Trade News

23 January 2007 Customs Meeting Minutes in Fort Erie, 17 January 2007 Minutes from the Fort Erie Port Standing Committee meeting held on 17 January 2007 are available to members on the CSCB Ontario Region web page, at: http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m02/docs/rgon_min_20070117_e.pdf

23 January 2007 An Opportunity to Gain the Certified Customs Specialist Designation We announced exciting news about the CCS (Certified Customs Specialist) program just before Christmas, 2006. There is a limited opportunity -- between now and 31 March 2007 -- for eligible individuals to get the CCS…

23 January 2007 Global coalition joins U.S. subsidy challenge The following article is extracted from the 23 January 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Thirty-two countries have signed up to join Canada in a global challenge of trade-distorting U.S. farm subsidies, a coalition that may supply more…

23 January 2007 Vancouver container backlog port's worst ever This article is extracted from the 23 January 2007 edition of “National Post”. The operator of Vancouver's biggest container port is blaming foul winter weather for the worst backlog in its history, which has left nearly 7,000 containers…

23 January 2007 Spam Surge Trojan.Peacomm threat level increased Today Symantec Security Response raised the risk level of Trojan.Peacomm to a category 3 threat, due to the speed and volume in which it is being aggressively spammed across the Internet. The Trojan, which was first spotted January 17…

23 January 2007 Documents You Will Need to Enter the United States US Customs and Border Protection has provided a list of travel documents required for US citizens, permanent residents and visitors in light of implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative today. This page is found on…

23 January 2007 UCP 600 This article is extracted from the “Export ABCs” column published in “The Journal of Commerce” issue of 23 January 2007. The author is Frank Reynolds, president of International Projects, Inc. The International Chamber of Commerce … has revised its Uniform Customs and…

22 January 2007 Technical Update - Genetically Engineered Rice Unintentionally Released in the US The following is excerpted from a news release issued by the CFIA on 19 January 2007. On August 18, 2006, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that trace amounts of an unapproved…

22 January 2007 Softwood Lumber Exports to the United States: Excluded Companies Notice to Exporters Serial No. 150 1.0 Background 1.1 The Canada-U.S. Softwood Lumber Agreement 2006 (the Agreement) makes provision for the exclusion of exports by 32 companies from the imposition of the export…

22 January 2007 Fortress North America is an illusion This article is excerpted from the 22 January 2007 edition of the “Toronto Star”. You don't hear much from them these days… . But it wasn't long ago when we were being bombarded with almost hysterical calls from our leading business groups and…

22 January 2007 Canadian Chamber Economic Update - Monetary Policy Report … The bottom line: On the whole, the Bank of Canada believes that output growth in Canada decelerated as 2006 came to close largely due to some special factors, namely adjustments in the U.S. housing and auto sectors. However…

22 January 2007 What do global shippers really want from their logistics providers? This article is excerpted from the 19 January 2007 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. The often used saying "careful what you ask for because you may get it" is an apt description for one of the major…

22 January 2007 Information from US Customs on Forthcoming Changes to HS Tariff, effective 3 February 2007 The US Customs and Border Protection web site has numerous pages about conversion to the WCO 2007 Harmonized Tariff Schedule; these are found on the CBP web site, at: http://www.customs.gov/xp…

22 January 2007 Taxi-style licensing system advocated for port trucking This article is extracted from the 22 January 2007 edition of “American Shipper”. A licensing system for container truck drivers at U.S. ports could lead to more compensatory rates and a more professional and efficient shuttle…

19 January 2007 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 23 was published to create a new requirement for pet minerals and vitamins from the United States. In consequences, some other requirements from the same chapter have a new version. Please check the version number before submitting through EDI. 23…

19 January 2007 Réal Veer Inc. Fined $50,000 On December 20, 2006, at the Saint-Joseph court house, Réal Veer Inc. of Sainte-Claire, Quebec, and its Vice-President, Jérôme Veer, pleaded guilty and were convicted on two counts of violating the Canada Agricultural Products Act and the Egg Regulations…

19 January 2007 Update regarding Late Accounting Questions The following message is from Doug Oakman, Manager of Entry, Accounting and Adjustment Policy at CBSA. Members should note that the request for an extension to the automatic waiver period, originally set at 2-15 January, came from the CSCB…

19 January 2007 CBSA eManifest Presentations Available to Members The presentations provided by CBSA at the launch of eManifest and the eManifest Partnership Network on 18 January are available on the CSCB web site, as follow: 1. Enhancing Secure and Efficient Trade: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo…

19 January 2007 Macquarie buys Vancouver's Fraser Surrey Docks The following article was extracted from the 18 January 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Macquarie Bank Ltd. of Australia has acquired the Vancouver-region container and breakbulk terminal Fraser Surrey Docks, the investor…