some requirement changed version. 01.06.90.2109.07 Honeybee queens from Chile 01.06.90.2109.08 Honeybee eggs from Chile Changes of versions: 01.06.90.2109.07 Honeybee queens from other…

19 June 2007 China to cut some export rebates from July 1 The following article is excerpted from Globe and Mail on 19 June 2007. China will remove or reduce tax rebates on nearly 3,000 export categories, including some metals products, textiles, shoes and other manufactured goods, to help reduce…

19 June 2007 Spero offers peek at Secure Freight Initiative This articles is excepted from “American Shipper” on 19 June 2007 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will soon reveal more details about how it intends to use third-party data warehouses to sift all types of commercially available…

18 June 2007 Canadian Food Inspection Agency Introduces New Regulatory Controls to Prevent the Introduction of Light Brown Apple Moth The following is excerpted from a news release issued by the CFIA on 15 June 2007, and found in its entirety at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/newcom…

18 June 2007 Canada and India Conclude Investment Agreement The following news release was issued by FAITC on 16 June 2007. The Honourable David Emerson, Minister of International Trade, today announced the conclusion of negotiations on a Foreign Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement (FIPA)…

18 June 2007 Appeals Decisions Pending The latest version of CITT’s Decisions Pending is available on their website at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/pending/index_e.asp.

18 June 2007 WTO publishes “World Tariff Profiles” with UNCTAD and ITC The World Trade Organization has published a revised version of “World Tariff Profiles”. This document provides the main tariff parameters for each of the 150 WTO Members. The standardized presentation lends itself to easy…

18 June 2007 LIST OF TROPICAL LUMBER SPECIES THAT ARE EXEMPTED FROM TREATMENT Appendix 2, "LIST OF TROPICAL LUMBER SPECIES THAT ARE EXEMPTED FROM TREATMENT", of Directive D-02-12, "Import requirements of non-manufactured wood and other non-propagative wood products, except solid wood packaging…

18 June 2007 U.S. government votes to delay the implementation of WHTI till 2009 The following notice is from the Ontario Chamber of Commerce. The OCC applauds the US House of Representative’s decision to delay the implementation of the WHTI until at least June 2009. The House approved this bill in…

18 June 2007 'Security' at the cost of free trade The following article is extracted from the 17th of June 2007 edition of “Toronto Star”. To the federal government, nothing is more important than Canada's economic relationship with the United States. Our foreign policy – including our decision to…