Trade News

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…

21 September 2005 Carbon Steel Welded Pipe Expiry No. LE-2005-003 NOTICE OF EXPIRY OF ORDER The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice, pursuant to subsection 76.03(2) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), that its order made on July 24, 2001, in Expiry Review…

21 September 2005 CFIA and Wood Packaging Material Ee continue to wait for a definitive statement from the CFIA concerning their plans for harmonizing the Canadian approach to wood packaging with the US and Mexico; this will not be forthcoming until next week, as their new President has not yet…

21 September 2005 Update: CPR Vaughan Intermodal Terminal The following message is from the Assistant Vice President of CPR’s Customer Services. Domestic Intermodal Customers CPR is pleased to advise that the labour issue experienced by our third party drayage vendor has been resolved, and we are…

21 September 2005 CN626 Control of Ketamine Under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act The purpose of this notice is to announce that Health Canada has recently made a determination that ketamine is a controlled substance under Schedule 1 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the…

21 September 2005 D15-2-48 Certain Laminate Flooring Originating in or exported from the PRC and France 1. This Memorandum refers to the application of anti-dumping duty to importations of certain laminate flooring originating in or exported from the PRC and France and the application of…

21 September 2005 GTA cartage disruption appears resolved The following article is excerpted from the 21 September 2005 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. Owner/operators serving intermodal yards in the Greater Toronto Area appear to have reached an agreement to end their labor…

21 September 2005 CTA VP says cross-border trucking rates will continue to climb The following article is excerpted from the 21 September 2005 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. Cross-border shippers should be prepared for further trucking rate increases, the Canadian Trucking…

21 September 2005 Note Concerning GTA Cartage Resolution Further to the article from “Canadian Transportation & Logistics” concerning resolution of the GTA cartage labour disruption, several members have reported to the national office that violence against truckers is ongoing, and that the dispute…

20 September 2005 IBM, Maersk Team Up on Ship Tracking The following article is extracted from the 20 September 2005 edition of “The New York Times”. Government cargo inspectors would be able to get real-time data about the contents and whereabouts of shipping vessels around the world under a new…

20 September 2005 Registration will Open for CBP Trade Symposium The following is from US Customs and Border Protection, further to the message about the Symposium sent to members on 6 September. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will hold its annual Trade Symposium on November 2-4, 2005…

20 September 2005 CBP to eliminate bond requirement for monthly duty payments The following article is excerpted from the 20 September 2005 edition of “American Shipper”. Robert Bonner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner, Monday said his agency plans to drop the requirement that…

20 September 2005 Brokers, carriers move closer to resolving demurrage dispute The following article is excerpted from the 20 September 2005 edition of “American Shipper”. U.S. customs broker and ocean carrier representatives believe they are another step closer to resolving a dispute over the…

20 September 2005 Update: Customer Bulletin - CPR Vaughan Intermodal Terminal The following message is from the Assisitant Vice President of Customer Services at CPR. Domestic Intermodal Customers This is a further update on the impact to our Vaughan Intermodal Terminal from the work stoppage of one…

20 September 2005 Update: CPR Vaughan Intermodal Terminal The following message is from CPR’s Assistant Vice President of Customer Services. This is a further update on the impact to our Vaughan Intermodal Terminal from the work stoppage of one of CPR's third party drayage vendors. Negotiations in…

19 September 2005 Canada Border Services Agency starts a dumping and subsidy investigation into grain corn The followingis excerpted from the press release was issued by the CBSA on 16 September 2005. It is found on their web site, at http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/newsroom/release-communique…

19 September 2005 Initial Environmental Assessment of the Canada-Peru Foreign Investment Protection Agreement (FIPA) An Initial Environmental Assessment of the Canada-Peru Foreign Investment and Protection Agreement negotiations has been conducted to help negotiators to better integrate…

19 September 2005 Customs may require earlier import data: Koch The following article is from the 16 September 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. [US] Customs and Border Protection is considering requiring importers to file entry data much earlier than they currently do in order to improve…

19 September 2005 CPR Vaughan Intermodal Terminal Delays The following message is from CPR’s Assistant Vice President for Customer Services. This is an update on the impact to our Vaughan Intermodal Terminal from the work stoppage of one of CPR's third party drayage vendors. This work stoppage…

19 September 2005 "Reminder" BIT & MISC Storage information effective Sept/19th. The following message is from CN’s Intermodal Vice President. Responding to rising customer demand, CN announced an expansion of its transcontinental train service. This new service will increase CN's rail capacity…