Trade News

1 May 2006 CN641 Reporting the Value of Exported Goods CN641 is meant to clarify what value must be stated on an export declaration when the exporter is a non-resident and the goods are being shipped directly from Canada to a third party. CN641 is available on the CBSA web site, at http://www.cbsa…

1 May 2006 Anticipated Reduction in GST Rate -- Are You Ready? The following notes are from Ernst & Young’s Commodity Tax Services. A 1% reduction in the GST/HST rates is widely anticipated in the upcoming May 2 federal budget. With little time expected between an announcement and the effective date…

1 May 2006 Tories aim to ease the pain The following article is excerpted from the 1 May 2006 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Taxpayers may be in for a pleasant surprise in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's first budget tomorrow. But environmentalists and aboriginal people are expected to be…

1 May 2006 CTA urges shipper-carrier cooperation on C-TPAT responsibilities The following article is extracted from the 28 April 2006 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. The Canadian Trucking Alliance is urging cooperation among shippers and carriers with regard to the Customs-Trade…

28 April 2006 Revision to Directive D-94-19 "Trial Importation of Apple fruit from Uruguay" Directive D-94-19, "Trial Importation of Apple fruit from Uruguay", has been revised and is available on the web at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/protect/dir/d-94-19e.shtml. This directive has…

28 April 2006 Canada’s Trade and Industry Ministers and Ambassador to the US Welcome Long-Awaited Agreement to end the Canada-US Softwood Lumber Dispute The following is excerpted from a news release issued by DFAIT on 27 April 2006. International Trade Minister David L. Emerson, Industry Minister…

28 April 2006 Leather Footwear, Expiry No. LE-2005-005 IN THE MATTER OF a notice of expiry, pursuant to subsection 76.03(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, of the finding made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on December 27, 2001, in Inquiry No. NQ-2001-003, concerning: LEATHER…

28 April 2006 Correction to T2006-2 Summary CBSA has issued a corrected version of the T2006-2 Summary pages distributed to members yesterday. There was an error in reference to 0708.20.91; it should have read 0709.20.91. The corrected version of this file is available on the CSCB ewb site, at: http…

28 April 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapters 19 and 21 were published. Meat inspection system is now approved for pork from Croatia./Les chapitres 19 et 21 ont été publiés. Le système d'inspection des viandes est maintenant approuvé pour le porc de la Croatie. 19.02.20 - Stuffed pasta…

28 April 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 16 was published to streamline requirements for France and Germany. / Le chapitre 16 a été publié pour simplifier des exigences pour la France et l'Allemagne. 16.01 - Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations…

28 April 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site New miscellaneous codes / Nouveaux codes divers : 023 - Container weighing less than 50 kg, in transit through British Columbia/Contenant moins lourd que 50 kg, en transit par la Colombie-Britannique 024 - Container weighing more than 50 kg, in transit…

28 April 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 16 was published. Meat inspection system is now approved for pork from Croatia./Le chapitre 16 a été publié. Le système d'inspection des viandes est maintenant approuvé pour le porc de la Croatie. 16.01 - Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat…

28 April 2006 Politicians from border states urge delay in passport plan The following article is excerpted from the 28 April 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. A coalition of powerful Democrats and Republicans from border states urged delay yesterday in plans to require passports to cross the…

28 April 2006 US Customs Proposes Increased Fees US Customs and Border Protection filed a proposed rule to amend the rules dealing with Customs financial and accounting procedures by revising the fees charged for certain Customs inspection services under section 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus…

28 April 2006 Fall from grace The following article is excerpted from Frank Reynolds’ “Export ABCs” column that appeared in the 28 April 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Having covered forwarder quality in several recent columns, I can provide a real-life example that happened recently -…

27 April 2006 Tariff Amendment Package T2006-2 The amended chapters to tariff amendment package T2006-2, notice of which was sent to members on 24 April, are now available on the CSCB web site: cover page http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/t2006-2coverpageeng.pdf text of legislation http://www.cscb.ca…

27 April 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site A) Chapter 01 was published to reflect Avian Influenza in the Ivory Coast. / Le chapitre 01 a été publié pour refléter l'influenza aviaire de la Côte d'Ivoire. 01.06.32 - Psittaciformes/Psittacidés 01.06.39.2096 - Songbirds over 3 days old/Oiseaux chanteurs…

27 April 2006 Furious provinces aim to sink softwood deal The following article is excerpted from the 27 April 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Business groups on both sides of the border and at least two provinces are already threatening to scuttle a truce in the long Canada-U.S. softwood lumber…

27 April 2006 CFIA Allows Importation of Pork Meat Products from Croatia Effective immediately, the importation of processed port meat products from Croatia to Canada is allowed. The new conditions for these importations will be placed on the CFIA web site, under the Manual of Procedures, Chapter 10…

27 April 2006 Norsk Fitness Products Inc., Appeal No. AP-2003-045 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on November 8, 2005, under section 67 of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF decisions of the Commissioner of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency dated October 23 and…