Trade News

8 July 2009 CBSA Message: CFIA Connection Problems Resolved The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-062 Update). The communication problems between ACROSS and the CFIA EDI System are now RESOLVED.

8 July 2009 Recent Orders in Council The following have been published in today’s Canada Gazette, Part II: Customs Tariff PC 2009-1038, CEFTA Rules of Origin for Casual Goods Regulations http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2009/2009-07-08/html/sor-dors199-en… Customs Tariff PC 2009-1037, CEFTA…

8 July 2009 Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapter 7 was published to add the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) requirements for the following HS code 07.09.70.3031.01 - Spinach - Chinese or Asian - Amaranthus spp.(fresh or chilled)

8 July 2009 Harper urges patience on economy The following is excerpted from today's edition of "globeandmail.com". Prime Minister Stephen Harper is urging fellow leaders of the world's major economies to be patient with current spending programs aimed at resuscitating the international economy…

8 July 2009 Qantas Pleads Guilty to Price-Fixing in Canada The following is excerpted from the 7 July 2009 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Qantas Airways … became the fourth carrier to be convicted in a four-year price-fixing conspiracy involving air cargo exported from Canada. The Australian…

8 July 2009 VANOC seeks access to border searches The following is excerpted from today's edition of “globeandmail.com”. Organizers of the 2010 Winter Olympics want Canadian border guards to snitch on athletes. The Vancouver Organizing Committee has asked the Canada Border Services Agency to share…

8 July 2009 Second wave of financial crisis coming, Brown warns The following is excerpted from today's edition of “globeandmail.com”. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned in an interview on the eve of today's G8 summit that the world is now facing a “second wakeup call” – a crisis of growth…

8 July 2009 Costly changes in the cards The following is extracted from today's edition of “The Star”. Paying with plastic could get a whole lot more complicated if Ottawa permits retailers to adopt some of the strategies recommended in a Senate committee report on the credit and debit card…

8 July 2009 Leaders put focus on free trade The following is excerpted from the 7 July 2009 edition of "globeandmail.com". For the first time since the onset of the financial crisis, there's reason to feel optimistic about world trade. U.S. President Barack Obama, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio…

7 July 2009 Certain Carbon Steel Plate and High Strength Low Alloy Steel Plate - Notice of Initiation of an Investigation The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced that it is initiating an investigation into the alleged injurious dumping of certain carbon steel plate and high-strength low…

7 July 2009 Canada budget officer sees lasting deficits The following is excerpted from the 6 July 2009 edition of "Reuters Canada". The Canadian government is unlikely to balance its budget in 2013-14 as promised because of a weaker economy and new spending measures such as the auto bailout, the…

7 July 2009 Lessons from the Great Recession The following is excerpted from the 6 July 2009 edition of "globeandmail.com". For 17 years, Canada's economy had been in expansion mode – an uninterrupted streak of growth, vanishing deficits, prosperity and wealth creation on a huge scale, especially in…

7 July 2009 Eyeballing Canada's post-manufacturing economy The following is excerpted from today's edition of "globeandmail.com". It was written by Gwyn Morgan, the retired founding CEO of Encana Corp. Canadians marked our national birthday last week firm in the conviction that there's no better…

6 July 2009 Regulations Amending the Health of Animals Regulations Bluetongue is a non-contagious, insect-borne disease that affects ruminant animals. Changes to Canada’s import policy on February 1, 2007, eliminated bluetongue-related control measures (testing requirements) for all ruminant animals…

6 July 2009 Correction Period Softwood Lumber Permits, June 09 Brokers are advised that the correction period for June 2009 Softwood Lumber permits ends Thursday, 09 July 2009, at 17:00 ET. We remind you of the importance of submitting correct information on permits as this is imperative to the…

6 July 2009 Update to CFIA AIRS website a) Chapter 23 was published to streamline the requirements for the following HS codes from the US and to modify the recommendation for the following HS codes for Animal Feed 23.09.90.1565 Other - Dog or cat food, commercially cooked, canned 23.08.00.6318…

6 July 2009 G8 leaders set sights on economic fix The following is extracted from today's edition of “The Star”. … [T]he G8 leaders… [are] unnerved by an ongoing global credit crisis, rising protectionist sentiment in pivotal economies like the United States and China, and instability in regions…

6 July 2009 [Cornwall] Border solution possible The following is excerpted from the 5 July 2009 edition of the “Cornwall Standard Freeholder”. Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) senior executives have contacted Cornwall municipal officials about the possibility of creating a temporary customs…

6 July 2009 Canada's economic bounce will be short-lived, Merrill Lynch says The following is extracted from today's edition of “globeandmail.com”. The new chief economist for Merrill Lynch Canada has finally landed and published a forecast that is significantly more optimistic about the Canadian…

6 July 2009 Calls grow to supplant dollar as global currency The following is excerpted from today's edition of “globeandmail.com”. The call to find an alternative to the U.S dollar as the global reserve currency is gaining momentum as France joined calls by China, India and Russia for a review of…