Trade News

27 November 2006 RC4141 Settling in Canada – Information on importing Goods for People Indenting to Settle in Canada This publication is an overview of the laws, restrictions and entitlements affecting people intending to settle in Canada. It is found on the CBSA web site at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc…

27 November 2006 RC4161 Information for Visitors to Canada and Seasonal Residents This publication is an overview of the laws, restrictions and entitlements affecting visitors to Canada and seasonal residents. It is found on the CBSA web site at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/rc4161/README…

27 November 2006 Chapters 07 and 20 were published. Change in release recommendation for the United States. 07.05.11 - Lettuce: Cabbage lettuce (head lettuce) 07.05.19 - Lettuce: Other 07.09.70 - Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach) 20.05.90.7271 - Other salads 20.05.90…

27 November 2006. New User Fee from USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Delayed Until March 1, 2007 The following message is from CPR. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the USDA have announced that the implementation of the interim rule that will impose…

27 November 2006. New User Fee from USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Delayed Until March 1, 2007 The following message is from CPR. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the USDA have announced that the implementation of the interim rule that will impose…

New User Fee from USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Delayed Until March 1, 2007 The following message is from CPR. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the USDA have announced that the implementation of the interim rule that will impose agricultural…

27 November 2006 Request for Tariff Relief on Certain Plastic Dunnage Bags The Department of Finance is seeking members’ views on a request the Department has received for tariff relief on certain plastic dunnage bags. The propose to amend duty-free tariff item No. 3926.90.10 to include the…

24 November 2006 B246 – Certificate of Origin – Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement This form is available electronically only at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/b246/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/b246/README.html

24 November 2006 Revision to Directive D-94-22, "Plant Protection Requirements on Pine Plants and Pine Materials to Prevent the Entry and Spread of Pine Shoot Beetle" Appendix 1, "List of pine shoot beetle infested areas in Canada and the United States", of Directive D-94-22, "Plant Protection…

24 November 2006 Information regarding remittal of your monthly K84 payments from issuing office 398 - Intermediate Terminals Warehousing Inc. The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients. Please note that for November 2006, your monthly K84 payments from issuing office 398…

24 November 2006 EICS Message to Brokers The following message is from the EICB. This message is to indicate a change in the hours of EICS EDI processing. After nightly backups, EICS availability resumes at 04:00 EST. To facilitate daily database administration, any EDI submissions pending on the…

23 November 2006 Canada Applauds WTO Ruling on Genetically Modified Organism Imports This is excerpted from a news release issued by DFAIT on 22 November 2006, and found at http://w01.international.gc.ca/MinPub/Publication.aspx?isRedirect=True&…. The…

23 November 2006 Port of Montreal Tariff Increase from CPR Effective January 1, 2007 Based on the recent notice from the Board of Directors of the Montreal Port Authority, all Port railway tariffs will be increased by three per cent, effective January 1, 2007. Please be advised that effective…

23 November 2006 Disposible Adult Incontinence Briefs, Preliminary Injury Inquiry No. PI-2006-003 NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PRELIMINARY INJURY INQUIRY Notice was received by the Secretary of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) on November 22, 2006, from the Acting Director…

23 November 2006 Fritz Marketing Inc. v. President of CBSA, Appeal No. AP-2005-029 IN THE MATTER OF an application made by Fritz Marketing Inc., under section 67.1 of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1, for an order extending the time to file notices of appeal under subsection 67(1) of…

23 November 2006 Tories to unveil new promises This article is excerpted from the 23 November 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will use the fall fiscal update today to make a fresh set of Conservative political promises when he unveils a blue book of roughly 90 pages…

22 November 2006 Message from CBSA re: Partial Outage The following message is from the CSCB Electronic Commerce Unit. Please note that there is a partial outage planned this weekend for the migration of a systems release. The CADEX and CUSDEC systems will be unavailable from 9:00 pm, Saturday…

22 November 2006 B234 North American Free Trade Agreement – Motor Vehicle Averaging Election The purpose of the Motor Vehicle Averaging Election is to provide the form to be used by a producer of light-duty or heavy-duty vehicles I filing an election to average in accordance with section 11 of the…

22 November 2006 CN659 Air Charter Permits issued by Canadian Transport Agency The Canadian Transport Agency (CTA) has announced it no longer requires air charter carriers to carry their issued charter licenses on board the aircraft. It has been determined that border services officers are no longer…

22 November 2006 D13-2-5 Customs Valuation: Effects of the Goods and Services Tax This Memorandum has been updated to reflect the changes in the rate of goods and services tax. It does not contain any policy or procedural changes. This Memorandum also includes new references to sources of CBSA…