Trade News

15 April 2005 D11-4-9 Mexico Goods Deemed to be Directly Shipped to Canada for the Purposes of the General Preferential Tariff (GPT) The revision of this Memorandum is part of an overall revision of the D11-4 series of Memoranda. Changes have been made to the “Guidelines and General Information”…

15 April 2005 Whole Potatoes Expiry Review No. RR-2004-006 NOTICE OF CHANGE OF DATE OF PUBLIC HEARING On December 15, 2004, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal gave notice that it had, pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act, initiated an expiry review of its order…

15 April 2005 Education Seminar in CSCB Toronto Region, 26 April 2005 The CSCB Toronto Region invites you to attend their latest seminar, entitled “CBSA Customs Compliance Verification Multi-Tariff Programs”. The speaker will be John Gillan of the CBSA in Toronto. Participants will be taken through…

15 April 2005 HS Coding Study The CSCB has been advised by CBSA in the Southern Ontario region that they are still waiting for information from customs brokers and importers who have been asked to provide information for the HS coding study. Information about this study was presented in Huntsville…

15 April 2005 FDA establishes weekend presence at Port of Buffalo The following article is excerpted from the 15 April 2005 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced it will implement weekend hours of operation for the processing of…

15 April 2005 CN and TSI say Deltaport operations now fluid The following article is excerpted from the 15 April 2005 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. CN and Terminal Systems Inc. (TSI) say that the backlog of import containers at Deltaport terminal has been cleared and that the two…

15 April 2005 Bush orders review of proposed border rules The following article is extracted from the 15 April 2005 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Notification of the proposal to require enhanced identification for North Americans to enter the US was sent to members on 6 April, in the following…

15 April 2005 Introducing Export Reservations – CN Vancouver The following message is from CN. The CN Export Reservations Checklist is available on the CSCB web site at http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/cnvancouverapril2005.pdf. Effective Monday 2 May 2005 all export traffic delivered to CN at Vancouver…

15 April 2005 Driver Safety Compliance -- CN Brampton The following notice is from CN’s Brampton Intermodal Terminal Manager. The use of all Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is mandatory at all CN facilities including Brampton Intermodal Terminal. Drivers entering the Brampton Intermodal Terminal…

14 April 2005 WTO Press Release: Developing countries’ goods trade share surges to 50-year peak The following is extracted from the World Trade Organization’s press release of 14 April 2005. Riding a wave of higher oil and commodity prices, and vigorous global trade growth including recovery in…

14 April 2005 Unused Import Permits for Clothing and Textiles At the request of a member, the CSCB contacted ITCanada to ask about their policy for credits against permits that were issued before the date of April 1, 2005, and are now not required. The following response has been received: "Import…

14 April 2005 Revision to guidelines concerning heat treatment facilities for Wood Packaging Certification Program The Technical Heat Treatment Guidelines and Operating Conditions Manual is a supplementary document designed to accompany the CFIA policy directive, D-03-02, The Canadian Heat Treated…

14 April 2005 Investigation of Expiry Order RR-99-005 concerning Whole Potatoes On 15 December 2004 the CITT, pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the SIMA, initiated an expiry review of its order made on 13 September 2000 in Inquiry No. RR-99-005, concerning whole potatoes, excluding seed potatoes…

14 April 2005 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 23 was published - recommendation change for U.S. 23.06.30 - Of sunflower seeds / De graines de tournesol

14 April 2005 ICC calls for progress on Doha round in lead-up to Hong Kong The following note is available on the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) web site, at http://www.iccwbo.org/home/news_archives/2005/Doha_policy.asp. In a policy statement prepared by business experts on trade and…

14 April 2005 CPR Customer Bulletin: Canada Border Services Agency Requirements - Reporting of Exported Goods Regulations The following bulletin is from CPR’s Assistant Vice President for Customer Services. Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced changes to the Reporting of Exported Goods…

14 April 2005 Message from CN re Coiled Metal Policy On January 30, 2005 CN issued a notice confirming that Coiled Metal were considered a Restricted commodity to move on CN Intermodal services. There have been questions about other products that may be subject to this policy. To clarify, the…

14 April 2005 Justice department files motion to dismiss harbor tax refunds The following article is excerpted from the 14 April 2005 edition of “American Shipper”. The Harbour Maintenance Tax was imposed on US shippers, importers and exporters in 1986 as a method of funding harbour dredging and…