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20 October 2005 Proposed Canada-China Science and Technology Agreement On 9 September 2005 a Joint Declaration on Science and Technology Co-operation between Canada and the People’s Republic of China was announced, including a promise to pursue the strengthening of bilateral science and technology…

20 October 2005 The Spirit of Miami [WCO] The following press release was issued by the World Customs Organization on 11 October 2005, and posted on their web site on 20 October 2005, at http://www.wcoomd.org/ie/En/en.html. The World Customs Organization continues on its transformational path…

20 October 2005 CITT Departmental Performance Report for Fiscal Year 2004-2005 The CITT’s annual Performance Report for the past fiscal year is available on their web site, at http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/publicat/p_rep2f_e.asp The CITT caseload continues to grow; the workload associated with…

20 October 2005 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 03 was published with new extensions. / Le chapitre 03 a été publié avec des nouvelles extensions. 03.02.69.8280.05 - Other fish - Skin (whether or not a breakdown of the species) (fresh or chilled)/Autre poisson - Peau (même s'il y a ou non, une…

20 October 2005 Items 183 to 191 – Barley Products Notice to Importers No. 692 Notice to Importers No. 692 advises that the barley products TRQ will be filled on 11 November2005. Consequently, 11 November 2005 (at midnight) will be the cut-off date for accounting for imports of all barley products…

20 October 2005 The Pacific Gateway Act The following is excerpted from a news release issued by Transport Canada on 20 October 2005, and found on the Transport Canada web site at http://www.tc.gc.ca/mediaroom/releases/nat/2005/05-h196e.htm. The [Pacific Gateway Act] … sets out a new policy and…

19 October 2005 US Customs and Border Protection Receives 11 Per Cent Budget Increase in Fiscal Year 2006 The following are highlights of the forthcoming US Customs budget for 2006, announced in a press release by CBP yesterday. • Additional Border Patrol Agents. The Budget includes $236 million for…

19 October 2005 Barley Products Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) The following notice is from the EICB. This message affects imports of barley products classified under Customs Tariff headings: 11.02, 11.03, 11.04, 11.07, 11.08, 19.01, 19.04, and 23.02. The purpose of this message is to inform you that the…

19 October 2005 Australian Customs web system experiencing problems The following article is excerpted from the 19 October 2005 edition of “American Shipper”. A Web-based system designed to make Customs interactions between Australia’s government and importers and exporters paperless has experienced…

19 October 2005 World Trade Organization DG: “We need to act now” The Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy, reported to the WTO General Council earlier today that there are severe time pressures on governments going forward to the Hong Kong Ministerial meetings in Hong Kong…

19 October 2005 Appeal No. AP-2004-009, Cheer Stix Ltd. In the matter of an appeal heard on 4 April 2005, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, RSC 1985 (2d Supp.), c.1; And in the matter of a decision of the President of the CBSA dated 8 April 2004 with respect to a request for re…

19 October 2005 Ottawa, US talk about liberalized air travel The following article is excerptdd from the 18 October 2005 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Canada and the United States will launch formal negotiations to open the North American airline industry to more cross-border competition and…

18 October 2005 Item 134 -- Ice Cream and Ice Cream Novelties Notice to Importers No. 687 Notice to Importers No. 687 informs importers of the Minister’s policies and practices respecting administration of the 484,000 kg TRQ for ice cream and ice cream novelties. It also invites applications for…

18 October 2005 Item 158 -- Yogurt Notice to Importers No. 688 Notice to Importers No. 688 informs importers of the Minister’s policies and practices respecting administration of the 332,000 kg TRQ for yogurt. It also invites applications for quota shares of the yogurt TRQ available for allocation…

18 October 2005 CBSA honoured for technological innovation CBSA was awarded five gold medals at the recent GTEC Distinction Awards Gala. GTEC Week is the annual government technology exhibition that showcases IT products, services and solutions. Details of CBSA’s award-winning programs and services…

18 October 2005 Item 125 -- Products of Natural Milk Constituents Notice to Importer No. 689 Notice to Importers No. 689 informs importers of the Minister’s policies and practices respecting administration of the 4,345,000 kg TRQ for products of natural milk constituents. It also invites…

18 October 2005 Flu pandemic `catastrophe' for Canada The following article is excerpted from the 18 October 2005 edition of the “Toronto Star”. A bird flu pandemic could paralyze Canada's manufacturing sector for more than a year and cost the country hundreds of millions of dollars in medical costs…

18 October 2005 Bank of Canada Rate Announcement The following note is from the Senior Economist at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. As widely expected, the Bank of Canada hiked its key overnight target rate by 25 basis points to 3.0% at this morning's Fixed Announcement Date. This was the second…

17 October 2005 EICS Bulletin Update - 15 October 2005 The following message was from the EICS on Saturday evening, 15 October. Connectivity to the EICS remains unavailable. The PKI Certificate Authority expects the situation to be remedied sometime tomorrow, and therefore we expect that EICS…

17 October 2005 CN Gate Appointment System To Open Earlier The following message from CN is directed towards users of the Brampton/Montreal Gate Appointment Systems. CN has received many requests to open the Brampton/Montreal Gate Appointment System earlier. Customers have stated that providing the…