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20 April 2006 Intermodal Customer Bulletin: Edmonton Intermodal Terminal Congestion The following notice is from CPR’s General Manager, International. CPR is currently experiencing some unexpected congestion issues at our Edmonton Intermodal terminal as a result of increased volume demands at the…

20 April 2006 CN Container Storage Dwell Reports The following notice is from CN’s Customer Support Centre. The CN Customer Support Centre has been producing and sending out Customer Container Dwell reports for some time now to advise both our customers and our CN terminals of containers that have…

20 April 2006 Fenwick Automotive Products Ltd., Application No. EP-2005-036 IN THE MATTER OF an application made by Fenwick Automotive Products Ltd., under section 60.2 of the Customs Act, for an order extending the time to serve a request for a further re-determination of the decision of the…

20 April 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 09 was published with a new extension. / Le chapitre 09 a été publié avec une nouvelle extension. 09.10.10.0005 - Ginger, whole, peeled/Gingembre, entier, pelé Chapter 41 was published to add new commodities / Le chapitre 41 a été publié pour…

20 April 2006 CN639 Proposed Regulatory Amendments to Improving Access for Products of the Least Developed Countries (LDC’s) to the Canadian Market This Notice announces that the proposed amendments to the Refund of Duties Regulations as previously set out in paragraph 4 of Customs Notice N-488…

20 April 2006 CN638 Bicycles and Bicycle Frames from Chinese Taipei and the PRC The review initiated on 18 July 2005 in accordance with SIMA concerning bicycles and bicycle frames from Chinese Taipei and the PRC was concluded on 18 January 2006. Customs Notice 638 gives details concerning this…

20 April 2006 CFIA Pre-arrival Release System (PARS) Procedures Members are asked to note that the time for the submission of a PARS Import Request has been modified. The maximum time will be changed from 72 hours to 30 days to mirror CBSA's Pre-Arrival Release System (PARS) procedure. The CFIA…

20 April 2006 PC 2006-189 Order Amending the Customs Tariff (Extension of Least Developed Country Tariff to East Timor) Amendment 1. The reference to “East Timor^” in the List of Countries and Applicable Tariff Treatments set out in the schedule to the Customs Tariff is replaced by a reference to…

20 April 2006 Canadian Chamber Economic Update: Canada -- Inflation Report The following note is extracted from an economic update by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. … Given capacity constraints, a tight job market and wage pressures, the Bank of Canada will remain vigilant. The next Fixed…

19 April 2006 AIRS System Problems The following message is from the CFIA. It has come to our attention that the AIRS website went down overnight and is still down. Please note that our IT staff are working on this, however we do not have any indication of how long it will take to address the…

19 April 2006 Unprocessed Grain Corn, Inquiry No. NQ-2005-001 IN THE MATTER OF an inquiry, under section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: THE DUMPING AND SUBSIDIZING OF UNPROCESSED GRAIN CORN ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FINDING The Canadian…

19 April 2006 Business Numbers Reinstated on 18 April 2006 The Electronic Commerce Unit contacted the CSCB this morning to report that the program to reinstate mistakenly deleted Business Numbers ran successfully overnight. Members with questions are asked to contact the CSCB national office, at…

19 April 2006 AIRS System Problems RESOLVED The following notice is from the CFIA. This is to inform you that the AIRS website is now up and functioning. Please resort back to normal AIRS procedures.

19 April 2006 Partial Outage, 22 and 23 April 2006 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at CBSA. Please note that there is a partial outage planned this weekend for the migration of a systems release. The CADEX and CUSDEC systems will be unavailable from 9:00 pm, Saturday April…

19 April 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site 1) Chapter 05 was published to change the requirement ID for the following commodity/ Le chapitre 05 a été publié pour changer l'exigence du produit suivant : 05.11.99.1567.05 Pet chews - Cow hooves / Os à mâcher - Sabots de vache 2) to streamline…

19 April 2006 Follow-up to Common Brokers' Issues On April 4 the CSCB sent a message that noted some common broker issues with respect to CFIA regulations and policies. This message can be viewed in our reference system at the following URL: http://www.cscb.ca/050/rs_prev_e.cfm?ID=12485 Several…

19 April 2006 Port faces more trucker anger The following article is excerpted from the 19 April 2006 edition of the “Vancouver Sun”. A federal cabinet order that ended last summer's crippling port truckers dispute is about to expire, threatening to further destabilize an already troubled transport…

19 April 2006 Fuel prices will push Canada trucking costs higher The following article is extracted from the 19 April 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The Canadian Trucking Alliance, representing more than 4,000 motor carriers, on Wednesday warned shippers to expect increased trucking…

18 April 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 35 was published. / Le chapitre 35 a été publié. a) change in release recommendation for countries other than the negligible BSE risk countries / modification à la recommandation de mainlevée pour les pays autres que ceux à risque négligeable de ESB…

18 April 2006 Final Testing Confirms BSE Case in BC The following is extracted from the news release issued on 16 April by the CFIA. The release in its entirety is available on their web site, at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/newcom/2006/20060416e.shtml. Testing at the National Centre…