Trade News

16 April 2007 Rail strike hit economy in January The following article is excerpted from the 13 April 2007 edition of the “Toronto Star”. A 15-day railway strike which threatened the country's distribution network and made it difficult for exporters to ship their products to borders and ports helped…

16 April 2007 Report: Forwarding market sees “stellar” growth in 2006; DHL No. 1 This article is excerpted from the 16 April 2007 edition of “American Shipper”. The global freight forwarding market witnessed another year of "stellar" growth in 2006 with DHL Global Forwarding the largest company in…

13 April 2007 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site a) Chapter 01 was published to change the recommendation from "Refer to CFIA" to "REFER TO CFIA - VETERINARY INSPECTION" as well as to remove a condition for the importation of horses from various countries except the United States. 01.01 Live horses, asses…

13 April 2007 CN Update - State of the Railroad, April 12, 2007 - CN’s network remains fluid; management personnel have been deployed and are successfully maintaining regular scheduled mainline service and regular local switching service. - As a result of the UTU-represented employees withdrawing…

13 April 2007 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 22 was published to streamline the requirements as a result of a change in the version for the following HS code: 22.02.90.2116.99 Other beverage

13 April 2007 Possible AIRS interruption In order to install new equipment in the Data Centre, affecting the main link to AAFC, access to the public (web) Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) may become unavailable from 9:00 am until 11:00 am (ET) on Saturday April 14, 2007.

13 April 2007 CFIA Import Procedural Changes due to Mandatory Line Release at Windsor Bridge The CFIA has issued further clarification regarding their procedures regarding the CBSA mandatory line release project at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor. This document is available on the CSCB web site, at…

13 April 2007 Request for Removal of Customs Duties on Imports of Submarine Cable The Department of Finance is reviewing a request for removal of the customs duties on imports of submarine cable. This cable is classified under tariff item No. 8544.60.99 of the Customs Tariff, and dutiable at 6.5 per…

13 April 2007 Chafing at the WTO This article is excerpted from the 13 April 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. When China joined the World Trade Organization in December, 2001, after nearly 15 years of negotiations, it undertook to bring down barriers to foreign trade and investment and enact the…

13 April 2007 Customs adds C-TPAT benefit This article is extracted from the 12 April 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Customs and Border Protection announced that it is developing procedures that will give trusted importers in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT)…

13 April 2007 US Customs Announces Date for Mandatory Electronic Truck Manifest for Vermont, New Hampshire and North Dakota Today US Customs announced that, as of 12 July 2007, trucks entering the US through land border ports in the states of Vermont and New Hampshire, and at the ports of St. John…

12 April 2007 CN Update - State of the Railroad, April 11, 2007 - CN management personnel have been deployed and are executing our strike contingency plan in response to the UTU Canada member’s rejection April 10, 2007 of the tentative one-year settlement. - CN said today it is locking out UTU…

12 April 2007 Scheduled Maintenance Outage, 14 and 15 April 2007 The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients from the Canada Border Services Agency. EDI Mailbox outage: Please be advised that due to scheduled maintenance, the mailboxes between ACROSS and CCS/CADEX will be down on…

12 April 2007 CSCB Toronto Region Annual Conference, 5 and 6 June 2007 The Toronto Region annual conference will take place on 5 and 6 June this year, at the Hockley Valley Resort in Orangeville. Members are cordially invited to attend. The first day of the event features the golf tournament and…

12 April 2007 Update to Meat Hygiene Directive: 2007-11, Russia The CFIA has updated the list of establishments eligible to export pork; the new list is effective as of 1 January 2007. There is an update to the requirements regarding trichina control in pork. The requirements to test pork for…

12 April 2007 Copper Rod, Inquiry No. NQ-2006-003 IN THE MATTER OF an inquiry, under section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: THE DUMPING OF COPPER ROD ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM BRAZIL AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE SUBSIDIZING OF COPPER ROD ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED…

12 April 2007 Mr. Day's guard duty The following article is extracted from the 12 April 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. It must have seemed the perfect opportunity to publicize how seriously the federal government takes the issue of port security, which a recent Senate report indicated is not…

12 April 2007 Softwood deal apt to implode, trade envoys say The following article is excerpted from the 12 April 2007 edition of the “National Post”. The six-month-old softwood trade agreement … likely will not survive its seven-year mandate, say the former chief negotiators for both sides. "This…

12 April 2007 Secure Freight Initiative Begins Testing at Two Foreign Ports This news release is excerpted from that issued by US Customs and Border Protection on 11 April 2007. The Departments of Homeland Security and Energy announced … that operational testing is underway in Honduras and Pakistan…