Trade News

7 August 2009 Meet the CBSA President at the CSCB National Conference! Five weeks until the CSCB national conference and delegates have been registering at a rapid pace. It will be a great event and we don’t want you to miss out on it. Following are some of the highlights of this year’s conference…

7 August 2009 Revisions to D-01-05, The Canadian Wood Packaging Certification Program (CWPCP) The CFIA is looking for comments on revision 5 of the Canadian Wood Packaging Certification Program (CWPCP). Please provide those comments to Joanne Rousson at [email protected] or fax (613)…

The following messages were sent on 7 August: 1. CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY - SIMA INDEX Update to SIMA Monthly Index 2. CANADIAN CUSTOMS ARTICLES Job losses deeper than feared July 2009 SME Business Outlook Survey Premiers back Harper on fight against Buy America policy CN suspension at…

Meet the CBSA President at the CSCB National Conference! Five weeks until the CSCB national conference and delegates have been registering at a rapid pace. It will be a great event and we don’t want you to miss out on it. Following are some of the highlights of this year’s conference program. -…

7 August 2009 Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapter 08 was published to add the miscellaneous codes of "Container weighing less than 50 kg" and "Container weighing more than 50 kg" for the following HS Code for Peru. 08.10.10 - Strawberries (fresh)

7 August 2009 Job losses deeper than feared The following is excerpted from today's edition of "globeandmail.com". The recession and the rain eliminated another 45,000 jobs in July, pushing the total job losses since the onset of the downturn to 414,000, Statistics Canada said. July's decline was in…

7 August 2009 Premiers back Harper on fight against Buy America policy The following is excerpted from today's edition of "The Star". Canada's premiers are firmly behind Prime Minister Stephen Harper in his bid to counter protectionist trade policies being adopted in the U.S. In a rare show of unity…

7 August 2009 July 2009 SME Business Outlook Survey The Canadian economy has stabilized based on the latest business confidence survey findings from CFIB. The Business Barometer® index remains virtually the same at 58.6 for July compared to 58.5 in June. Despite the recent announcement from the Bank…

7 August 2009 CN suspension at Vancouver continues The following was reported on in the 4 August 2009 edition of Materials, Management & Distribution. CN is showing no signs of re-starting rail service to and from the three terminals at Port Metro Vancouver (PMV) that it withdrew from more than…

7 August 2009 NRCan's Proposed Amendment for Residential Boilers Further to our message on May 1 2009, the following updated bulletin was provided by NRCan. It includes clarifying language on the automatic means of adjusting water temperature and a proposed change to the effective date to meet the…

7 August 2009 NAFTA Leaders Urged to Rein In "Buy Local" Impulses The following was reported on in today's edition of "The New York Times". North American business groups urged leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada on Friday to rein in "buy local" provisions they called a threat to free…

6 August 2009 Removal of the customs duties on cyclopentadienyltitanium The Department of Finance is currently reviewing a request for the removal of the customs duties on imports of cyclopentadienyltitanium – (tri-tert-butylphosphinimino)-dichloride for use in the manufacture of polyethylene resins…

6 August 2009 Guidelines for the use of Food Safety Related Statements The Guidelines for the use of Food Safety Related Statements are now available on the CFIA website at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/labeti/inform/safsale.shtml

6 August 2009 Certificate of Origin, Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement The Certificate of Origin for the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement is now available in English and Spanish.

6 August 2009 CBSA Message: Scheduled Maintenance Outage, 8/9 August The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-071). Saturday, August 8th, 2009 EDI Mailbox Outage: Please be advised that due to scheduled maintenance, the mailboxes between ACROSS and CCS/CADEX will be down on Saturday, August 8th…

6 August 2009 Fish/Seafood Import to Vietnam The revised "List of Vietnam Establishments Eligible for Certification by Vietnam Authorities" is available on the CFIA website at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca//english/fssa/fispoi/import/viee.shtml

6 August 2009 Flaherty considers steps to slow dollar's rise The following is excerpted from today's edition of "globeandmail.com". Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is taking a stronger stand against currency traders, blaming speculators for at least some of the foreign-exchange volatility that is…

6 August 2009 Canada and South Africa Reach Blue Sky Air Transport Agreement The following is excerpted from the 5 August 2009 news release by Transport Canada. Canada's Transport Minister, John Baird, and Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, Stockwell Day…

5 August 2009 Minister Day Announces Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement The following is excerpted from the 4 August 2009 news release by DFAIT. The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today announced that the Canada-Peru bilateral free…