Trade News

5 January 2005 U.S. ambassador leaving Canada The following article is excerpted from the 5 January 2005 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. U.S. ambassador to Canada Paul Cellucci has announced plans to leave his post in March. Cellucci recently reassured industry insiders about the…

4 January 2004 Publications from CBSA The following publications are available on the CBSA web site: RC4341 Coming to Canada by Small Aircraft or Recreational Boat (http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/rc4341/README.html RC4299 Free and Secure Trade (FAST) – Highway Carrier Application Process (http…

4 January 2005 Candidates Nominated for Director-General of the World Trade Organization The World Trade Organization (WTO) has announced the following nominations for the position of Director-General to succeed Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, whose term expires on 31 August 2005: Carlos Perez del…

4 January 2005 Clothing & Textiles Shipments follow-up The problem with the EICS Permit Expert Application has been identified and will be corrected this evening. Applications for 2004 restrained clothing and textile shipments should be applied using Permit Application Standard for the remainder of…

4 January 2004 CBP abruptly terminates test of e-manifest The following article is excerpted from the 4 January 2005 edition of “American Shipper”. After three weeks of field tests, U.S. Customs and Border Protection pulled the plug Monday [3 January] on a program designed to capture electronic…

4 January 2005 New BSE case won’t close border The following article is extracted from the 3 January 2005 edition of the “Ottawa Citizen”. The U.S. government continues to maintain that the border will open to Canadian beef in March, despite a confirmed case of mad cow disease. Alisa Harrison of the…

3 January 2005 BSE Confirmed in Suspect Animal, Investigations Underway On 2 January 2005 the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed that an older dairy cow from Alberta has tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The infected animal was born in 1996, prior to the…

31 December 2004 SIMA Index for January, 2005 The SIMA index for January, 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

31 December 2004 Clothing and Textiles 2004 Shipments entering in 2005 The following message is from the EICB. There is a problem in the EICS Permit Application-Expert that is affecting 2004 shipments of clothing and textiles from restrained sources (export licence required) that are due to enter in…

31 December 2004 New Year’s Hours of Operation The following message is from the EICB. The EICS will close at 20:00 est (8:00 pm) on Friday, 31 December 2004 and will resume at 04:00 est on Monday, 3 January 2005 as normal. Monday, 3 January 2005 is a designated government holiday, and the Bureau’s…

31 December 2004 Mitchell Pleased with Progress on USDA Rule On 30 December Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada issued the following news release. The United States Office of the Management and Budget (OMB) has completed its review of the proposed rule on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and…

31 December 2004 Expiry Review No. RR-2004-006 Whole Potatoes NOTICE OF EXPIRY REVIEW OF ORDER The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice that it will, pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), initiate an expiry review of its order…

31 December 2004 Request for Interim Review Nos. RD-2004-003 to RD-2004-007 NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF INTERIM REVIEW The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice that, pursuant to subsection 76.01(1) of the Special Import Measures Act, it has initiated an interim…

31 December 2004 Appeal No. AP-2004-010 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal filed under section 67 of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a letter dated November 18, 2004, from the Canadian International Trade Tribunal directing Mr. Andrew Tyler to show cause why the above…

31 December 2004 New FDA record-keeping rules The following article is excerpted from the 28 December 2004 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. In the Dec. 9, 2004 Federal Register, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published final regulations regarding the establishment and maintenance…

31 December 2004 CN Service The following message is from the Director of CN’s Customer Support Centre. Recent blizzard conditions are impeding CN's operations throughout Winnipeg MB, Melville SK and Regina SK. The area has been blanketed by a heavy snowfall of up to 20 cm, with additional light…

30 December 2004 National BSE Surveillance Program Detects Suspect Animal The following news release was issued by the CFIA today. Preliminary BSE testing results completed late on December 29, 2004 have identified a suspect 10-year-old dairy cow. Although the finding is not definitive, multiple…

30 December 2004 Monthly K84 Problem for December, 2004 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA. If CSCB members experience difficulties with the process outlined below, please provide details to the national office at [email protected]. Due to an error on our [ie the CBSA…