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16 March 2006 Is Business Ready for a Flu Pandemic? The following article is extracted from the 16 March 2006 edition of “The New York Times”. Governments worldwide have spent billions planning for a potential influenza pandemic: buying medicines, running disaster drills, developing strategies for…

16 March 2006 U.S. welcomes delay on EU wood packing rule The following article is excerpted from the 16 March 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The delay of a European Union rule that would ban wood packing material with tree bark still attached will give nations more time to study its…

The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at CBSA. The following is to advise that the CBSA’s Legal team has asked the Electronic Commerce Unit to develop a “collective” term to describe the entire set of Participants Requirements Documents (CADEX, ACROSS, RNS, CSA Importer, CSA…

15 March 2006 Final Determination of Dumping and Subsidizing respecting Unprocessed Grain Corn On 15 March 2006 the CBSA, pursuant to paragraph 41(1)(a) of the SIMA, made a final determination of dumping and subsidizing respecting unprocessed grain corn, excluding seed corn (for reproductive…

15 March 2006 Statement by the Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister Responsible for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Based on information provided by officials from the United States Department of Agriculture, yesterday’s confirmation of bovine spongiform…

15 March 2006 Update to Appendix 1 of Directive D-00-07, Import and domestic requirements for fresh fruits and plants of hosts of apple maggot into British Columbia from Mexico, the continental United Sates and infested areas of Canada Appendix 1, "Counties in the Continental United States which are…

15 March 2006 DCHECK FEB 06 D Series Table of Contents and Checklist The D Series Checklist and Table of Contents updated for February, 2006 is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/dcheck_feb_06/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/dcheck_feb_06/README…

15 March 2006 CN-CHECK JAN and FEB 06 Customs Notices – Checklist The checklist of Customs Notices for January and February 2006 are available on the CBSA web site, as follow: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cm/cn-check_jan_06/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cm/cn-check_feb_06/README…

15 March 2006 New border ID cards won't fly: Survey The following article is excerpted from the 14 March 2006 edition of the “Toronto Star”. A bilateral business coalition opposed to U.S. plans for new ID cards at the border says the scheme will erect a wall with grave implications for commerce…

15 March 2006 Corrections to C-TPAT Security Criteria for C-TPAT Highway Carriers, Importers and Sea Carriers Please note the following corrections were made in this message: Under "Importers", the implementation date for changes to the criteria and application process was 25 March 2005. Under "Sea…

14 March 2006 Use of AIRS simultaneous with the CFIA Regulated HS Code List The following message is from the National Import Operations Division of the CFIA. To clarify what has to be transmitted to CFIA and what has to be transmitted to Customs only, please see the following: In an effort to…

14 March 2006 Mark that Date -- CSCB Ontario Regional Meeting, 15 and 16 June 2006 Members in Ontario Region are warmly invited to attend this year’s annual meeting and conference. The event will take place on 15 and 16 June at the Holiday Inn Select on Huron Church Road, Windsor. There will be a…

14 March 2006 Appeal Hearing Schedule Updated The CITT schedule for hearing appeals has been updated, and is available on their web site at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/hearings/index_e.asp http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/hearings/index_e.asp

14 March 2006 Feeding the dragon The following article is excerpted from the 14 March 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Members may wish to expand their knowledge of China by attending this year’s IFCBA conference, “Strategies for Secure Borders”, which will be held in Beijing between 13 and 16…

13 March 2006 Get with the program US attaché warns Canadian shippers The following article is extracted from the 10 March 2006 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. There are more than 45,000 Canadian companies registered to trade with the US, yet less than three per cent are part of…

13 March 2006 Consensus Eludes Trade Negotiators The following article is excerpted from the 12 March 2006 edition of “The New York Times”. Talks held here over the weekend by six major economic powers did not result in any consensus about tariffs and subsidies tied to agriculture and manufacturing…

13 March 2006 Confidential export data The following article is excerpted from the “Export ABCs” column that appears periodically in “The Journal of Commerce”; it is taken from the 10 March 2006 edition. The International Compliance Professionals Association (ICPA) held its third annual conference…