Trade News

12 June 2007 Request to Add Tariff Line Breakout to Subheading No. 5402.33 The Department of Finance seeks members’ views on a request to add a tariff line breakout to subheading No. 5402.33, in order to provide tariff elimination for a number of textured polyester filament yarns. The proposed…

12 June 2007 USDA proposes increased plant export certification fees This article is excerpted from the 12 June 2007 edition of “American Shipper”. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service proposes to incrementally increase its fees for several plant export…

11 June 2007 EICS Connectivity Unavailable Connectivity to EICS is down due to technical problems. An investigation is underway, and further information will be provided as it becomes available.

11 June 2007 EICS Connectivity Restored EICS connectivity has been restored.

11 June 2007 Update to "BLUEBERRY MAGGOT REGULATED AREAS IN CANADA", of Directive D-02-04, "Phytosanitary Requirements for the Importation From the Continental United States and for Domestic Movement of Commodities Regulated for Blueberry Maggot" Appendix 1, "BLUEBERRY MAGGOT REGULATED AREAS IN…

11 June 2007 Letitia Loughride v CBSA, Appeal No. AP-2006-055 Order issued Friday, June 8, 2007 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal filed by Ms. Letitia Loughridge under section 67 of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a letter dated May 1, 2007, from the Canadian…

11 June 2007 Canada wants WTO panel in U.S. farm aid case This article is excerpted from the 11 June 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Canada on [8 June 2007] asked the World Trade Organization to judge whether United States agricultural subsidies breach its commitments to the global trade…

11 June 2007 Request for Elimination of Tariffs on Certain Upholstery Fabrics The Department of Finance has received a request for the elimination of tariffs on certain upholstery fabrics. They propose to amend tariff item No. 9931.00.00 to read as follows, with the proposed changes appearing in…

11 June 2007 Minnesota added to e-truck filing The following article is extracted from the 11 June 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Border crossings in Minnesota have begun operational testing of the ACE truck manifest system, [US] Customs and Border Protection announced. Deployment of the…

8 June 2007 CN – Message regarding St. Jean Baptiste Day in Québec Members are advised that the gates at the Montreal Intermodal Terminal will be open as usual (24 hours) on Monday, June 25th, 2007. Please visit the following site for all terminal hours : http://www.cn.ca/productsservices/intermodal…

8 June 2007 Directive D-95-03, "Asian Gypsy Moth (Lymantria Dispar L.) - Plant Protection Policy for Marine Vessels" Directive D-95-03, "Asian Gypsy Moth (Lymantria Dispar L.) - Plant Protection Policy for Marine Vessels", has been revised and is available on the web at http://www.inspection.gc.ca…

8 June 2007 Carbon Steel Pipe Nipples, Threaded Couplings and Adaptor Fittings, Interim Review No. RD-2006-006 Order and reasons issued Friday, June 8, 2007 IN THE MATTER OF an interim review, under subsection 76.01(1) of the Special Import Measures Act, of the finding made by the Canadian…

8 June 2007 Update to Meat Directives The following meat hygiene directives are now available in HTML and PDF versions at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/meavia/mmopmmhv/direct/direct… MHD 2007-18 Chapter 11 - Indonesia MHD 2007-17 Chapter 11 - Update to the requirements applicable…

8 June 2007 [US] Government Planning to Ease Passport Rules: Report This article is excerpted from the 8 June 2007 edition of “The New York Times”. The U.S. government is expected to announce on Friday that it will ease rules for summer travel in the Western Hemisphere amid complaints of a huge…

8 June 2007 Are rate hikes on horizon despite cooling job market? The following article is excerpted from the 8 June 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The Bank of Canada is poised to embark on what could be a series of interest rate increases just as the country's job market continues to show…

8 June 2007 Excise and GST/HST News, No 64 (Spring 2007) The “Excise and GST/HST News” from the Canada Revenue Agency for the spring of 2007 is available on the CRA web site, at: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/gr/news64/README.html

8 June 2007 Scheduled Electrical Power Shutdown Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) will conduct a scheduled electrical power shutdown to perform required maintenance on power distribution components within their data centre. Date : Saturday June 16, 2007 Time : From 6:00 am (EDT) until 11:59 pm…

8 June 2007 Power Outage on 10 June for Eastern Import Service Centre EISC (Eastern Import Service Centre) will have a possible service interruption on Sun. June 10 from 6:00-8:00am. The interruption is due to electrical works by Hydro-Quebec. A transformer is supposed to take over the power lines…

7 June 2007 CN Quick Trace System Members using CN's Quick Trace System were advised that, effective June 4, 2007, the Quick Trace System could only be accessed by the parties listed on the ocean bill of lading. Many customs brokers use the Quick Trace System to determine the ETA and/or location of…