Trade News

2 June 2006 Contraventions C019 and C020 As members are aware, AMPS contraventions C019 and C020 were phased out of the AMPS Master Penalty Document in 2004, as a result of the uncertainty regarding the policy surrounding these contraventions. As early as 2002 the CSCB had written to the CBSA (then…

2 June 2006 Cross-Linked Polyethylene Tubing, Inquiry No. NQ-2006-001 NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF INQUIRY Notice was received by the Secretary of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) on June 1, 2006, from the Acting Director General of the Trade Programs Directorate at the Canada…

2 June 2006 Regulations Amending the Denatured and Specially Denatured Alcohol Regulations The Canada Revenue Agency has produced an Excise Duty Notice regarding Amending Regulations that change the descriptions of gasoline, diesel fuel and petroleum derivative contained in the Table appended to the…

2 June 2006 Is Your Business Ready For the New GST Rate? The following is excerpted from a notice from Ernst & Young. As announced on May 2, 2006, in federal Minister of Finance Flaherty’s first budget, the goods and services tax (GST) rate will drop from 7% to 6% effective July 1, 2006. As the GST…

1 June 2006 BC Regional Meeting -- Now’s Your Chance to Register! The CSCB British Columbia Region looks forward to welcoming you to their annual meeting and conference at the Qualicum Heritage Inn, Qualicum between 22 and 25 June. Please send your registration forms and payment to Sonia Thandi as…

1 June 2006 DCHECK May 06 D Series Table of Contents and Checklist The checklist of D memoranda has been updated, and is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/dcheck_may_06/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/dcheck_may_06/README.html

1 June 2006 CH-CHECK-MAY 06 Customs Notices – Checklist (May 2006) The list of Customs Notices issued in May, 2006 is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/cn-check-may_06/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/cn-check-may_06/README.html

1 June 2006 Preliminary Determination of Dumping re Single or Multi-layer Cross-Linked Polyethylene Tubing On 1 June 2006, the CBSA made a preliminary determination of dumping respecting single or multilayer cross-linked polyethylene tubing in nominal tubing sizes up to an including 1 inch or the…

1 June 2006 Border ID cards have a 'long way to go,' report says The following article is extracted from the 31 May 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. A top U.S. government agency says that plans to force travellers crossing the U.S.-Canada border to use passports or a special type of secure ID are…

1 June 2006 Researchers to study e-truck manifest’s impact The following article is excerpted from the 1 June 2006 edition of “American Shipper”. U.S. Customs and Border Protection awarded a contract to the non-profit research arm of the American Trucking Associations to study the extent to which…

31 May 2006 D2-5-11 Administrative and Operational Guidelines for Commercial Carriers for the Processing of Passenger Information Pursuant to the Requirements of the Canada Border Service Agency’s Advance Passenger Information/Passenger Name Record (API/PNR) Program This Memorandum provides…

31 May 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 01 was published to reflect Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Sudan. / Le chapitre 01 a été publié pour refléter l'influenza aviaire forme hautement pathogène au Soudan. 01.06.32 - Psittaciformes (including parrots, parakeets, macaws and cockatoos)…

31 May 2006 Annual Meeting in CSCB Québec Region You are warmly invited to attend the annual regional meeting in Québec Region, on Thursday, 15 June 2006 at the Hilton Montreal Airport hotel. All members and CCS designates are welcome to join us. The program features a wide variety of speakers, and…

31 May 2006 MPPs unite against U.S. border plan The following article is extracted from the 31 May 2006 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Ontario parliamentarians are rallying to keep U.S.-Canadian border traffic flowing freely. MPPs from all three parties yesterday unanimously endorsed a motion…

30 May 2006 Ontario Region Annual Meeting, 15-16 June 2006 You are warmly invited to attend the CSCB Ontario Region 2006 conference and annual general meeting, on June 15 & 16 at the Holiday Inn Select in Windsor. The conference program, registration forms and hotel reservation information are…

30 May 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 06 was published. / Le chapitre 06 a été publié. 1. change in release recommendation for Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania/ modification à la recommandation de mainlevée pour Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvanie 06.03.10.0032.01 -…

30 May 2006 Intellectual Property, 2006 The Government of Canada is soliciting the views of Canadians and gathering information on the enforcement of intellectual property rights abroad. In recent years, issues pertaining to intellectual property rights, in particular how these rights are enforced…

30 May 2006 SIMA Re-investigation on Certain Waterproof Rubber Footwear and Certain Waterproof Footwear and Bottoms made of Plastic The CBSA has initiated a re-investigation of the normal values and export prices of certain waterproof rubber footwear and certain waterproof footwear and bottoms made…

30 May 2006 Extension of Truck Gate Hours by TSI Terminals The CSCB national office has received notification from TSI Terminal Services Inc. regarding extension of the truck gate hours and revision to their tariffs at Vanterm and Deltaport. Details are available in the following document: http:/…

30 May 2006 Government of Canada Rejects Trade Restrictions on Imported Bicycles and Barbeques The following is excerpted from a news release issued by the Department of Finance on 29 May; the news release in its entirety is available on their web site, at http://www.fin.gc.ca/news06/06-019e.html…