Trade News

13 October 2006 D10-14-30 Tariff Classification of Medicaments including Natural Health Products This D memo updates D10-14-30, dated 20 August 2004. It explains the CBSA’s policy for the tariff classification of medicaments, including natural health products, based on jurisprudence of the CITT and…

13 October 2006 Regulated Area Established to Control the Spread of Golden Nematode in Québec The following news release was issued by the CFIA on 13 October 2006. The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, has enacted a Ministerial Order that establishes a regulated area in…

13 October 2006 Importation of Trailer Mounted Equipment At the request of a member, the CSCB contacted Transport Canada for clarification on importing trailer mounted equipment and the requirements of the RIV (Registrar of Imported Vehicles) program. Transport Canada's response is provided at the…

13 October 2006 Request for Tariff Relief on Certain Plastic Digitrays The Department of Finance is seeking members’ views on a request that the Department has received for tariff relief on certain plastic digitrays for use in the manufacture of digipaks. We are proposing to amend tariff item No…

13 October 2006 Export ABCs: Information time This article is excerpted from Frank Reynold’s “Export ABCs” column in the 12 October 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. September and October have always been information-laden months for me, and this year is no exception. I've already…

13 October 2006 Commissioner Discusses Future of Trade Security and Facilitation with Business Group This is extracted from a news release issued by US Customs and Border Protection on 12 October 2006. CBP Commissioner W. Ralph Basham met with national business leaders [on 12 October] to discuss…

13 October 2006 IBM relocates procurement headquarters to China This article is extracted from the 13 October 2006 edition of “American Shipper”. IBM said Thursday it is transferring its global procurement headquarters in Somers, N.Y., to Shenzhen, China, to gain competitive advantage in emerging…

12 October 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement Implementation The following message is from the EICB. The national office has confirmed with the EICB that the formal signing of the Softwood Lumber Agreement should take place during the day. Members are advised that effective Thursday, October 12, 2006…

12 October 2006 CITT Appeal Decisions Pending The list of CITT appeal decisions pending is available at http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/pending/index_e.asp *** CITT Hearing Schedule The recently updated CITT hearing schedule is available on the CITT web site at http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals…

12 October 2006 Diamond Conversions Inc. v. Minister of National Reveue, Appeal No. AP-2004-019 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on February 14, March 16 and June 1, 2006, under section 81.19 of the Excise Tax Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. E-15; AND IN THE MATTER OF 21 decisions of the Minister of National…

12 October 2006 Directive D-06-01, "Compliance Program for the Export of Niger Seed Products from Canada to the United States" Directive D-06-01, "Compliance Program for the Export of Niger Seed Products from Canada to the United States", is now available on the Web at http://www.inspection.gc.ca…

12 October 2006 Revision to Directive D-01-09, "Canadian Plant Protection import requirements for fresh strawberry fruit (Fragaria) from Argentina" Directive D-01-09, "Canadian Plant Protection import requirements for fresh strawberry fruit (Fragaria) from Argentina", has been revised and is…

12 October 2006 Revision to Directive D-96-07, "Import Requirements for Screenings and Grain and Seed for Cleaning" Directive D-96-07 "Import Requirements for Screenings and Grain and Seed for Cleaning" has been revised and is available on the web at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg…

12 October 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 16 was published because of changes to country codes : Serbia-Montenegro (CS) is now Serbia (RS) and Montenegro (ME). / Le chapitre 16 a été publié à cause d'une modification aux codes de pays : Serbie-Monténégro (CS) est maintenant Serbie (RS) et…

12 October 2006 Review Tariff Rulings due to Scope of Changes in 2007 Tariff CBSA has advised that, given the number of changes in the 2007 Customs Tariff, importers and customs brokers would be prudent to review tariff rulings that were issued in 2006 and earlier. In many cases it may be wise to…

12 October 2006 Scheduled Maintenance Outage on 14 and 15 October 2006 The following message is from the CBSA electronic commerce unit. EDI Mailbox outage: Please be advised that due to scheduled maintenance, the mailboxes between ACROSS and CCS/CADEX will be down on Saturday, October 14th, 2006…

12 October 2006 [US] Customs wants more import data This article is excerpted from the 11 October 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Customs and Border Protection will publish before the end of the year proposed rules requiring importers and carriers to provide additional data to improve…

12 October 2006 [US] CBP prepares pilot program for third-party validators This article is excerpted from the 12 October 2006 edition of “American Shipper”. U.S. Customs and Border Protection expects to complete this month a preliminary blueprint to test the feasibility of using outside auditors to…