Trade News

13 December 2006 Planned Outage, December 15-17, 2006 The following message is from the National Import Operations Division of the CFIA. During the weekend of December 15-17, 2006, the Office of the Chief Information Officer will be upgrading the Oracle software on CFIA's primary production database…

13 December 2006 BSF5034 Checklist for Importing Commercial Goods This checklist is a tool to help people with the commercial importing process and is intended to complement, not replace, existing regulations, acts and references. It is available on the CBSA web site at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E…

13 December 2006 Final Food Organics List HS for 2007 from Agriculture Canada The following note is from Doug Peters, Market Development Advisor in Horticulture-Food Value Chain Bureau of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. On behalf of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, I am pleased to…

13 December 2006 Economic Update from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Canadian industries continue to cut back their use of production capacity. In the third quarter of 2006, industries overall operated at 84.2% of their capacity marking the third consecutive quarterly decline…. Overall, capacity…

13 December 2006 Container truckers race against Vancouver port license deadline The following article is excerpted from the 13 December 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. More than 390 container trucking companies serving the … ports of Vancouver and Fraser River are racing to apply for new…

13 December 2006 Data integration is key to Secure Freight, Spero says This article is excerpted from the 13 December 2006 edition of “American Shipper”. The concept that distinguishes the Secure Freight initiative unveiled last week by Homeland Secretary Michael Chertoff from existing container…

13 December 2006 CBP faces challenge to prepare industry for ACE This article is excerpted from the 13 December 2006 edition of “American Shipper”. The success of the new information technology system for filing trade data to multiple government agencies at once hinges on educating the import…

13 December 2006 Sources say United Airlines, Continental in merger talks This article is extracted from the 13 December 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. United Airlines and Continental Airlines are discussing a merger, according to published reports. A merger would combine the second- and…

12 December 2006 AIRS Web Page Reloaded The following message is from CFIA’s National Import Operations Division. It is our pleasure to inform you that you may now subscribe to receive automatic e-mail notifications for AIRS updates. If you would like to receive e-mail notifications automatically…

12 December 2006 AIRS Tool Notification The following message is from CFIA’s National Import Operations Division. Some of our clients have advised us that they are receiving what appears to be incorrect or conflicting information in AIRS. We have brought this to the attention of our IT staff and…

12 December 2006 CN Holiday Gate Hours - Intermodal Terminals The CN Intermodal Holiday hours are now posted on the CN web site’s What’s New section: http://www.cn.ca/productsservices/intermodal/en_IMX.shtml Please note, as per the tariff, CN detention will not be charged beginning December 24th and…

12 December 2006 Waterproof Rubber Footwear, Expiry No. LE-2006-001 NOTICE OF EXPIRY OF ORDER The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice, pursuant to subsection 76.03(2) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), that its order made on October 18, 2002, in Expiry…

12 December 2006 CP Intermodal Customer Bulletin: Edmonton Intermodal Terminal UPDATE The following message is from CPR. The start date for the off site empty marine pool at Edmonton has been delayed until mid to late January due to a technical problem. Members will be upated when CP announces a…

12 December 2006 Montreal requiring more box seals The following article is excerpted from the 12 December 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The Montreal Port Authority is now requiring that empty containers being delivered by truck or by rail be sealed before entering any of its container…

12 December 2006 Government Provides Savings Of Up To $4.5 Million In Tariffs The following is extracted from a news release issued by the Department of Finance on 8 December 2006, and found in its entirety at: http://www.fin.gc.ca/news06/06-078e.html The Government’s announcement of the reduction…

12 December 2006 CBP seeks makeover for ultimate consignee, manufacturer terms This article is extracted from the 11 December 2006 edition of “American Shipper”. U.S. Customs and Border Protection wants to replace the “ultimate consignee” and “manufacturer’s ID number” data fields used on customs…

11 December 2006 B247 CCFTA Verification of Origin Questionnaire Form B247, CCFTA Verification of Origin Questionnaire, is available on the CBSA web site at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/b247/README.html

11 December 2006 Requests Not Yet Initiated An updated list of Tariff Requests not yet initiated is available on the CITT web site, at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/textiles/requests/index_e.asp

11 December 2006 Revision to Directive D-01-01, "Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Entry of Phytophthora ramorum" Appendix 01, "List of Plant Genera Regulated for Phytophthora ramorum (Sudden Oak Death)", of Directive D-01-01, "Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Entry of Phytophthora…