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Amendment 11 to the Energy Efficiency Regulations Update

April 12, 2012
NRCan has provided a list of HS codes that they are proposing to add to the ACROSS system. The items in yellow are the new HS codes NRCan has identified for newly-regulated products under Amendment 11. The items in red are codes that will be deleted as they do not contain a regulated product.

Canada Gazette - Official Regulations

April 12, 2012
Members may be interested in the following, published on 11 April 2012 in Part II of the Canada Gazette. 1. Under the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act; Regulations Amending the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations.

Front-line services will suffer: unions

April 12, 2012
The following is excerpted from the 12 April 2012 edition of The Montreal Gazette. Front-line public services and government brain power are expected to take a big hit after thousands of federal civil servants were informed Wednesday that they could lose their jobs - an indication that many cuts won't be so-called back office administrative jobs.

Export and import price indexes, February 2012

April 12, 2012
The following is a 12 April 2012 release by Statistics Canada. Current- and fixed-weighted export and import price indexes (2002=100) on a customs or balance of payments basis are now available. Price indexes are listed from January 2002 to February 2012 for the five commodity sections and the major commodity groups (62 exports and 61 imports).

Chain Fisher real export and import values, February 2012

April 12, 2012
The following is a 12 April 2012 release by Statistics Canada. The monthly chain Fisher real dollar values (reference year 2002) for Canadian international merchandise trade are now available for February. The release is available in its entirety at:

Canadian international merchandise trade, February 2012

April 12, 2012
The following is a 12 April 2012 release by Statistics Canada. Canada's merchandise exports declined 3.9% and imports edged up 0.2%. As a result, Canada's trade surplus decreased from $1.9 billion in January to $292 million in February.

CSCB BC Regional Meeting Today! Last chance to register

April 12, 2012
The CSCB BC Region would like to invite you for a dinner with CBSA guest speakers! This general meeting is taking place today, Thursday, April 12, 2012, between 6:00 and 9:00 pm at the River Rock Casino Resort. Guest speakers include Darlene Clips, a new BC Trade Compliance Director, and Jonathan Evans, Valuation Verification Manager who will present on the verification process, risks & quality assurance, and AMPS. Come out and meet our new trade compliance director, and get the latest on the verfication process and AMPS!

As Mexico booms, Canadian exporters benefit

April 11, 2012
The following is excerpted from the 11 April 2012 edition of The Globe and Mail. The most alarming statistic in Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney’s trade speech last week was this one: among Group of 20 countries, only Britain has lost a greater share of international trade since 2000 than Canada. Some trading nation, eh? Canada’s share of imports by the world’s major economies shrunk over the past couple of decades, with one exception: Mexico, the unsung hero of the global economy.

CBSA Message: Change to UN dangerous goods code

April 11, 2012
The following is a CBSA message (EDI12-033) Please be advised that effective August 25, 2012, the requirement to submit the UN prefix for the dangerous goods code transmitted in the cargo maps for ACI Air, ACI Marine, ACI eManifest Highway and CSA (Customs Self Assessment) Highway, will be removed. Effective this date, the dangerous goods code will be numeric 4 (n4) only. The ACI Air, Marine, eManifest Highway and CSA Electronic Commerce Client Requirements Documents (ECCRD) will be updated accordingly.

CFIA Message: Maintenance - AIRS Verification Service (AVS) Web

April 10, 2012
As part of CFIA's ongoing efforts to improve the Automated Import Systems please be advised that CFIA will be performing maintenance/upgrade that will affect access to AIRS Verification Service (AVS) Web. AVS Web will be temporarily unavailable between 8 PM EST to 10 PM EST - Tuesday April 10, 2012. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and would like to thank you for your cooperation. _________________________________________________

Trade is not a zero-sum game

April 10, 2012
The following is excerpted from the 10 April 2012 edition of The Globe and Mail. Arthur Donner and Doug Peter argued in Monday’s Globe and Mail that Canada’s current account deficit “is far more serious than the fiscal problems facing the federal government,” asserting that the CA deficit “represents a leakage of output, jobs and incomes to other countries.”