Trade News

8 March 2005 Canadian ports get investment OK The following article is excerpted from the 7 March 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Amid increasing competition for container traffic, Canada will open up its ports … to previously-forbidden private investment and public grants. Jean Lapierre…

7 March 2005 Revision to Directives D-97-12 and D-98-01 Directive D-97-12, “Seed Potato Certification Program – Bacterial ring rot testing program for field grown seed potatoes”, has bee revised and is available on the CFIA web site at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/protect/dir/d-97-12e…

7 March 2005 DHS officials: Ports to remain open under most post-attack plans The following article is excerpted from the 4 March 2005 edition of “American Shipper”. The U.S. government does not intend to react to a domestic terrorist attack on a port or intermodal trade lane with a knee-jerk…

7 March 2005 Apropos Interaction Management Tool The following message is from CN’s Commercial Services Manager – Intermodal at the Winnipeg Customer Support Centre. The message concerning implementation of CN’s tool enhancement project was sent to members on 28 February, and is found at http://www…

7 March 2005 Trucking chief urges Great Lakes manufacturers to work together on border, capacity issues The following article is excerpted from the 7 March 2005 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. Speaking to an audience of Great Lakes manufacturers and policy-makers from the United…

4 March 2005 NAFTA talks with Bush off table at Texas summit The following article is excerpted from the 4 March 2005 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Paul Martin's plan to discuss flaws in the North American free-trade agreement at a summit with George W. Bush have fallen off the agenda as the…

4 March 2005 Border sealed: U.S. Senate reinforces cattle blockade The following article is excerpted from the Saskatoon “Star Phoenix” edition of 4 March 2005. The U.S. Senate on Thursday [3 March] delivered Canada's cattle industry its second major setback in two days by voting to kill the Bush…

The following articles were sent on 4 March: 1. General Border sealed: US Senate reinforces cattle block NAFTA talks with Bush off table at Texas summit

3 March 2005 CFIA EDI System Restored The CFIA reports that between 10:00 pm (est) on 2 March and 9:30 am (est) on 3 March, the CFIA EDI system was down. The problem has now been resolved, and all EDI transactions transmitted to CFIA during this period have been received and kept in the work queue…

5 March 2005 Bulletin from EICS The following message is from the EICB. EICS WEB 1 may be available intermittently starting at 17:00 hours on 3 March. Members who experience any connectivity issues are requested to log out of the EICS and then log back in, at which point connectivity via WEB 2 will…

3 March 2005 Message to CFIA AIRS and EDI Users The following message is from Kathy Telmosse, Officer with the National Import Operations Division of the CFIA. The CFIA-AIRS web site will be unavailable on Friday, 4 March 2005 at 15:00 for 15 to 20 minutes in order to upgrade the system. The CFIA…

3 March 2005 U.S. court shuts gate on our beef The following article is excerpted from the 3 March 2005 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Canadian ranchers angrily condemned a Montana judge's decision to delay the resumption of beef exports as federal officials tried to soothe fears the dispute could…

3 March 2005 New [US] export reporting rules The following article is excerpted from the 2 March 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. As R.G. Edmonson wrote in the Feb. 17 Journal of Commerce Online, the new proposed Census export reporting rules have been released. They can be downloaded from…

3 March 2005 Security plan could shut Port of Vancouver The following article is excerpted from the 2 March 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Opposition by union dockworkers to tougher security measures at the Port of Vancouver could lead to a shutdown of the western Canada gateway later…

3 March 2005 Hutchinson bill pushes "smart" boxes, advance data collection The following article is excerpted from the 3 March 2005 edition of “American Shipper”. Half of all ocean containers entering the United States after 2006 would have to include sensors to verify sealing by authorized…

3 March 2005 CPR Import/Export Changes to Canadian Terminal Transactions The following message is from the Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Intermodal at CPR. In our ongoing efforts to improve CPR's Intermodal Operations to better serve you, we will be centralizing the following transactions…

2 March 2005 SIMA Monthly Index for March 2005 The SIMA index for March 2005 is now available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima/monthly-e.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima/monthly-e.html

2 March 2005 B2 Canada Customs – Adjustment Request The fillable B2 form is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/b2/README.html The facility to download a program that allows you to save data entered on forms B3 and B2 for future use is also found on this web page…