Trade News

3 August 2004 Free-trade zones at ports urged The following article is excerpted from “globeandmail.com” on 3 August 2004. Canada should consider creating free-trade zones at its major ports to cut red tape and keep the country competitive with ports south of the border, says the head of the…

3 August 2004 Entering Brampton Intermodal Terminal – Week of August 2-8, 2004 The following message is from the Customer Support Centre at CN in Winnipeg. Due to expected high volumes of Import loads at Brampton Intermodal Terminal following the Civic Long Weekend combined with the backlog from the…

3 August 2004 Major NVOs, NIT League seek swift FMC action on contracting freedom The following article is excerpted from the 3 August 2004 edition of “American Shipper”. UPS, FedEx, other major non-vessel-operating common carriers and the National Industrial Transportation League late Monday [2…

3 August 2004 Message from CPR regarding C-TPAT The following message is from the Vice-President for Customer Service at CPR. Canadian Pacific Railway, as a member of Customs - Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), would like to remind all of our employees, customers and supply chain…

2 August 2004 Customs staff to step up slowdowns at border The following article is excerpted from the 2 August 2004 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Members can check the status of border waiting times on the CBSA web site, at http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/general/times/menu-e.html. There were no major…

2 August 2004 Gruelling sessions yield results The following meeting summary is excerpted from the World Trade Organization announcement of 31 July 2004; this is available on the WTO web site, at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news04_e/dda_package_sum_31july04_e.h… …. During the General Council…

1 August 2004 SIMA Index for August, 2004 The SIMA index for August, 2004 is 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

1 August 2004 Doha Negotiations Back on Track The following press release is from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, on 31 July 2004. Canada today [31 July] joined other World Trade Organization (WTO) members in welcoming a framework for negotiations that will allow the WTO's…

30 July 2004 WTO Talks Continue in Geneva: Draft Text Released The following is a news release from DFAIT. International Trade Minister Jim Peterson and Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Andy Mitchell are in Geneva to negotiate a framework for the next stages of the World Trade Organization (WTO…

30 July 2004 Textile Inputs (MN-2004-001) On 9 June 2004 the CITT began its inquiry into the availability of textile inputs produced by Canadian textile manufacturers for use in the production of apparel. The current inquiry schedule is under revision; the Tribunal will not be distributing exhibits…

30 July 2004 Last phase of the Quota Elimination under WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) This is to inform importers, brokers and other interested parties that elimination of quantitative restraints on textiles and apparel at the end of 2004 will be implemented on the basis of the date of…

30 July 2004 Vancouver Importer Fined For Possession of Plums From China On July 22, 2004, Sol Produce Imports Ltd. entered a guilty plea in Vancouver Provincial Court to one count of violating the Plant Protection Act. The company was subsequently fined $5,000. On July 30, 2003, the Canadian Food…

30 July 2004 Breakthrough in WTO ag subsidies The following article is excerpted from the 29 July 2004 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Negotiators on Thursday [29 July] agreed to cuts in farm aid by industrial nations, improving the likelihood that the World Trade Organization will soon reach…

30 July 2004 CN581 Refined Sugar from the European Union This Customs Notice advises that a review of the amounts of subsidy wsa initiated on 13 July 2004, pursuant to the SIMA, respecting refined sugar, refined from sugar cane or sugar beets, in granulated, liquid and powdered form, originating in…

30 July 2004 D15-2-46 Wood Slats originating in or exported from Mexico and the People’s Republic of China This Memorandum refers to the application of anti-dumping duty pursuant to section 3 of the SIMA, as a result of findings of injury by the CITT. A detailed description of the goods is provided…

30 July 2004 Heightened security checks snarl border traffic The following article is excerpted from the 29 July 2004 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. An inspection blitz amid heightened security concerns surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Boston, created a nightmare…

29 July 2004 Progress cited at WTO talks The following article is excerpted from the 28 July 2004 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Negotiators at World Trade Organization talks in Geneva cited some signs of progress. Pascal Lamy, the European Union's trade commissioner, told a European…

29 July 2004 Review of Certain Stainless Steel Round Bar from Brazil On 28 July the CBSA initiated a review respecting the normal values and export prices of certain stainless steel round bar originating in or exported from Brazil and the amount of subsidy of certain stainless steel round bar…

29 July 2004 Revision to Appendix 2 of Directive D-02-12 Appendix 2, List of tropical species that are exempted from treatment, of Directive D-02-12, “Import requirements of non-manufactured wood and other non-propagative wood products, except solid wood packaging material, from all areas other than…

29 July 2004 Revision to Appendix 1 of Directive D-03-08 The List of Areas Regulated for the Emerald Ash Borer of Directive D-03-08, “Phytosanitary Requirements to prevent the introduction into and spread within Canada of the Emerald Ash Borer, Agrilus planipennis (Fairmaire), into Canada” has been…