Trade News

Further to the notice sent earlier today regarding NRCan’s list of updated HS codes, we have been advised that the effective date is now March 28, 2012. Questions and comments can be sent to the CSCB at [email protected] _________________________________________________

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) would like your feedback on proposed changes to the Health of Animals Act intended to strengthen livestock and poultry traceability in Canada. http://inspection.gc.ca/eng/1325170775384/1325170880037 _________________________________________________

Further to messages sent on March 7th and 8th regarding NRCan’s list of updated HS codes, we have now been advised that these HS codes will be updated in ACROSS and the CBSA website on March 26th, 2012. CBSA has confirmed that a spreadsheet with these HS codes will be provided prior to March 26th. Questions and comments can be sent to the CSCB at [email protected] _________________________________________________

Members may be interested in the following, published on 17 March 2012 in Part I of the Canada Gazette. 1. Expiry of Order, by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, concerning the dumping of hot-rolled carbon steel plate originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China. http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2012/2012-03-17/html/commis-eng.html#…

The following is excerpted from a 19 March 2012 release by Statistics Canada. Wholesale sales declined 1.0% to $49.0 billion in January, largely because of lower sales in the motor vehicles and parts subsector and the miscellaneous subsector. This release is available in its entirety at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/120319/dq120319a-eng.htm _________________________________________________

The CTCS (Certified Trade Compliance Specialist) designation:

Chapter 06 was published to add the following OGD extensions. 06.02.10.0012.59 - Albizia spp. - Unrooted plants 06.02.10.0012.60 - Allocasuarina spp. - Unrooted plants 06.02.10.0012.61 - Aralia spp. - Unrooted plants 06.02.10.0012.62 - Atalantia spp. - Unrooted plants 06.02.10.0012.63 - Betula spp. - Unrooted plants 06.02.10.0012.64 - Broussonetia spp. - Unrooted plants 06.02.10.0012.65 - Cajanus spp. - Unrooted plants 06.02.10.0012.66 - Carpinus spp. - Unrooted plants

The following has been updated on the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada website. Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement Negotiations http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr… _________________________________________________

The following has been updated on the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada website. Canada-India Free Trade Agreement Negotiations http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr… _________________________________________________

The following is excerpted from a 15 March 2012 news release by Transport Canada. The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, today announced that the federal government will invest in modernizing the Port of Montreal and in the St. Lawrence navigation system, two important elements in the network that makes up Canada's Continental Gateway.

The following is from the 14 March 2012 edition of American Shipper. The United States, Japan and European Union on Tuesday requested World Trade Organization consultations to settle an increasingly nasty dispute over China’s restrictions on exports of various rare earth metals, tungsten and molybdenum. These metals are used heavily in the electronics industry. China reportedly controls more than 95 percent of these metal inputs.

The following is from the 16 March 2012 edition of American Shipper. A free trade agreement between the United States and South Korea became effective on Thursday.

The CTCS (Certified Trade Compliance Specialist) designation:

Chapter 03 was published to: i) change the release recommendation from "Refused Entry" to "Approved" for the following HS code. 03.06.14.2718.69 - Eriocheir sinensis - TSN 99058 - Chinese mitten crab (non-ready-to-eat, shell on) (frozen) ii) change the release recommendation from "Approved" to "Refused Entry" for the following HS code. 03.06.24.2718.69 - Eriocheir sinensis - TSN 99058 - Chinese mitten crab (live or non-ready-to-eat, shell on) (not frozen) This generated a requirement version change for the following HS codes.

The following is a CBSA message (EDI12-023) (Amendment - Sunday) Saturday, March 17th, 2012 CCS / CADEX Outage: Please be advised that due to scheduled maintenance, CCS/CADEX will be down from 05:00 to 05:30 (Eastern Time). CADEX and CUSDEC B3s and AO release queries transmitted to the CADEX system will be affected by this outage. Sunday, March 18th, 2012 Full EDI Outage:

The following is a CBSA message (EDI12-023) Saturday, March 17th, 2012 CCS / CADEX Outage: Please be advised that due to scheduled maintenance, CCS/CADEX will be down from 05:00 to 05:30 (Eastern Time). CADEX and CUSDEC B3s and AO release queries transmitted to the CADEX system will be affected by this outage. Sunday, March 18th, 2012 Full EDI Outage:

The ACROSS EDI release requests received report for February 2012 is available on the CSCB website at: http://cscb.ca/sites/default/files/repository/EDI_Report_Feb_2012.xls The national EDI percent was 94.20% _________________________________________________

The EDI service for EICS has been restored. Please carefully check your transmissions to ensure all is well. _________________________________________________