Trade News

10 September 2004 Preliminary Determination of Dumping respecting Carbon Steel and Stainless Steel Fasteners On 10 September 2004 the CBSA made a preliminary determination of dumping respecting carbon steel and stainless steel fasteners, ie screws, nuts and bolts of carbon steel or stainless steel…

10 September 2004 U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Hold Its Annual Trade Symposium On December 9 & 10 The following is excerpted from the press release provided by US Customs and Border Protection on 9 September 2004. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Robert C. Bonner today…

10 September 2004 "Customs" Selected as “Topic of the Month” The following press release is from the World Customs Organization (http://www.wcoomd.org) on 9 September 2004. Through our ongoing work with the International Federation of Customs Brokers Associations (IFCBA), the CSCB is involved with…

10 September 2004 U.S. Customs opens ACE portal test to customs brokers The following article is excerpted from the 10 September 2004 edition of "American Shipper". U.S. Customs and Border Protection has opened its electronic test of monthly payments of import duties and taxes to customs brokers…

10 September 2004 Carrier Information Through ViaSafe/TradeGate Several carriers are now transmitting 100% of their data through ViaSafe, the CSCB's strategic partner in TradeGate. We have received the following note from Oryst Dydynsky, President of ViaSafe International Trade Services concerning…

9 September 2004 Outage on September 11-12, 2004 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at CBSA. Please be advised that there is a planned outage this weekend for the migration of a system release. Therefore, the Customs EDI system will be unavailable from 11:30 pm (Eastern time)…

9 September 2004 On-Line Brokers - Clothing & Textiles Refresher (Imports) The following message is from the EICB. Section E of the Handbook for Export and Import Commodity Codes deals with issues related to Clothing and Textiles including instructions on classifiction of products. Please refresh…

9 September 2004 EICS Bulletin Web and EDI connectivity to the EICS may be unavailable intermittently between 7:30 and 8:00 am est on Friday, 10 September 2004. The servers will be rebooted, and must be timed carefully with other processes.

9 September 2004 Correction to EICS Bulletin The EICB has corrected the times involved in tomorrow’s intermittent unavailability of web and EDI connectivity; they now report that connectivity will be affected between 8:00 and 8:30 am est, NOT 7:30 to 8:00 am as noted earlier today.

9 September 2004 PC 2004-0955 PC 2004-0955 is Regulations amending the Proof of Origin of Imported Goods Regulations. The Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, giving effect to the CCRFTA in April, 2001, resulted in the introduction of new provisions and amendments to existing…

9 September 2004 NCBFAA: Tariff proposal falls short The following article is excerpted from the 8 September 2004 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America said Wednesday that a government proposal to allow non-vessel-operating common…

9 September 2004 National Cargo Security Council (NCSC) to launch new security training programs The following article is excerpted from the 8 September 2004 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. The [American] Cargo Security Council (NCSC) is launching new … training programs to help…

8 September 2004 Notice to Importers No. 668 Items 96 to 104 – Chicken and Chicken Products 1.0 Purpose 1.1 The purposes of the present Notice are: a) to indicate the changes in the Minister’s policies and practices respecting import allocations of tariff rate quota (TRQ) for chicken and chicken…

8 September 2004 Customs Notice N-587 Reporting of Exported Goods Regulations This Notice cancels Customs Notice N-495, Proposed Changes with respect to the Reporting of Exported Goods Under the Customs Act, dated 24 January 2003. The Reporting of Exported Goods Regulations have been revised. On 31…

8 September 2004. ECU E-mail and Hotline Updates to Clients. The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at CBSA. The purpose of this message is to make clients aware of the two principle methods we use to notify clients of system outages and problems - E-mail and Hotline updates. We…

8 September 2004. CSCB 2004 Conference Interested in attending a conference for customs brokers, Certified Customs Specialists, and other trade professionals who. . . need to know the latest Customs news from Canadian and international sources; need to understand the current customs and trade…

7 September 2004 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapters 05, 15, 19 and 21 were published (France only) due to recent CFIA approvals of meat inspection systems in the European Union. 05.04 - Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen…

7 September 2004 Update to Customs Notice N-586 The CBSA have advised that they will be amending CN N-586 to clarify the fact that, since a B13A is not required for goods shipped to the United States, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands, a Business Number is not required when exporting to these…

7 September 2004 IMX Reservation Process The following message is from the CN Customer Support Centre in Winnipeg. Based on feedback from you, our International customers, we have realigned the IMX reservation process for movement of your Reefer Genset business, MT movement and Loaded movement…

6 September 2004 Maersk Sealand imposes security surcharge The following article is excerpted from the 3 September 2004 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Maersk Sealand, citing the cost of complying with the International Ship and Port Facility Code, is imposing a "carrier security charge" of $6…