Trade News

The following messages were sent on 22 August: 1. Canadian Customs Articles Trading with the 'schoolyard bully' Promises, Promises Keep NAFTA despite softwood woes 2. International Trade Canada (eics operations) EICS Entrust.ini File - Implementation Delayed 3. International Trade Canada (other)…

22 August 2005 Transport Minister Leads Transportation Mission to China The following is excerpted from a press release issued by Transport Canada on 22 August 2005. This document is available on the Transport Canada web site at http://www.tc.gc.ca/mediaroom/releases/nat/2005/05-h174e.htm. Transport…

19 August 2005 No more soft words on softwood The following article, by former BC civil servant and current professor of public policy at Simon Fraser University Doug McArthur, is excerpted from the 19 August 2005 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Canada has now announced that it's left the softwood…

19 August 2005 Revision to Directive D-96-15 This list server provides notification that 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, Popillia japonica", has been…

19 August 2005 Outage between CBSA and VANS scheduled for 21 August 2005 In order to complete the migration of a system upgrade, communication from the CBSA to Value Added Networks (VANs) will be interrupted on Sunday August 21, 2005 from 4:00 am to 6:00 am Eastern time. Inbound and outbound data…

19 August 2005 CFIA Regulated HS Code List CFIA have provided an updated CFIA Regulated HS codes list, as well as a note on how to use the AIRS simultaneously with this list. The documents are available on the CSCB web site, at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/cfiahscodes.pdf http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo…

19 August 2005 Message from CBSA re Interest Rates The annual interest rate for the fourth quarter of 2005 (Oct. 1 to December 31) will be 2.5721. The monthly interest rate for the same period will be 0.2 %.

19 August 2005 U.S. urges Canada to reschedule lumber talks The following article is excerpted from the 19 August 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The United States wants Canada to reconsider its decision to cancel talks aimed at settling the softwood trade dispute. "We want finality to it…

19 August 2005 Message from CN regarding Cutoff Changes This message is from CN’s Customer Support Centre. Yesterday, CN announced its new service to handle an additional 125,000 intermodal units a year in Canadian transcontinental lanes. This change to CN's IMX service offering will yield the…

19 August 2005 Interim Review No. RD-2004-008, Certain Waterproof Rubber Footwear IN THE MATTER OF an interim review, under subsection 76.01(1) of the Special Import Measures Act, of the order made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on October 18, 2002, in Expiry Review No. RR-2001-005…

19 August 2005 CN expands transcontinental intermodal train capacity The following article is extracted from the 19 August 2005 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. CN plans to substantially increase its intermodal train capacity across its transcontinental Canadian network, in response…

18 August 2005 NAFTA lesson: Politics always trumps trade The following article is excerpted from the 18 August 2005 edition of the “Financial Post”. Washington's cavalier attitude toward the softwood lumber dispute with Canada is annoying to some but hardly a surprise. Canada, the Queen's Scout of…

18 August 2005 Deal close on China textiles The following article is excerpted from the 17 August 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Negotiators are close to a comprehensive agreement to limit imports of Chinese clothing and textiles into the United States, a U.S. official said Wednesday…

18 August 2005 Access Changes to EICS The following message is from the EICB. Problem with the attachments from the original messages? Alternatively, you could edit the ENTRUST.INI file directly. It is really just replacing a long number with a name. You will find the file here: C:\Program Files…

18 August 2005 Penalties Under AMPS The CBSA have confirmed that one is not obligated to correct a tariff classification if the correction involves a change to the statistical suffix only. The following clarification has been provided: "Tariff classification corrections for purposes of Section 32.2…

The following messages were sent on 18 August: 1. Canada Border Services Agency (other) Penalties under AMPS 2. Canadian Customs Articles Flu pandemic could trigger a Depression, BMO warns NAFTA lesson: Politics always trumps trade Fraser River Port sees hefty cargo gains 3. International Trade…

18 August 2005 Flu pandemic could trigger a Depression, BMO warns The following article is excerpted from the 18 August 2005 edition of “Toronto Star”. A major Canadian investment dealer has added its voice to those warning of the potential global impact of an influenza pandemic, suggesting it could…

18 August 2005 U.S. Reconsidering Proposed Passport Rules The following article is excerpted from the 18 August 2005 edition of “The New York Times”. Millions of Americans like Kathy Currier could soon run into trouble returning home from Canada because they don't have passports. On a recent trip…

18 August 2005 Fraser River Port sees hefty cargo gains The following article is excerpted from the 18 August 2005 edition of “American Shipper”. Container traffic at Canada’s second-largest port jumped 33 percent through the first half of 2005 compared to the same period a year ago, while overall…