Trade News

19 August 2009 Update to CFIA AIRS website The descriptions of these two OGD extensions have been amended as follows. 19.05.90.8100.00 - Cheesecake, fresh 19.05.90.8100.01 to .99 - removed 19.05.90.8200.00 - Cheesecake, frozen 19.05.90.8200.01 to .99 - removed

19 August 2009 Inflation rate hits 56-year low The following is excerpted from today's edition of "globeandmail.com". Canada's annual inflation rate slid to the lowest level in 56 years last month, as overall prices fell 0.9 per cent from where they stood last July. It was the second straight month…

19 August 2009 Appeal to U.S. contacts to help parry Buy American rules, cities advised The following is excerpted from today's edition of "globeandmail.com". Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is urging towns and cities to lobby counterparts in the United States as part of the campaign to win Canada…

19 August 2009 Request to eliminate duty on certain textured polypropylene yarn The Department of Finance is seeking your views on a request it received to eliminate the duty on certain textured polypropylene yarn for use in the manufacture of woven fabrics. DoF is proposing to add a duty-free…

19 August 2009 W.T.O. Rules Against U.S. in Dumping Case The following is excerpted from the 18 August 2009 edition of “The New York Times”. The World Trade Organization’s top court rejected on Tuesday an American appeal in a long-running case on antidumping measures, clearing the way for Japan to…

19 August 2009 CBP Begins Construction on SBInet Technology on the Northern Border The following is excerpted from a 18 August 2009 news release by CBP. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will begin construction today on the deployment of eight Remote Video Surveillance Systems in the Detroit Sector…

18 August 2009 Stainless Steel Wire, Expiry Review No. RR-2008-004 IN THE MATTER OF an expiry review, under subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act, of the findings made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on July 30, 2004, in Inquiry No. NQ-2004-001, concerning: THE DUMPING…

18 August 2009 CBSA Message: Interest Rate (Oct-Dec) The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-073). The annual interest rate for the fourth quarter of 2009 (Oct. 1st to December 31st) will be 0.2424.

18 August 2009 CFIA Enhances Animal Disease Reporting The following notice was published by the CFIA on 17 August 2009. CFIA will provide a comprehensive view of Canada's animal health status by posting to its website all detections of federally reportable diseases. Information will be updated…

18 August 2009 Ambassador Bridge Commercial Offsite Operations -- Temporary Location and Procedures Members are advised that the temporary location, as advised in the CBSA letter below, will remain in operation as described until 8 September, when CBSA will move back into the building at 4285…

18 August 2009 Notice of Submission for Approval of Novel Food, Livestock Feed Use and Environmental Release of a Plant Genetically Modified For Insect Resistance (MON 87701) from Monsanto Canada Inc. The CFIA and Health Canada have received a submission from Monsanto Canada Inc. seeking an approval…

18 August 2009 Good neighbours, bad fences The following article is by Fen Osler Hampson of the Norman Patterson School of International Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa. … Unlike the original Cold War, which was driven by a combination of ideology, superpower rivalry and the race for…

18 August 2009 GST/HST Rulings Document from CRA The Canada Revenue Agency has updated pamphlet, RC4405 Rev.09, concerning GST/HST rulings. This document is available on the CRA website at: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/gp/rc4405/rc4405-09e.pdf.

18 August 2009 Road to recovery: The great global rebalancing The following is excerpted from the 17 August 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Nobody said the rebalancing of the global economy – the crucial but tectonic shift away from voracious U.S. consumption and toward more American-style…

18 August 2009 Mexico Replaces Customs Inspectors, Expands Border Presence The following is extracted from today's edition of “WorldTrade Interactive”. Press sources report that on Aug. 16 Mexico declined to extend the contracts of all of its customs inspectors (thought to number between 700 and 1…

17 August 2009 MG testing for various Asian countries - Removed Please be advised that the Industry Notice of 2006/02/24 (MG testing for various Asian countries) has been removed from the CFIA website, as the requirements no longer apply. These types of targeted analyses are handled through the use…

17 August 2009 Is a Turnaround in NAFTA Freight Volumes in Sight? The following is extracted from Dan Goodwill’s blog post of 15 August 2009 in “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. Cross-border trade using surface transportation (e.g. truck, rail, pipeline) between the United States, Canada and…

17 August 2009 2009-2010 Quota Holders’ List for Powdered Whey The EICB has issued the 2009-2010 quota holders’ list for powdered whey. It is available on the EICS website at: http://www.international.gc.ca/controls-controles/prod/agri/dairy-laiti….