Trade News

24 August 2005 Production Database Backup The following message is from the CFIA. This is a reminder that a full database backup of the production database (PROD) is scheduled for Saturday, September 3rd 2005. CFIA in-house systems (AHRA, AIS, CIMS, CLMS, CMS, EAS, ECS, ICTS, IMS, IPS, LSTS, MCAP…

24 August 2005 Obligation to Correct The CBSA has confirmed their position concerning the obligation to correct entries that were deemed to be in error as the result of an audit in cases where the importer or broker does not agree with the findings of the audit. The CBSA has referred to the dispute…

24 August 2005 Temporary Closure - Central Import Service Centre The following message is from CFIA’s National Import Operations Division. Due to recent flooding, the Central Import Service Centre (CISC) will be closed on Saturday, August 27, 2005 to undergo facilities maintenance/ repairs and will…

24 August 2005 2005 Customs Brokers Professional Examination The CBSA has announced that this year’s Customs Brokers Professional Examination will take place on 15 November 2005. The L55 application form to write the examination is available from your local Customs office; the application and fee…

24 August 2005 Maintenance of international Customs and trade instrument: a WCO priority The following is excerpted from a press release issued by the World Customs Organization on 23 August 2005. The press release is available at http://www.wcoomd.org/ie/En/Press/Press%20release%20-%20HSC36%20EN…

24 August 2005 Why did the old cow cross the U.S. border? The following article is excerpted from the 23 August 2005 edition of “The Edmonton Journal”. Canadian food-safety investigators are probing the shipment of an old cow from Ontario to the United States, the first major violation of the…

23 August 2005 Customs tests FTZ e-reportng The following article is excerpted from the 22 August 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Customs and Border Protection on Oct. 1 will begin testing a system enabling companies in free trade zones to report import cargo via the Automated Broker…

23 August 2005 CN Announces Expanded Toronto Intermodal Capacity The following message is from CN’s Intermodal Unit. Responding to rising customer demand, CN announced an expansion of its transcontinental train service. This new service will increase CN's rail capacity between Toronto/Montreal and…

23 August 2005 It's time to stop playing softwood charades The following article by Jeffrey Simpson is excerpted from the 23 August 2005 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Canada has no serious option but trade retaliation against the United States. The Americans have acted outrageously and illegally in…

23 August 2005 Update to appendix 5, Directive D-96-15, “To prevent the spread of Japanese Beetle, Popillia japonica” Appendix 5 "Areas infested with or suspected of being infested with Japanese Beetle in Canada and the United States " of Directive D-96-15, "To Prevent the spread of Japanese Beetle…

23 August 2005 CN Export Reservations at Saskatoon The following message is from CN’s Customer Support Centre. Starting Monday, 19 September 2005 all export traffic delivered to CN at our Saskatoon Intermodal terminal must have a reservation. The attached sheet summarizes the reservation process…

23 August 2005 CBP OKs electronic NAFTA certificates The following article is excerpted from the 23 August 2005 edition of “American Shipper”. The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol is now accepting electronically submitted NAFTA Certificates of Origin. CBP issued a directive (3810-014A) that clarifies…

The following messages were sent on 23 August: 1. Canadian Customs Articles It's tie to stop playing softwood charades 2. Canadian Food Inspection Agency (directives) Update to appendix 5, Directive D-96-15... 3. Other Economists predict a revival of the world economy 4. Rail Notices CN Announces…

23 August 2005 Economists predict a revival of the world economy in the second half of 2005 The following article is excerpted from the International Chamber of Commerce. The recent cool down of the world economy is expected to pick-up over the next six months, according to the results of the latest…

22 August 2005 Strategic Environmental Assessment of a Government Procurement Chapter of the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) Closing date: September 12, 2005 The Government of Canada is currently negotiating a Government Procurement Chapter which is expected to form part of the existing…

22 August 2005 Trading with the 'schoolyard bully' The following article is excerpted from the 20 August 2005 edition of “globeandmail.com”. They were present at the creation. And they feel betrayed. Derek Burney, Pat Carney, Allan Gotlieb, Simon Reisman and Gordon Ritchie were key members of the…

22 August 2005 Promises, Promises The following article is excerpted from the 22 August 2005 edition of “The New York Times”. In 1947, when 23 nations agreed to start a new international organization to promote trade and arbitrate disputes, the wants of poor countries mattered little. Industrialized…

22 August 2005 EICS ENTRUST.INI File – Implementation Delayed The following message is from the EICB. It was not possible to complete the technical portion of the implementation of the new EICS addressing over the weekend. If you have not yet performed the changes requested last week, you have a…

22 August 2005 Keep NAFTA despite softwood woes The following article is extracted from the 22 August 2005 edition of the “Financial Post”. Despite its inability to resolve the current softwood lumber dispute with the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement remains vital to Canada's…

22 August 2005 New truckers hours released The following article is excerpted from the 22 August 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Federal regulators on [19 August] released new hours of service rules for [US] truck drivers that left most of the controversial HOS regulations issued in 2003…