Trade News

4 October 2004 Transport Canada, US and Mexico launch trilateral transport and trade website The following article is excerpted from the 4 October 2004 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. Transport Canada, along with the governments of the United States and Mexico, has launched a new…

4 October 2004 Amended Wording of Proposed Duty-Free Needlepunched Non-wovens The following request comes from the Department of Finance. Further to submissions received to our letter [concerning a request for tariff relief on certain nonwoven fabrics for manufacture of exhibition panels, found at…

3 October 2004 Highway spending extended, HOS reprieve The following article is extracted from the 1 October 2004 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The House and the Senate, all but conceding defeat on new legislation, passed an eight-month extension of the federal spending plan for the nation's…

3 October 2004 OTA Encourages Use of FAST/C-TPAT The following article is excerpted from the Ontario Trucking Association’s web site of 1 October 2004. The Ontario shipper community has had a difficult time coming to grips with the benefits FAST/C-TPAT programs. OTA president David Bradley has made…

1 October 2004 Partial Outage on 3 October 2004 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA. Please note that there is a partial outage planned this weekend for systems maintenance. The CADEX and CUSDEC systems will be unavailable from 5:00 am to 5:30 am (Eastern time)…

1 October 2004 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 30 was published with a new extension: 30.02.90.0001 - Whole human blood/Sang humain entier No CFIA Requirement./Aucunes exigences pour l'ACIA

1 October 2004 FIATA clashes with carriers on ISPS surcharges The following article is extracted from the 30 September 2004 edition of “American Shipper”. The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) has urged its members to refuse to pay surcharges levied on shippers and…

1 October 2004 PSAC Strike Activity Scheduled for 1 October At this time, PSAC reports that there will be roving strikes today in all provinces, at CRA, Treasury Board and Parks Canada locations. We will update members on strike activities as they become available.

30 September 2004 D8-4-2 Reporting and Summary Accounting of Vehicle Repairs by Highway Carriers This memorandum has been revised to reflect the implementation of the simplified Customs Tariff on 1 January 1998, and the creation of tariff item 9992.00.00. It has been entirely re-written with…

30 September 2004 Inquiry No. NQ-2004-005 Certain Fasteners Counsel and Parties of Record are advised that the Tribunal is currently considering options to streamline the process for filing requests for product exclusions in the above-noted inquiry. The Tribunal expects to issue additional…

30 September 2004 U.S. moving more NAFTA freight The following article is excerpted from the 29 September 2004 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Last year, freight moving between the United States, and Canada and Mexico approached pre-Sept. 11, 2001 levels, according to a new North American…

30 September 2004 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site The following was updated on 30 September: Chapters 05, 15, 19 and 21 were published (Ireland only) due to recent CFIA approvals of meat inspection systems in the European Union. / Les chapitres 05, 15, 19 et 21 ont été publiés (Irlande seulement) à…

30 September 2004 Expiry Review No. RR-2004-001 Revised -- Notice of Change of Date of Public Hearing On April 28, 2004, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal gave notice that it had initiated a review pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act concerning its finding made…