Trade News

25 August 2004 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Achieves Container Security Initiative (CSI) Milestone of 25 Operational Ports The following article is excerpted from a press release from US Customs and Border Protection, issued on 25 August 2004. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)…

24 August 2004 B4 Personal Effects Accounting Document This form is now available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/b4/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/b4/README.html

24 August 2004 Customs Tariff Amendment Package T2004-4 Tariff amendment package T2004-4 is in the processing of printing at the CBSA. Changes in this package are as follow: ۰ The Minister of Finance, pursuant to section 13 of the Customs Tariff, hereby makes the annexed Technical Amendments…

24 August 2004 EICS Bulletin Web connectivity to the EICS may be intermittently unavailable due to technical problems with the PKI Certificate Authority. As the source of the problem lies outside the DFAIT network, they are unable to provide an estimate for return of services. The situation is under…

24 August 2004 Ministerial Order SOR/2004-168 SOR/2004-168 is the Technical Amendments Regulations (Customs Tariff) 2004-1. 1. The List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Customs Tariff is amended as set out in Part I of the schedule to these Regulations. 2. The List of Tariff…

24 August 2004 Improve forecasts or endure more delays, say supply-chain execs The following article is excerpted from the 23 August 2004 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The U.S. supply chain is headed for years of congestion and delays if ocean carriers … and shippers fail to accurately…

24 August 2004 Prior notice compliance continues to improve, says FDA The following article is excerpted from the 23 August 2004 edition of “American Shipper”. Companies are submitting about 160,000 prior notices, up from about 140,000 in January and February, of import food shipments per week as…

23 August 2004 Huge public sector strike looming The following article is excerpted from the 22 August 2004 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Customs Inspectors are not permitted to go on strike, but can engage in information pickets; it is possible that their union will be in a strike position by the…

21 August 2004 Update to Directive D-95-18 Directive D-95-18 "Seed Potato Certification Program - Investigation procedures after discoveries of Bacterial Ring Rot" has been revised and is available on the web at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/protect/dir/d-95-18e.shtml Changes to the…

20 August 2004 La version française d’ITO 16 est maintenant disponible Le numéro 16 du Bulletin d’information technique et opérationnelle (ITO 16) pour 2004 est maintenant disponible au site Web de la SCCD, à l’adresse suivante: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/toi1604f.pdf The sixteenth Technical…

20 August 2004 D1-6-1 Authority to Act as Agent Members will wish to note that paragraph 5 of the Guidelines and General Information has been revised to state that when completing an Agency Agreement, the authorized officer must affix his or her initials beside each type of operation for which…

20 August 2004 D1-6-2 Agents’ Accounting for Imported Goods and Payment of Duties Regulations Paragraph 1 of the guidelines and general information of this Memorandum has been revised to state that a person or corporation accounting for goods and paying duties as an agent for numerous importers is…

20 August 2004 Memorandum D-2-3-6 Non-Commercial Provincial Tax Collection Programs Paragraph 8, page 2, has been modified to reflect the fact that importations of taxable non-commercial goods by seasonal residents of HST participating provinces are subject only to the GST (in addition to all other…

20 August 2004 D Memorandum D10-14-30 Tariff Classification of Medicaments including Natural Health Products This memorandum replaces D10-14-30, dated 25 February 2004, and supersedes Cusotms Notices 366, 392, 473 and 536. It explains the CBSA’s policy for the tariff classification of medicaments…

20 August 2004 Revision to Directive D-98-09 Appendix 1, “List of North American Gypsy Moth Infested or Suspected Infested Areas of Canada and the United States”, of Directive D-98-09, “Comprehensive policy to control the spread of North American gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar in Canada and the United…

20 August 2004 Import and Export Information The following article is excerpted from articles published in the 19 August 2004 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. Imports Canadian imports were not able to keep up with their record-high pace set in May, tumbling 3.7% in June. Canadian…

19 August 2004 Fraser Valley Avian Influenza Response Concludes The following news release is from the CFIA on 18 August. It is available on their web site, at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/newcom/2004/20040818e.shtml. The Honourable Andy Mitchell, Minister of Agriculture and Agri…

19 August 2004 Amanda Frain Wins CSCB Guy Graveline Scholarship The CSCB is pleased to announce that the first national winner of the Guy Graveline Scholarship is Amanda Frain, daughter of Barry Frain who is employed with Geo. H. Young & Co. Ltd. in Winnipeg. Amanda Frain is an exceptional young…

19 August 2004 Border crackdown may hit Canadians The following article is excerpted from the 18 August 2004 edition of the “Toronto Star”. The Bush administration has opened the door to more stringent screening of Canadians visiting the United States, pointing to "security gaps" in travel back and…

19 August 2004 Expiry Review No. RR-2004-002 The CITT has given notice that it will initiate an expiry review of its order made on 1 May 2000, in Review No. RR-99-003, continuing, with amendment, its order made on 2 May 1995, in Review No. RR-94-003, continuing with amendment its findings made on 3…