Trade News

12 September 2005 Port of New Orleans re-opening The following article is excerpted from the 12 September 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The Port of New Orleans… plans to resume commercial operations on Wednesday, housing waterfront workers in Marad vessels and cruise ships after Katrina…

12 September 2005 Revision to Directive D-97-12, “Seed potato certification program – Bacterial ring rot testing program for field grown seed potatoes” The CFIA has announced that Directive D-97-12, "Seed potato certification program - Bacterial ring rot testing program for field grown seed potatoes…

12 September 2005 AMPS Statistics, 2002 to 2005 The latest statistics on penalties under AMPS have been provided by the CBSA. The statistics listed below are from the date of the implementation of AMPS to August 22, 2005. The top 20 contraventions are found at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo…

12 September 2005 Revision to Directive D-02-09, “Hay and Straw -- Import and Domestic Movement Requirements to Prevent the Introduction and Spread of Cereal Leaf Beetle” The CFIA has notified revision of Directive D-02-09, "Hay and Straw - Import and Domestic Movement Requirements to Prevent the…

12 September 2005 Revision to Directive D-02-06, "Interim Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Entry and Spread of Swede Midge (Contarinia nasturtii)" The CFIA has revised Appendix 2, "List of Regulated Countries and Regulated Areas within Canada for Swede Midge" of Directive D-02-06, Interim…

12 September 2005 Certain Whole Potatoes Expiry Review No. RR-2004-006 IN THE MATTER OF an expiry review, under subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act, of the order made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on September 13, 2000, in Review No. RR-99-005, continuing, without…

12 September 2005 CN Update regarding Hurricane Katrina The following message from CN was issued on Friday night, 9 September 2005. On Friday, September 09, 2005 CN made a further adjustment to its embargo, removing the last remaining specifc customer facilities that were on the list. The city of…

12 September 2005 Trade Update for Hurricane Katrina US Customs and Border Protection has issued its contingency plan for CBP Trade Operations due to Hurricane Katrina for the ports of New Orleans, Gulfport and Pasagoula. As well, information concerning goods imported for relief efforts in Louisiana…

12 September 2005 Fleeing suspect creates slowdown at U.S. border The following article is excerpted from the 12 September 2005 edition of “globeandmail.com”. U.S. tourists and Canadian residents had a tough time entering Canada through Quebec on the weekend after a New York state trooper was shot…

9 September 2005 AMENDMENT to CBSA Outage times The following message is from the CBSA’s Electronic Commerce Unit. Please note that the CBSA's EDI outage times have been adjusted: The five-hour outage will take place on Sunday morning, September 11, 2005, from midnight until 5:00 am (Eastern time).

9 September 2005 Hurricane Katrina Update from CN On Thursday evening, September 08, 2005, CN made a minor adjustment to its embargo. The following areas remain under embargo: - New Orleans, LA - Specific facilities at Reserve and Desterhan, LA Local traffic to and from New Orleans LA remains under…

9 September 2005 Katrina a lesson for DHS, traders The following article is excerpted from the 8 September 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Shippers moving freight through the nation's ports should learn a valuable lesson from Hurricane Katrina. Particularly, shippers should take careful…

9 September 2005 Global textile group blasts EU-China apparel deal The following article is extracted from the 9 September 2005 edition of “American Shipper”. The Global Alliance for Fair Textile Trade (GAFTT), comprising 97 trade groups representing domestic textile and apparel manufacturers in 55…

9 September 2005 Canada and China sign bilateral agreements and announce science and technology joint declaration The following is extracted from a press release issued by the Prime Minister’s office on 9 September. Prime Minister Martin today announced that Canada and China have reached seven new…

8 September 2005 Hurricane Katrina Update from CN As of 10:00 pm yesterday, CN further amended the embargo, lifting restrictions on movement of traffic to most stations on the Baton Rouge subdivision with the following exceptions: - New Orleans, LA - Specific facilities at Reserve and Desterhan, LA…

8 September 2005 EU members okay deal to unblock Chinese textiles The following article is excerpted from the 8 September 2005 edition of “globeandmail.com”. European Union governments yesterday backed a deal to unblock Chinese textiles held at EU borders…. The EU head office said member states had…

8 September 2005 Appeal No. AP-2004-018 Gladhu Tools Inc. IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on February 3 and 4, 2005, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2nd Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF decisions of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency dated June 15 and 22…

8 September 2005 Reminder -- Seminar on Valuation in CSCB Prairie Region The CSCB Prairie Region will host a valuation seminar on 13 September 2005, led by the CBSA. This event will take place in Winnipeg at the CanadInns Polo Park location. It is available to all CSCB corporate and associate…

8 September 2005 Western Canada Terminals, Reservation Process (Loads and Empties) The following message is from CN’s Customer Support Centre. As previously announced, all Western Canadian Terminals are or will shortly be using the reservation process to ingate containers required for rail movement…

8 September 2005 Scheduled Outage for Weekend of 10-11 September 2005 The following is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA. Members are advised that there is a planned outage this weekend for the migration of a system release. Therefore, the Customs EDI system will be unavailable from 9:30…