Trade News

10 August 2006 Scheduled Maintenance Outage, 12 and 13 August 2006 The following is a message from the 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, August 12th, 2006 from 5:00…

10 August 2006 CBP Alert - CBP Increases Security Posture The following is excerpted from a news release issued by US Customs on 10 August 2006. Early this morning, British law enforcement authorities arrested a number of individuals related to a terrorist plot seeking to potentially detonate…

9 August 2006-08-09 CN 646 Bicycles and Bicycle Frames from Chinese Taipei and the PRC CN 646 advises that on 26 June 2006 the CBSA initiated a re-investigation of the normal values and export prices of certain bicycles and bicycle frames from Chinese Taipei and the PRC, as part of the CBSA’s…

9 August 2006 BSE Investigation in Manitoba Completed The following is extracted from a news release issued by the CFIA on 8 August; it is available on their web site at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/newcom/2006/20060808e.shtml. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has concluded…

9 August 2006-08-09 Certain Copper Pipe Fittings Preliminary Injury Inquiry No. PI-2006-001 IN THE MATTER OF a preliminary injury inquiry, under subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: THE DUMPING OF CERTAIN COPPER PIPE FITTINGS ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE UNITED…

9 August 2006 CFIA EDI System Now Operational As you are aware CFIA experienced a failure in the EDI system that communicates with CBSA. This failure took place after hours on August 2, 2006. This notice is to inform you that the CFIA EDI system has been repaired an is now operational. Please revert…

9 August 2006 Trade resumption contingency plans could include rollback of regs This article is excerpted from the 7 August 2006 edition of “American Shipper”. One of the ways the U.S. government could help the economy quickly recover from a terrorist attack or natural disaster is by implementing an…

8 August 2006 CFIA EDI OUTAGE - Update as of August 8, 2006 THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE. THE MQ SERVER WHICH HOSTS THE CFIA EDI SYSTEM IS STILL DOWN. OUR IT WORKED ON THIS ALL WEEKEND BUT. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO ETA OF REPAIR AT THIS TIME. ALL CFIA TRANSACTIONS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED IN PAPER FORMAT…

8 August 2006 Revision to Appendix 1, "List of Plant Genera Regulated for Phytophthora ramorum (Sudden Oak Death)”,of Directive D-01-01,"Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Entry of Phytophthora ramorum" Appendix 1, "List of Plant Genera Regulated for Phytophthora ramorum (Sudden Oak Death) of…

8 August 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 15 was published with new extensions. / Le chapitre 15 a été publié avec des nouvelles extensions. 15.18.00.1422 - Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions/Huiles et graisses végétales et leurs fractions 15.22.00.1442 - Degras or residues from…

4 August 2006 Marine Port Code List and UNLOC Port Code List The Electronic Commerce Unit has sent the following lists for CBSA ACI Marine participants; these lists are effective immediately. Marine Port Code List http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/canadianmarineports.xls UNLOC/Port Code List http://www…

4 August 2006 Appeal No. AP-2005-015, S.C. Johnson & Son, Limited IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on January 25, 2006, under section 67 of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency dated April 11, 2005, with…

4 August 2006 Update - CFIA EDI Outage The following message is from the CFIA National Import Operations Division. There has been no change; the MC server hosting the CFIA EDI system is still down. Our IT continue to work to resolve the situation. Unfortunately, there is no ETA for repair at this…

4 August 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site a) Chapter 01 and 05 were published to streamline requirements. / Les chapitre 01 et 05 ont été publiés pour simplifier les exigences. 01.00.0000 - Live animals/Animaux vivants 05.11.99.1295 - Animal embryos - micromanipulated/Embryons d'animaux -…

4 August 2006 CSCB Ontario Region AGM Minutes, 2006 Minutes of the CSCB Ontario Region annual meeting are available on the Ontario Region page of the CSCB web site, at: http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m02/docs/rgon_min_20060616_e.pdf 4 August 2006 http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m02/docs/rgon_min_20060616_e.pdf

4 August 2006 Meat Hygiene Directive: 2006 - 42 Annex R-3 has been updated; pages 78 to 88 of the Introduction to Chapter 11 in the Manual of Procedures have been changed, as noted at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/meavia/mmopmmhv/direct/2006/d… http://www.inspection.gc.ca…

4 August 2006 Civic Holiday, 7 August 2006 Systems operations and accounting procedures for the Civic Holiday Monday August 7, 2006 will be as follows: CADEX reports will run the evenings of Friday August 4 and Monday August 7, 2006. The exchange rates from Saturday August 5 through Tuesday August 8…

4 August 2006 Timber truce ultimatum draws fire The following article is extracted from the 4 August 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Softwood producers reacted angrily yesterday to Ottawa's threat that it will offer them no further help if they reject the Canada-U.S. timber truce…. The…

4 August 2006 Temp members round out COAC This article is excerpted from the 4 August 2006 edition of “American Shipper”. The Department of Homeland Security has appointed Bradley Shorser, customs compliance manager at Sears Holdings Management Corp., and Bethann Rooney, port security manager for…

4 August 2006 Container seals await better security plans, says Customs official The following article is excerpted from the 4 August 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The trade should rethink the processes for supply chain security before it settles on a means of sealing containers or…