Trade News

The following is excerpted from the 5 July 2011 edition of Canadian Transportation & Logistics ”ctl.ca”.

The following is excerpted from a 4 July 2011 commentary by Glen Hodgson of The Conference Board of Canada.

The following is excerpted from the 5 July 2011 issue of Reuters Canada.

Decision and reasons issued Wednesday, June 15, 2011

The purpose of this message is to inform you that effective July 4, 2011, the frozen pork TRQ from the EU imported under tariff item No. 0203.29.00 of the Customs Tariff has been filled and therefore all imports to July 31, 2012 will be subject to the European Union Surtax Order. The surtax is applicable in the amount equal to the value for the duty (100%) determined in accordance with sections 45 to 56 of the Customs Act.

The next Customs Brokers Professional Examination will be held on October 27, 2011, at 1:00 p.m.

The following is excerpted from the 30 June 2011 issue of The Journal of Commerce. Republicans boycott meeting, objecting to addition of Trade Adjustment Assistance program

The following is excerpted from the 4 July 2011 issue of The Journal of Commerce. Customs is wrestling with the terrible toos: too much trade and too few employees to process it

The following is from the 4 July 2011 issue of Canadian Transportation & Logistics.

Members may be interested in the following, published on 2 July 2011, in Part I of the Canada Gazette.

Members may be interested in the following collaborative report prepared by: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Director-General Pascal Lamy told the Special Session of the Trade Policy Review Body on “The Financial and Economic Crises on the Role of the WTO” on 1 July 2011 that “we can and must do better in notifications and information sharing”.

The following is excerpted from a May 2011 report by Statistics Canada.

a) Chapter 08 was published to change the release recommendation from "Refuse Entry" to "Refer to CFIA-ISC" for the following HS Codes originating from the Republic of Korea. 08.06.10.4040.01 - Table grapes and hand harvested grapes for winemaking

The following is excerpted from the 29 June 2011 issue of Reuters Canada.

The following is from the 30 June 2011 edition of The Journal of Commerce. Exports fell only 1.3 percent from June 1-10 year-over-year

The following is excerpted from a 30 June 2011 report by Statistics Canada. Real gross domestic product was unchanged in April after increasing 0.3% in March. Both the goods-producing and the services sectors remained unchanged in April.

The Conference Board of Canada’s Help-Wanted Index is an indicator of the number of new jobs advertised online. Our empirical analysis has shown that variations in the number of jobs posted online are generally followed by similar variations in employment in the ensuing months. Thus, the index can be used to predict near-term employment trends.

Although this was a WCO-ICC event, CSCB President Carol West spoke on the opening panel, with WCO Deputy Secretary General Sergio Mujica and Mr. Nabyl Lakhdar, Director, Facilitation and Information Technology, Moroccan Customs Administration. Speaking in her role as Chair of the WCO Private Sector Consultative Group, Ms. West presented some PSCG and personal views about the Private Sector Perspective: A Shared Vision for Future Collaboration.

The following was excerpted from a 28 June 2011 news release by Transport Canada.