Trade News

6 September 2006 New C-TPAT rules in effect This article is excerpted from the 5 September 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Information concerning these rules was sent to members on 15 March 2006, at the following link: http://www.cscb.ca/050/rs_prev_e.cfm?ID=12362. News releases from US…

5 September 2006 CN changes container storage policy The following message is from CN’s international marketing team. Effective October 1, 2006, the following will be included in all tariff 7589 and 8770 items dealing with loaded storage of Import/Export containers. The intent of this policy change…

5 September 2006 The unwelcome landing of another U.S. penalty The following article is extracted from the 2 September 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Not again. Not another trade dispute in which the United States financially penalizes Canada's exporters (along with Canadian travellers). This…

5 September 2006 2006 Fourth Quarter Interest Rates The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit. The annual interest rate for the fourth quarter of 2006 (Oct. 1 to December 31) will be 4.1828. The monthly interest rate for the same period will be 0.3 %.

5 September 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 07 was published. Conditions for Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica) were either modified or deleted in various requirements with the following HS Codes - United States only. / Le chapitre 07 a été publié. Les conditions pour le scarabée japonais…

5 September 2006 Fraser River Port’s box volume slumps 72% The following article is excerpted from the 1 September 2006 edition of “American Shipper”. [The] Fraser River Port container throughput dropped 72 percent in the first half 2006 to 53,906 TEUs compared with 194,354 TEUs in the same six…

5 September 2006 Fixing The 402 The following article is excerpted from the 1 September 2006 issue of “The Bar-Code Border”. Highway 402 is being rebuilt in a section leading to the Blue Water Bridge… at Sarnia, Ontario. Construction work has begun … in a C$44 million project cost-shared by the…

5 September 2006 Truck e-manifests top 10,000 The following article is excerpted from the 5 September 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Truckers filed more than 10,000 electronic freight manifests in August, a new monthly high for Customs and Border Protection's Automated Commercial…

4 September 2006 Regulatory Proposals regarding Organic Products Regulations The purpose of the Regulations is to establish a system by which the CFIA as competent authority can regulate the use of the "Canada Organic" agricultural product legend. This national organic regime would facilitate…

4 September 2006 Chicken and Chicken Products 1.0 Purpose 1.1 The purposes of the present Notice are: to further outline the Minister of International Trade (“the Minister”) allocation policies and practices respecting import allocations of tariff quota (TRQ) for chicken and chicken products in 2006…

4 September 2006 September 2006 SIMA Index The SIMA index for September, 2006 is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima/monthly-e.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima/monthly-e.html

4 September 2006 New U.S. security rules rile airlines, air crews The following article is excerpted from the 4 September 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Canada's airlines want their crews to be exempted from proposed U.S. rules that would force them to go through high-tech fingerprint screening…

1 September 2006 Improving Border Security The CBSA has provided a series of questions and answers regarding the Prime Minister’s announcement yesterday about changes CBSA will implement for increased border security. These Q&A’s are found on the CBSA web site, at http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/agency…

1 September 2006 D0-CHECKLIST D Series Table of Contents and Checklist The checklist of D memoranda, issued in August 2006, is available on the CBSA web site at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/d0-checklist/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/d0-checklist/README.html

1 September 2006 CN-CHECK AUG 06 Customs Notices – Checklist (August 2006) The checklist of customs notices issued in August, 2006 is available at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/cn-check_aug_06/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/cn-check_aug_06/README.html

1 September 2006 BSF163 Memorandum of Understanding BSF163, Memorandum of Understanding regarding the Courier/Low Value Shipment (LVS) Program, is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/bsf163/README.html The form replaces the previous form E574, regarding the MOU…

1 September 2006 EICS Bulletin SCEI - Labour Day Holiday, 4 September 2006 Monday, 4 September 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…

1 September 2006 U.S. plans tougher inspections at border The following article is excerpted from the 1 September 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Calling Canada a potential conduit for bioterrorism, pests and disease, the U.S. government is boosting its northern border inspection muscle -- and…

1 September 2006 Economic Update from Canadian Chamber of Commerce The following is extracted from an update from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Canada's economy slowed in the second quarter of 2006 as real gross domestic product (GDP) advanced 0.5% (quarter-to-quarter), following a robust 0.9%…