Trade News

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)…

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…