Trade News

28 February 2007 CN Service Update - UTU Workers Back at Work The majority of UTU workers have now been back at work in CN’s Eastern Region for several days, and we have re-instated our normal scheduled trains and scheduled local services. Equipment supply is also improving in our Eastern Region. We…

28 February 2007 D15-2-41 Certain Xanthates Originating In Or Exported From The People’s Republic Of China This memorandum refers to the application of anti-dumping duty in accordance with section 3 of the Special ImportMeasures Act to importations of certain Xanthates originating in or exported…

28 February 2007 Import Permits - Tariff Classification Members may have been advised by regional customs offices that import permits applied for in 2007 would require correction if the permits reflected a 2006 tariff classification. As all members are aware, for a short period of time in early 2007…

28 February 2007 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site – Chapter 02 and Chapter 19 a) Chapter 02 was published to streamline the requirement for the end use of "In transit trough Canada" for the United States only. 02 - Meat and Edible Meat Offal b) Chapter 19 was published with new OGD extensions. 19.01.20…

28 February 2007 CFIA Updates on BSE in North America and on Canadian Breeding Cattle to Egypt CFIA has provided an update on BSE in North America. It is found at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/bseesb/bseesb… e.shtml and to exports of Canadian Breeding Cattle to Egypt…

28 February 2007 CPR Customer Bulletin: New User Fee from USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Delayed Until June 1, 2007 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the USDA have announced that the implementation of the interim rule that will impose agricultural…

28 February 2007 CN Service Update We have now re-instated normal operations and we are focused on helping our customers recover from the backlog, specifically in CN’s Western Region. On behalf of the CN team, we want to thank all our customers and industry associations for your continued support…

28 February 2007 U.S. Politicians, Premiers Join Forces Over Border Travel IDs. This article is excerpted from today’s edition of the “National Post”. WASHINGTON - A key U.S. lawmaker on Tuesday pledged to try and fast-track new legislation in Congress aimed at convincing the Bush administration to…

Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site – Chapter 05 Chapter 05 was published to change the requirements for embryos intact from Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. 05.11.99.1294.03 Animal embryos - intact - Bovine (cattle) - dairy 05.11.99.1294.04 Animal embryos - intact - Bovine (cattle) - beef

27 February 2007 Windsor Commercial Clients' Meeting Minutes, 22 February 2007 Minutes of the meeting held on 22 February in Windsor, ON are available on the Ontario Region page of the members-only section of the CSCB web site, at: http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m02/docs/rgon_min_20070222_e.pdf http://www…

27 February 2007 Save That Date – 2007 Quebec Region Annual Conference Mark your calendars for the CSCB Quebec Region 2007 conference and annual general meeting, scheduled to take place on Wednesday, June 6 at the Hilton Montreal Airport. This year’s conference will offer a business program designed…

27 February 2007 Save That Date – 2007 Ontario Region Annual Conference Mark your calendars for the CSCB Ontario Region 2007 conference and annual general meeting, scheduled to take place on Thursday, June 7 and Friday, June 8 at the Holiday Inn Select, Windsor. This year’s conference will offer a…

27 February 2007 Save That Date – 2007 British Columbia Region Annual Conference Mark your calendars for the CSCB BC Region 2007 conference and annual general meeting, scheduled to take place on Wednesday, June 13 at the River Rock Casino Resort, Richmond. This year’s conference will offer a…

27 February 2007 Final Determination Concerning Certain Copper Rod On February 26, 2007, pursuant to paragraph 41(1)(a) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), the President of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) made a final determination of dumping concerning certain copper rod originating…

27 February 2007 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site – Chapter 12 Chapter 12 was published to streamline requirements. This resulted in version changes for a number of requirements. Please check your version numbers before submitting through EDI. 12.13.00.0054.04 - Barley - straw 12.13.00.0054.06 - Oat -…

27 February 2007 2007 Second Quarter Interest Rates The CBSA has announced the annual interest rate for the second quarter of 2007 (Apr. 1 to June 30) will be 4.1571. The monthly interest rate for the same period will be 0.3%.

26 February 2007 CN Service Update The following is a message from CN Rail to customers sent on 23 February 2007. The Federal government introduced back to work legislation today in Parliament. We believe Parliament should support such legislation to ensure its quick passage. At this time we are…

26 February 2007 CN and UTU Reach Tentative Settlement CN is pleased to announce that it has reached a tentative settlement with the United Transportation Union (UTU) on 24 February 2007. Details of the settlement will be released at a later date. The UTU’s 2,800 conductors and yard-service…

26 February 2007 PKI Certificate Authority Upgrade - Bulletin #2 The following message is from the EICB. Migration testing for the EICS PKI Certificates is delayed due to resource availability. This will also delay the migration, and you will be advised as soon as a new time frame is envisioned. The…

26 February 2007 Release Requests for January, 2007 The CBSA has provided statistics on release requests for January, 2007; these are available on the CSCB web site, at http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/cbsareleaserequeststatsJan07.xls.