Trade News

19 October 2006 Message from CBSA Air Policy Group This email will provide a brief synopsis of the content that will be included for the CBSA's fall system release. The system enhancement will be effective October 23, 2006 and will include the following: a.. Warehouse validation against port of…

19 October 2006 Items 114 to 116: Beef and Veal, Serial No: 699 The purposes of this Notice are: a) to outline the Minister’s policies and practices respecting the administration of the beef and veal tariff rate quota (TRQ). This Notice should be read in conjunction with the Export and Import…

19 October 2006 Proposed Amendments to Seeds Regulations The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is proposing changes to the Seeds Regulations. These regulations govern the testing, inspection, quality and sale of seeds to facilitate the availability of pure, effective seed for Canadian consumers…

19 October 2006 Registration Opens November 1st for CBP Trade Symposium This press release was issued by US Customs and Border Protection on 19 October 2006. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will hold its annual trade symposium on December 13-15 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International…

18 October 2006 D13-3-6 Income Tax Transfer Pricing and Customs Valuation This memorandum is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/d13-3-6/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/d13-3-6/README.html

18 October 2006 BSF5021 CCEPS – Commercial Cash Entry Processing System This form is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/bsf5021/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/bsf5021/README.html

18 October 2006 Items 96 to 104 – Chicken and Chicken Products, Notice Serial No. 701 The purposes of this Notice are: to invite applications for shares of the chicken TRQ for the period January 1 to December 31, 2007, including shares of the non-ICL portion (commonly referred to as the FTA portion)…

18 October 2006 Import Permit/Quota Utilization Reports The following table illustrates when the Permit/Quota Utilization Reports will be updated each week. Note that the automated process updates only the text (TXT) files; the PDF formatting is done manually. Softwood Lumber (html | pdf)Daily…

18 October 2006 TR-2006-001, Peerless Clothing Inc. The following recommendation was made in this investigation: In light of the foregoing, the Tribunal hereby recommends to the Minister that tariff relief be granted, for an indeterminate period of time, on importations from all countries of woven…

18 October 2006 TR-2006-001, Peerless Clothing Inc. The following recommendation was made in this investigation: In light of the foregoing, the Tribunal hereby recommends to the Minister that tariff relief be granted, for an indeterminate period of time, on importations from all countries of woven…

18 October 2006 U.S. unveils plans for passport-lite ID This article is excerpted from the 18 October 2006 edition of the “Toronto Star”. The Bush administration has unveiled its plans for the "passport lite'' ID card for its citizens returning by land from Canada, a credit card-size document that…

17 October 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 06 was published. / Le chapitre 06 a été publié. a) Change in release recommendation for New York and Idaho. / Modification à la recommandation de mainlevée pour New York et Idaho. 06.02.90.0224.02 - Eggplant - vegetable transplants / Aubergine -…

17 October 2006 McKenna urges Liberals to rethink Canada's relationship with the U.S. This article is extracted from the 17 October 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Former New Brunswick premier Frank McKenna says security concerns now trump every other aspect of the Canada-U.S. relationship and…

17 October 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site A) Chapter 07 was published. Idaho was separated from a group of states and a statement for Potato Cyst Nematodes was added to the new requirements. This resulted in version changes to the requirements for Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. /…

17 October 2006 Canada protests APHIS rule The following article is excerpted from the 17 October 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Canada is protesting the new U.S. Department of Agriculture rule imposing new border inspection charges on all Canadian trucks entering the U.S., saying it…

17 October 2006 Import Alert on Long Grain Rice The CFIA has asked that the alert regarding long grain rice imports published on 3 October 2006 be re-sent. This is in respose to the recent unintended release of an unapproved research line of genetically engineered long grain rice. The import alert…

17 October 2006 News Release regarding Income Tax Relief On 16 October the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, tabled a Notice of Ways and Means Motion to implement the government’s tax relief agenda. These measures were introduced in the 2006 Budget, but were not included in the Budget…

17 October 2006 Economic Update from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce As was expected, the Bank of Canada this morning kept the target for the overnight rate at 4.25% for the third consecutive meeting. In keeping the rate steady, Canada's central bank stated that total CPI inflation remains above 2%…

17 October 2006 CBP Launches Third Northern Border Air Branch This news release was issued by US Customs and Border Protection on 16 October 2006. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) launched the Great Falls Air Branch … at Great Falls International Airport. As part of a northern border…