Trade News

15 June 2009 Certain waterproof footwear - SIMA Decision This decision is found in the 13 June 2009 edition of Part I of the “Canada Gazette”. On May 28, 2009, the President of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) made a preliminary determination of dumping pursuant to subsection 38(1) of the…

15 June 2009 Big 2010 rebound, RBC says The following is excerpted from the 15 June 2009 edition of “The Star”. The Royal Bank says the Canadian economy will shrink by 2.4 per cent this year, due in part to the substantial 5.4 per cent annual GDP contraction in the first quarter. That's the worst…

15 June 2009 Household debt emerges as greatest risk to Canada's financial system The following is excerpted from the 15 June 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Surging household debt is emerging as the greatest risk to Canada's financial system, the Bank of Canada said Monday. On the whole, the…

15 June 2009 Keep U.S. stimulus flowing, IMF says The following is extracted from the 15 June 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The International Monetary Fund Monday said a heavy dose of stimulus would ease the U.S. recession this year and lift growth marginally in 2010. It said the U.S. dollar…

15 June 2009 U.S., Others Agree to Move Ahead on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreements Talks The following is excerpted from the 14 June 2009 edition of “The New York Times”. The Obama administration has decided to continue negotiating a new multilateral Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, according…

CBSA Systems Outage - June 13 The CSCB has learned that CBSA experienced a power problem yesterday (Saturday, June 13) which resulted in a shutdown of all systems. Although most systems were brought back up overnight, the CADEX lines are still unavailable as of 9:30 am Sunday morning. Ports have…

12 June 2009 First Meeting Held on Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Between Canada and European Union The following is excerpted from the 10 June 2009 news release by DFAIT. The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, announced…

12 June 2009 Wide-Width Cotton, Flax and Rayon Fabrics, No. TR-2008-002 NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF INVESTIGATION …The request is for the removal, for an indeterminate period of time, of the customs duty on importations from all countries of: (1) woven fabric, solely of cotton, bleached, of a width…

12 June 2009 Statement by Ministers Day and Ritz on H1N1 (swine flu) The following is excerpted from the 11 June 2009 news release by DFAIT. The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, and the Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture…

12 June 2009 CBSA Message: CFIA EDI Scheduled Maintenance The following message is from CBSA on behalf of CFIA (EDI09-053). This message is to advise you that due to scheduled CFIA maintenance work, clients may experience a slowdown in processing on Saturday, June 13th, 2009 between 9:00 a.m. and 10…

12 June 2009 Windsor Commercial Clients’ Meeting Minutes Minutes of the Windsor Commercial Clients’ meeting held on 9 June 2009 are now available on the Ontario Region page of the CSCB members website at: http://cscb.ca/m00/m02/docs/rgon_min_20090609.pdf.

12 June 2009 Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapter 07 was published to modify the conditions for the following HS Codes with the end use of Further processing. 07.07.00.3001.01 - Cucumbers, field (fresh or chilled) 07.07.00.3001.02 - Cucumbers, greenhouse (fresh or chilled) This created requirement…

12 June 2009 Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapter 07 was published to modify the conditions for the following HS Codes with the end use of Further processing. 07.07.00.3001.01 - Cucumbers, field (fresh or chilled) 07.07.00.3001.02 - Cucumbers, greenhouse (fresh or chilled) This created requirement…

12 June 2009 U.S. to boost Canada border presence by 45% The following is excerpted from today's edition of "National Post". Just days after a passport requirement for Canadians crossing U.S. land borders took effect, the United States is preparing to dispatch 700 more agents to patrol its northern…

12 June 2009 Carney delivers reality check on economy The following is excerpted from the 11 June 2009 edition of "The Financial Post". Mark Carney, the Bank of Canada governor, suggested Thursday the markets might be premature in their enthusiasm about improving economic conditions, and are…

12 June 2009 PM delivers rosy economic report The following is excerpted from today's edition of "globeandmail.com". With his political future on the line, Stephen Harper is asking Canadians to buy his pitch that Ottawa's hefty stimulus package has made quick strides to pull the country out of…

12 June 2009 [US] House sharpens food safety legislation The following is excerpted from the 11 June 2009 edition of "The American Shipper". The U.S. House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on health conducted a legislation markup Wednesday aimed at improving the safety of the nation’s food supply…

11 June 2009 CBSA Message: NRCan HS Codes The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-051). Please note that there will be some changes to the list of HS codes subject to Natural Resources Canada requirements. The ACROSS system and the CBSA website will be updated Friday June 19, 2009. The list of HS…

11 June 2009 CBSA Message: Scheduled Maintenance Outage, 13/14 June The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-052). Saturday, June 13th, 2009 EDI Mailbox Outage: Please be advised that due to scheduled maintenance, the mailboxes between ACROSS and CCS/CADEX will be down on Saturday, June 13th, 2009…

11 June 2009 Canada-EU Consultations The following notice is from DFAIT. As you may be aware, Canada and the European Union announced the launch of negotiations towards a comprehensive economic agreement on May 6, 2009, at the Canada-EU Summit. In order to ensure that Canadian priorities are taken…