Trade News

10 July 2006 Cross-Linked Polyethylene Tubing, Inquiry No. NQ-2006-001 Order issued Friday, July 7, 2006 IN THE MATTER OF an inquiry, pursuant to section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act, concerning the dumping of single or multilayer cross-linked polyethylene tubing in nominal tubing sizes up…

10 July 2006 Changes to Canada’s Bluetongue Policy The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has revised its import policy, based on an updated scientific risk analysis, to eliminate current bluetongue-related control measures for cattle, sheep and other ruminants imported from the United States…

10 July 2006 Potential BSE Case in Alberta The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is currently conducting confirmatory testing at the National Reference Laboratory in Winnipeg of samples from a cow from Alberta suspected of having bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Preliminary screening…

10 July 2006 Notices - ITEM 125.1 - POWDERED WHEY 1.0 Purpose 1.1 The purpose of this Notice are: a) to inform importers of the Minister's policies and practices respecting the administration of the 3,198,000 kilogram tariff rate quota (TRQ) for powdered whey. It should be read with the Import…

10 July 2006 Notices - ITEM 117.1 - SPECIALTY CREAMS This Notice is available on the DFAIT web site, at: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/trade/eicb/notices/ser697-en.asp http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/trade/eicb/notices/ser697-en.asp

10 July 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 38 was published to change the recommandation for USA as a consequence of a change in the version for the other HS codes. / Le chapitre 38 a été publié pour changer la recommandation pour les États-Unis, par conséquent un changement de version pour…

10 July 2006 Canada discussing merger of western port operations The following article is excerpted from the 10 July 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The Canadian government is leading talks to merge its largest western ports in order to capture a larger share of growing trade with China…

10 July 2006 World Bank Urges Global Trade Breakthrough at G8 The following article is excerpted from the 10 July 2006 edition of “The New York Times”. Global trade talks are on the cusp of collapse and leaders of the world's most powerful industrialized and developing countries must break the…

10 July 2006 Expansion of the Panama Canal Proposed The Panama Canal Authority recently announced its recommendation to expand the Canal. The proposal, currently under consideration by the Panamanian National Assembly, is the result of years of analysis and data studies. The project would create a…

7 July 2006 CPR TRIEX Implementation The following message is from CPR’s General Manager, International. Recently, you were advised of CPR's implementation of TRIEX at our Regina facility in Saskatchewan. [This notice is available in the CSCB Reference System, at http://www.cscb.ca/050/rs_prev_e.cfm…

7 July 2006 Revised Fresh Produce Destination Inspection Service (DIS) The following news release was issued by the CFIA on 6 July 2006, and is found on their web site at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/newcom/2006/20060706e.shtml The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is modernizing its…

7 July 2006 Scheduled Maintenance Outage This Weekend (Time Change) The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients. Please note that there is a partial outage planned this weekend. The CADEX and CUSDEC systems will be unavailable from 5:00 am to 5:30 am, Saturday July 8th, and from 8…

7 July 2006 GST Rate Rejects The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at CBSA headquarters. Please note that there is a problem with certain B3's being rejected in CADEX/CUSDEC for "GST Code/Rate Not On File". This problem occurs when transactions released prior to July 1st, 2006…

7 July 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 15 and chapter 28 were published to change the recommandations for USA. / Les chapitres 15 et 28 ont été publiés pour changer la recommandation pour les États-Unis 15.02.00. Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats / Graisses des animaux des espèces…

7 July 2006 Trade truce faces trouble, industry warns The following article is excerpted from the 7 July 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. A pivotal player in Canada's softwood sector is warning that most of the industry remains opposed to the July 1 trade truce and it is up to the U.S. timber…

7 July 2006 Consistency is key to Internet stability, integrity and security The following article is excerpted from a news release issued by the International Chamber of Commerce on 7 July 2006. The International Chamber of Commerce today warned that designs by China and other countries to create…

7 July 2006 Certificates of Origin The following article is excerpted from Frank Reynold’s 6 July 2006 column “Export ABCs”, in “The Journal of Commerce”. Certificates of origin … attest to where a product was made, either to determine the rate of duty or prove that it did not originate from a…

6 July 2006 Wednesday's Outage, 5 July 2006 The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA): The problem that resulted in Wednesday's outage of the CADEX and CUSDEC B3 systems has been resolved. All EDI systems are now functioning normally…

6 July 2006 Minutes of BC Regional AGM Now Available Minutes of the annual general meeting in BC Region are now available on the CSCB web site, at: http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m02/docs/rgbc_min_20060622_e.pdf http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m02/docs/rgbc_min_20060622_e.pdf

6 July 2006 Scheduled Maintenance Outage, 8 and 9 July 2006 The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients. Please note that there is a partial outage planned this weekend. The CADEX and CUSDEC systems will be unavailable from 5:00 am to 5:30 am, Saturday July 8th, and from 7:00 am to…