Trade News

1 September 2004 Re-investigation Concluded regarding Bicycles and Bicycle Frames from Chinese Taipei and the PRC On 1 September the CBSA announced conclusion of the re-investigation respecting certain bicycles and bicycle frames, originating in or exported from Chinese Taipei and the PRC, initiated…

1 September 2004 Canada Welcomes Third NAFTA Ruling on Threat of Injury regarding Softwood Lumber The Minister for International Trade, the Honourable Jim Peterson, PC, MP welcomed a NAFTA Panel report that found for the third time that the US International Trade Commission (ITC) threat of injury…

The following messages were sent on 1 September: 1. Canada Border Services Agency (anti-dumping) Re-investigation concluded regarding Bicycles... 2. Canada Border Services Agency (notices) RC4041 Guide to Importing Commercial Goods 3. Canadian Food Inspection Agency Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site…

1 September 2004 The following messages are from CN’s Customer Support Centre. Entering Brampton Terminal Week of Sept. 7-12 Due to expected high volumes of Import loads at Brampton Intermodal Terminal following the upcoming Long Weekend there is going to be potential for gate queue lineups to…

1 September 2004 Customs officers warn of border delays The following article is excerpted from the 31 August 2004 edition of the “Toronto Star”. The customs officers’ union is currently in negotiation with Treasury Board on their contract, and the threatened job action noted in this article is…

1 September 2004 CPR Derailment Southern Alberta At 3:00 PM MST August 31, 2004, a loaded coal train 862-034 derailed at mile 76.1 in the Crowsnest Sub near Cowley, AB. Arrangements have been made to detour traffic around the site until estimated line clear at 8:00 PM MST September 2, 2004. CPR's…

31 August 2004 EDI Email The following message is from EICS. The SMTP server experienced an issue this morning which will necessitate that any brokers who sent email requests between 4 AM and 8:15 AM August 31, 2004 (and have not received a response yet) will have to resend their requests. We are in…

31 August 2004 Inquiry No. NQ-2004-001 Certain Stainless Steel Wire A corrigendum to this finding was issued on 31 August; in the English version, the title of the annex to the statement of reasons should read: “Effects of Central Wire’s Data Revisions”. This document is found on the CITT web site…

31 August 2004 Appeal No. AP-2003-031 Agilent Technologies Canada Inc. In the matter of an appeal heard on April 22, 2004 under section 67 of the Customs Act, RSC 1985 (2nd Supp.), c. 1; And in the matter of decisions of the Commissioner of the CCRA dated May 21, 2003 with respect to requests for a…

31 August 2004 Inquiry No. NQ-2004-004 Outdoor Barbeques NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF INQUIRY Notice was received by the Secretary of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) on August 27, 2004, from the Director General of the Anti-dumping and Countervailing Directorate at the Canada…

31 August 2004 Certain Steel Fuel Tanks Inquiry No. NQ-2004-002 IN THE MATTER OF an inquiry, under section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: CERTAIN STEEL FUEL TANKS ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND CHINESE TAIPEI FINDING The Canadian International…

31 August 2004 WTO approves sanctions against US The following article is excerpted from “The Journal of Commerce” edition of 31 August 2004. The European Union, Japan and Brazil have received approval from the World Trade Organization to impose tariffs on U.S. imports after Congress failed to end…

31 August 2004 CN Terminal Opening Times over Labour Day Weekend CN has provided the following details concerning opening times for their terminals over the coming Labour Day weekend. Canadian Terminals: HALIFAX (HIT) TERMINAL OPERATIONS: NORMAL HOURS - reduced staff GATE: NORMAL HOURS MONCTON…

30 August 2004 Canada Completes First Phase of Pre-Clearance for Export of Seed Potatoes to Mexico The following news release is from the CFIA on 27 August 2004. The first phase of a pre-clearance program that will allow Canadian seed potatoes to be exported to Mexico has now been successfully…

30 August 2004 Labour Day Weekend The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA. The Electronic Commerce Unit will be closed on the statutory holiday of Monday, September 6, 2004. B3 Entries processed and accepted on both Monday Sept 6 and Tuesday, September 7 will appear on…

30 August 2004 WTO backs Wheat Board The following article is excerpted from the 30 August 2004 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The World Trade Organization … rejected a U.S. appeal against an earlier finding that Canada does not violate international law in its wheat trade. The WTO appeals body…

30 August 2004 EICS Bulletin Web and EDI connectivity to the EICS may be intermittently unavailable between 7:30 and 8:00 am est on Tuesday, 31 August. The servers will be rebooted, and this must take place in line with other processes.

30 August 2004 Flynn again hammers away at port security The following article is excerpted from the 27 August 2004 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. National and homeland security expert Stephen E. Flynn on Wednesday continued to press members of Congress to increase funding for federal efforts…