Trade News

26 September 2005 TSI to run new Vancouver terminal The following is excerpted from the 23 September 2005 online edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The Vancouver Port Authority has reached an agreement with TSI Terminal Systems Inc. on a new 50-year operating lease for the proposed expansion of…

26 September 2005 States sue over wood packaging rules The following is excerpted from the 23 September 2005 online edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. WASHINGTON -- Attorneys General of New York, California, Illinois and Connecticut have filed suit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture over…

26 September 2005 Port of New Orleans shuts as Rita closes in The following is excerpted from the 23 September 2005 online edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. BATON ROUGE -- The Port of New Orleans shut down all operations ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Rita. While the port is not in the direct…

23 September 2005 Notice to Industry -- Exporting Cattle, Bison, Sheep and Goats to the United States Roles and Responsibilities The following notice is available on the CFIA web site, at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/bseesb/americ…. The Canadian Food…

23 September 2005 Deadline Approaches for CCS Course Applications Please note that Monday, 31 October 2005 marks the deadline for acceptance of applications for the 2005-2006 Certified Customs Specialist (CCS) course. The application, course policy and course description at available on the CSCB web…

23 September 2005 Industry asks for new China textile curbs The following article is excerpted from the 22 September 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. A coalition of U.S. textile industry and labor union officials announced today that they have filed four new safeguard petitions covering…

23 September 2005 Container Security Initiative Port of Santos, Brazil, Is Targeting and Pre-Screening Cargo Destined For U.S. The following is extracted from a press release issued by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on 22 September 2005. Today, United States Customs and Border Protection…

23 September 2005 Shutdown Message of 22 September 2005 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA. The problem that resulted in yesterday's premature shut down of the CADEX and CUSDEC B3 systems has been resolved. All EDI systems are now functioning normally. B3…

22 September 2005 Bond Rider Requirement Eliminated for Participation in the ACE Monthly Payment Process As members will know from the message sent on 20 September (found in the CSCB reference system at http://www.cscb.ca/050/rs_prev_e.cfm?ID=11333), changes were made this week by US CBP regarding…

22 September 2005 U.S. Discloses Moves to Stop Piracy of Intellectual Property The following article is excerpted from the 22 September 2005 edition of “The New York Times”. Carlos M. Gutierrez, the US commerce secretary, announced on Wednesday a series of initiatives aimed at curbing the global…

22 September 2005 GTA Committee Meeting, 6 October 2005 The GTA Committee will meet on 6 October 2005. Members with operational issues relating to any Customs port within the GTA region are asked to forward your comments or questions to Laurie Caron at [email protected] on or before 4…

22 September 2005 Customs' Bonner optimistic on "green lane" The following article is extracted from the 22 September 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. … Commissioner Robert C. Bonner still believes the "green lane" is out there. The green lane has been Bonner's metaphor for the ultimate…

22 September 2005 Unexpected Shutdown of CCS/CADEX/CUSDEC on 22 September 2005 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA. Please be advised that for technical reasons, the CCS/CADEX/CUSDEC application will be forced to shutdown as of 11 am (ET) this morning for the rest…

22 September 2005 DHS: Private sector could capture advance data for security screening The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is considering letting the private sector collect additional trade data useful for identifying container shipments at high risk for being exploited by terrorists to…

22 September 2005 Massive hurricane shuts Texas ports The following article is excerpted from the 22 September 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Ports along the Texas and western Louisiana coasts are completely shutting down today as Hurricane Rita lumbers westward across the Gulf of Mexico…

22 September 2005 Comp Sit Inc., Appeal No. AP-2004-049 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal filed under section 67 of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a letter dated May 20, 2005, from the Canadian International Trade Tribunal directing Mr. Eligio Marini to show cause why…

22 September 2005 Appeals – Hearing Schedule The updated schedule for hearing CITT appeals is found at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/hearings/index_e.asp http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/hearings/index_e.asp

22 September 2005 Waterproof Footwear and Bottoms, Expiry Review No. RR-2004-008 NOTICE OF CHANGE OF DATE OF PUBLIC HEARING On March 23, 2005, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal gave notice that it had, pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act, initiated an expiry…

22 September 2005 Decolin Inc., Appeal No. AP-2004-011 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on January 10, 2005, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1;AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency dated April 20, 2004, with…

21 September 2005 Export ABCs: The Commerce Control List The following article is extracted from the “Customs Update” segment of the 20 September 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. When this column covered the Schedule B number several months ago, we mentioned another governmental…