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5 October 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 08 was published to update requirements for fresh apples from Brazil. / Le chapitre 08 a été publié pour modifier les exigences pour les pommes fraîches du Brésil. 08.08.10.4001 - Apples (fresh) / Pommes (fraîches) This resulted in a requirement…

5 October 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 08 was published to update requirements for fresh apples from Brazil. / Le chapitre 08 a été publié pour modifier les exigences pour les pommes fraîches du Brésil. 08.08.10.4001 - Apples (fresh) / Pommes (fraîches)

5 October 2006 Thanksgiving Weekend, 7-9 October 2006 Monday, 9 October is a statutory holiday, and the Bureau's offices will be closed (no officers or Help Desk staff will be available). The EICS system will be available for normal hours. Please note that the Help Desk email ONLY will be monitored…

5 October 2006 Softwood Lumber Exporters - Business Number Exercise The following message is from the EICB. This is to advise brokers that the EICB has commenced with the updating of the Canada Revenue Agency Business Numbers (BN) for softwood lumber exporters. The BN now incorporates the new…

5 October 2006 PC 2006-1057, Interest Rates (Excise Tax Act) Regulations In the federal budget tabled on 18 February 2003 the government proposed to begin the implementation of Standardized Accounting by harmonizing, among others, provisions concerning the amount of interest and penalties payable on…

5 October 2006 PC 2006-1056, Interest Rates (Excise Act, 2001) Regulations The proposed Interest Rates (Excise Act, 2001) Regulations are necessary to establish the applicable rates of interest both for amounts owed to and by the government under the new Act. The proposed Regulations also harmonize…

4 October 2006 Update to “Areas Infested with or Suspected of Being Infested with Japanese Beetle in Canada and the United States” Appendix 5, " Areas Infested with or Suspected of Being Infested with Japanese Beetle in Canada and the United States”, of Directive D-96-15, "Phytosanitary Requirements…

4 October 2006 Two weeks remaining! There are only two weeks remaining until the 2006 annual conference scheduled for Queen’s Landing Inn and Conference Resort, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON from October 21 – 23, 2006. If you are planning to attend and have not already registered, there’s no time like the…

4 October 2006 Revision to Message concerning Update to “Areas Infested with or Suspected of Being Infested with Japanese Beetle in Canada and the United States” The CFIA has noted that it is Appendix 8, not Appendix 5, that has been updated concerning “Areas Infested with or Suspected of Being…

4 October 2006 CP Implementation of eDemurrage This notice is from CP’s vice president of marketing. Canadian Pacific Railway strives to optimize equipment utilization so customers’ rail shipments arrive at the right place at the right time. Delays in returning railcars to CPR means customers may…

4 October 2006 Container Security Initiative Reaches Gold: Fifty Seaports Now Targeting and Pre-Screening Cargo Destined For U.S. The following news release was issued by US Customs and Border Protection on 3 October 2006. United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP)… announced that with the…

3 October 2006 Request for Removal of Customs Duties on Imports of Rolls of Natural or Artificial Abrasive Powder or Grain The Department of Finance is currently reviewing a request for the removal of the customs duties on imports of rolls of natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, not cut…

3 October 2006 Revising the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's TSE import policy for small ruminants and their products The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is proposing to revise its TSE import policy for small ruminants (sheep and goats and their exotic relatives) and their products. [TSE’s…

3 October 2006 Revision to List of orchards and packinghouses of the People's Republic of China approved for shipping pears as specified D-94-32 Appendix 3, "List of orchards and packinghouses of the People's Republic of China approved for shipping pears as specified D-94-32", of Directive D-94-32,…

3 October 2006 Wheat Products Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) The following message is from the EICB. This message affects imports of wheat products classified under Customs Tariff headings: 11.01, 11.03, 11.04, 11.08, 11.09, 19.01, 19.02, 19.04, 19.05 and 23.02. The purpose of this message is to inform you…

3 October 2006 Import Alert on US Fresh Spinach Shipments The CFIA has released an Import Alert on all US fresh spinach shipments, as a result of recent E coli outbreaks and recalls on US spinach. This document is available on the CSCB web site, at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/cfiaspinach.doc http:/…

3 October 2006 Tariff Notice - TN-18 The following notice is from the CBSA. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) would like to inform you of the following changes to the 2007 Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff. • Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation…

3 October 2006 Trucker unrest returns to Vancouver This article is extracted from the 2 October 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Truck driver unrest is growing at the Port of Vancouver, … among the same 1,000-plus owner-operators who walked out for six weeks in the summer of 2005. They…

3 October 2006 Delay in softwood deal irks U.S. producers This article is excerpted from the 2 October 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. A delay in implementing the Canada-U.S. Softwood Lumber Agreement is angering American lumber producers. The Washington-based Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports…

3 October 2006 Executives: Western Canada ports need to 're-brand' This article is extracted from the 3 October 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. As Canada embarks on a sweeping upgrade of its transportation infrastructure, logistics professionals are urging the country's western gateway…