Trade News

On April 14, a message was sent to members advising that Statistics Canada is planning to reduce the number of 10-digit HS classification codes. With that message, comments from the CSCB National Committee on Operation Issues (NCOI) were provided, as well as a request for comments from members. That message can be seen here: http://new.cscb.ca/article/reduction-statistical-suffixes Statistics Canada has now provided the list of classification numbers proposed for elimination; that list can be seen here:

The following is from the 25 October 2010 edition of the "The Journal of Commerce". CBP Commissioner Alan Bersin concedes working partnership ‘polarized’ over demands Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin wants to rebuild the agency’s frayed relationship with the customs brokerage community. U.S. Customs and brokers traditionally worked together in what Bersin called village atmosphere to facilitate trade and to ensure import duties were paid and contraband did not enter the country.

The following is an October 22 news release by Transport Canada. Air Transportation Agreement One of Canada’s top-20 international air travel markets, Switzerland is an important aviation partner for Canada. Ithis context, Canada and Switzerland have successfully concluded negotiations toward an Open Skies-type air transportation agreement, which modernizes the 1975 agreement (last amended in 2002) to better reflect today’s market realities.

Serial No. 779 Date: October 22, 2010 1. Coverage

Serial No. 773 Date: October 22, 2010 1. Purpose 1.1 The purposes of this Notice are:

Serial No. 782 Date: October 22, 2010 1. Purpose 1.1 The purpose of this Notice is to advise importers that the barley products tariff rate quota (TRQ) will be filled on November 19, 2010. Consequently, November 19, 2010 (at 11:59 pm) will be the cut-off date for accounting for imports of all barley products classified under a "within access commitment" tariff item number.

CP Notice: Holiday Embargo On Perishable Marine Container Traffic Moving Between Canada and the United States The following is Canadian Pacific's train operations during the upcoming holiday season. Our detailed plan is as follows: Philadelphia – Montreal/Lachine & Toronto/Obico CPR will embargo all refrigerated containers requiring hook up to CP generators effective 1700hrs local time on Friday the 17th of December 2010 through 0001hrs local time on Monday the 27th of December 2010.

The following is from today's edition of "CBC News". The U.S., backed by Canada, pressed for emerging nations to set targets to reduce their vast trade surpluses with the West, a plan that could see their currencies rise, as a summit of top finance officials looked to reduce tensions over exchange rates that threaten to become a trade war.

The UN has announced 20.10.2010 as the first World Statistics Day. As noted on their website, “The celebration of the World Statistics Day will acknowledge the service provided by the global statistical system at national and international level, and hope to help strengthen the awareness and trust of the public in official statistics. It serves as an advocacy tool to further support the work of statisticians across different settings, cultures, and domains”.

Softwood Lumber interim quota allocations for NOVEMBER 2010 are now available in EICS. Please be advised that the volume available currently represents 80% of the actual November allocation.

1.0 Purpose 1.1 The purposes of the Notice are:

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has a new contact to request a change to the import inspection facility for meat and meat products. Prior to a meat or meat products shipment obtaining the CFIA release recommendation from the Import Service Centre (ISC), the broker/importer is able to select a different inspection facility. The change will be made by the ISC upon reception of the Request for Documentation Review form.

New Requirements for Importing Fresh Fruit and Vegetables HS Codes Starting with 07 and 08 1. Attestation of Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) federal produce licence number or Dispute Resolution Corporation (DRC) membership number Under the Licensing and Arbitration Regulations, Canadian purchasers of fresh fruit and vegetables are required to be licensed with the CFIA and/or be a member of the DRC, if they are not exempt from the Regulations.

The following is a CBSA message (EDI10-087).

The latest version of CAED,10.51, was released by Statistics Canada the week of October 21, 2010. This version, and version 10.00, are the only acceptable versions of CAED Additional information, including the download, is available here: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/exp/index-eng.htm

RC4022, General Information for GST/HST Registrants has been updated and is available on the CRA website at: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/gp/rc4022/README.html

Chapter 08 was published to change the release recommendation from "Refuse Entry" to "Refer to CFIA-ISC" for the following HS Codes with the end uses of "Human consumption", "Other end uses" and "Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution" for all countries except the Continental United States. 08.05.10.4038.02 - Oranges - with leaves and branches (fresh) 08.05.20.4038.02 - Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids - with leaves and branches (fresh)

This is a reminder to importers and brokers that phase 3 implementation of the changes to import notification requirements for commodities in the non-federally registered food sector will come into effect on November 08, 2010. Annex 1 of the Notice to Importers and Brokers - Phase 3 on the CFIA website has been updated to include the OGD extension codes for the commodities relevant to this phase. http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/invenq/20101018e.shtml