Trade News

22 December 2006 CN665 Release of Canadian Automated Export Declaration 2007 This Notice informs exporters that CAED 2007 was released on 18 December 2006. A detailed list of changes to CAED 2007 is available on the CAED web site, at http://www.statcan.ca/english/exports. This Notice is available on…

22 December 2006 CFIA EDI – Submission of Requirement ID and Requirement Versions - Update The following message is from Kim Rodrigue at CFIA. As anticipated, we have received numerous calls and e-mails regarding the pending changes to the EDI process scheduled for January 2, 2007. It is our desire…

22 December 2006 Tariff Notice - TN-19 The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) would like to inform you of the following changes to the 2007 Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff, as contained in the T2007-1 Amendment Package. • Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the…

22 December 2006 Message concerning Outage on 21 December 2006 This message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA. The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA): The problem that resulted in Thursday's outage of the CADEX and…

22 December 2006 Correction to Message from CBSA re: Thursday's Outage This message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA. The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA): The problem that resulted in Thursday's outage of the…

The following messges were sent on 22 December: 1. Canada Border Services Agency (electronic commerce) Message concerning outage on 21 December 2006 Correction to message from CBSA re Thursday's... 2 Canada Border Services Agency (notices and memos) CN665 Release of CAED 2007 3. Canada Border…

22 December 2006 Fulfilling the Promise of the SAFE Port Act A Look at CBP’s Proposal for 10 + 2 Advance Trade Data Elements The following is available on the CBP web site, at: http://www.customs.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/full_text_articles/trade_prog_i… U.S. Customs and Border Protection…

21 December 2006 CBSA Systems are Unavailable The CBSA hotline reports that the mainframe computer is down, and no inbound nor outbound messages are being processed. There is no timeframe for repairing the problem. We will keep members apprised of the situation as we learn more.

21 December 2006 CBSA System Outage (continued) CBSA reports that today’s systems outage has been caused by mechanical failure, and they are working on repairing the problem. As yet there is no eta for completing the fix; they are sending a message to all brokers with instructions for the duration…

21 December 2006 EDI systems problems continue The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA. We are experiencing problems with the EDI system and are unable to process any inbound or outbound data. No ETA. Please present paper RMD and continue to contact our EDI hotline at…

21 December 2006 EDI Systems Problem Resolved The Electronic Commerce Unit reports that the problem with their computer has been resolved, and that all systems are now available. The ECU will send a message to members today with further information about the possibility of waivers resulting from the…

21 December 2006 Resolved – EDI Systems Problems The following message is from the CBSA. The EDI system problems have now been resolved and we are now processing all inbound and outbound data. Thank you for your patience.

21 December 2006 PC 2006-1557 PC 2006-1557 is the 2-Butoxyethanol Regulations. The purpose of the 2-Butoxyethanol Regulations is to protect the health of Canadians by setting limits for the concentration of 2-Butoxyethanol (2-BE) in products designed for indoor use. This will reduce human exposure…

21 December 2006 PC 2006-1561 PC 2006-1561 is the Order Amending the Area Control List. The List is amended by adding in alphabetical order: Belarus The Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.

21 December 2006 Merger of Vancouver ports moves forward This article is excerpted from the 21 December 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. … The port authorities of Vancouver, Fraser River and North Fraser said Wednesday "the work toward amalgamation of the three port authorities has already…

21 December 2006 Proposed Perfluoroctane Sulfonate and its Salts and Certain other Compounds Regulations The following notice is from Environment Canada. The proposed Perfluorooctane Sulfonate and its Salts and Certain Other Compounds Regulations (hereinafter referred to as the proposed Regulations)…

21 December 2006 Focus on Trade - CBP Hosts 7th annual Trade Symposium The following notice is from US Customs and Border Protection. CSCB President Carol West attended the Trade Symposium last week. More than 600 brokers, importers and other members of the trade attended U.S. Customs and Border…