Trade News

The following is excerpted from the 1 February 2012 edition of the Financial Post. While Canada may still be in a committed trade relationship with the United States, that evidently hasn’t stopped the two countries from seeing other people in the past decade, a new report from TD Economics said Wednesday. Derek Burleton, deputy chief economist with TD Economics, said Canada’s reliance on the U.S. to import its goods has been on a serious decline in the past 10 years, and is likely to continue to drop in the years ahead.

The following is excerpted from the 2 February 2012 edition of The Windsor Star. Border services officers walked off the job at the Windsor-Detroit tunnel and the Ambassador Bridge on Wednesday afternoon demanding the Canada Border Services Agency fix flaws in the policies stipulating how officers are to deal with people considered armed and dangerous. Only two lines were open at the tunnel and the bridge and were staffed by management, said Jason McMichael, second vice-president of the Customs and Immigration Union, which represents border officers.

Item 125.2 - Milk Protein Substances with a Milk Protein Content Of 85% or More By Weight, Calculated on the Dry Matter, that do not Originate in a NAFTA Country, Chile, Costa Rica, or Israel The purpose of this Notice is to inform importers of the Minister’s policies and practices respecting the administration of the 10,000,000 kilogram (kg) per year tariff rate quota (TRQ) for milk protein substances (MPS) with a milk protein content of 85% or more by weight.

The following is now available on the CBSA Web site: Customs Notice 12-003, Importing New Canadian Specification Vehicles Into Canada http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/cn-ad/cn12-003-eng.html _________________________________________________

Members may be interested in some of the updated forms that CRA has made available on their website at: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/menu/NEW-e.html _________________________________________________

Members may be interested in the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Consultation Policy and Framework. http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/agen/consult/20120131note.shtml _________________________________________________

Members may be interested in the following, published on 1 February 2012 in Part II of the Canada Gazette. 1. Under the Farm Products Agencies Act, Order Amending the Canadian Chicken Marketing Levies Order. http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2012/2012-02-01/html/sor-dors2-eng.ht… _________________________________________________

Following is the first issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Textile/Quota Newsletter to CBP and the Trade. http://cscb.ca/sites/default/files/repository/CBP_Textile_Quota_Trade_1… _________________________________________________

Please be advised that an industry notice has been posted on the external CFIA website which provides links to the following four documents: 1) Appendix I of the QMP Reference Standard in the Facilities Inspection Manual: Guidelines on the Control Measures for Preventing the Contamination and Growth of Listeria monocytogenes

Decision and reasons issued Thursday, January 19, 2012 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on November 15, 2011, pursuant to subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, dated February 24, 2011, with respect to a request for review of an advance ruling pursuant to subsection 60(4) of the Customs Act. BETWEEN COSTCO WHOLESALE CANADA LTD. Appellant AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY Respondent

Decision and reasons issued Tuesday, January 17, 2012 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on September 20, 2011, pursuant to subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, dated December 16, 2010, with respect to a request for review of an advance ruling on tariff classification, pursuant to subsection 60(4) of the Customs Act. BETWEEN BECKMAN COULTER CANADA INC. Appellant AND

Appeal No. Appeal Name Act AP-2009-014 Transport Desgagnés Inc. Customs Act AP-2010-033 AP-2010-042 Contech Holdings Canada Inc. Customs Act AP-2010-046 VGI Village Green Imports Customs Act AP-2010-066 CE Franklin Ltd. Customs Act AP-2010-068 6572243 Canada Ltd. o/a Kwality Imports Customs Act AP-2011-008 Jockey Canada Company Customs Act

The following is a 28 December 2011 news release by the Department of Finance Canada. The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today launched consultations to examine Canada’s foreign trade zone (FTZ)-like policies and programs, further to the commitment outlined in Budget 2011, the Next Phase of Canada’s Economic Action Plan.

The following is excerpted from the 1 February 2012 edition of Embassy Magazine. The first batch of dozens of deadlines in the Canada-United States perimeter security plan has come and gone, with neither government responding to questions of progress by press time. The border action plan announced in December notes that by Jan. 31 the two governments would "determine the way ahead" on how to share intelligence related to national security. This article is available in its entirety at:

The following is excerpted from the 30 January 2012 edition of the Financial Post. Negotiations on the wide-ranging free-trade agreement between Canada and the 27-member European Union are expected to conclude in the next few months. This is positive news, since Canada’s trade policy agenda has effectively been stalled for a generation.

The following is excerpted from a 31 January 2012 news release by CBP. The work of Customs and Border Protection featured prominently in Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s address to Washington, D.C., journalists yesterday as she described how “our homeland security and our economic security go hand in hand.”

The following is excerpted from a 31 January 2012 news release by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada continues to be increasingly concerned by the actions of the Iranian authorities.

The following is from the 30 January 2012 edition of the Journal of Commerce. Department will work more with trade partners to share information, manage risks Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday that security efforts will rely heavily on risk management and information sharing with trade partners to secure the movement of goods and people.

The following is from the 31 January 2012 edition of American Shipper. The World Trade Organization Appellate Body on Monday found China’s export restraints on several industrial raw materials used as key components in the steel, aluminum, and chemicals industries to be inconsistent with the country’s WTO obligations.