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6 April 2009 CBSA Message: Easter Weekend Schedule The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-027). The Electronic Commerce Unit will be closed for the Easter holiday from Thursday April 9, 2009 at 5:00 pm (ET) until Monday April 13, 2009 at 8:00 am. On Monday, April 13, between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm…

6 April 2009 Revised CFIA Participants Information Document (PID) The CFIA Participants Information Document (PID) has been revised as follows: Miscellaneous Codes 737-745 End Use Codes 81-87 Registration Types 661-663 Questions may be directed to your local Import Service Center. The PID is…

6 April 2009 Windsor Commercial Clients’ Meeting Minutes Minutes of the Windsor Commercial Clients’ meeting held on 23 March 2009 are now available on the Ontario Region page of the CSCB members website at: http://cscb.ca/m00/m02/docs/rgon_min_20090323.pdf.

6 April 2009 Certain filter tipped cigarette tubes, Notice of conclusion of the review The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has concluded its review of the undertaking with respect to filter-tipped cigarette tubes, excluding those which bear the trademark or brand name of a finished or ready…

6 April 2009 Plant Protection Policy Directives Updates Members are advised that the following have been provided/updated on the CFIA website: Risk Management Document RMD-08-03 "Review of the pest status of the swede midge (Contarinia nasturtii) in Canada": http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english…

6 April 2009 CSCB/CBSA Port Standing Committee Meeting Minutes, Quebec Region Minutes of the meeting of the CSCB/CBSA Port Standing Committee held on 12 February 2009 are available on the CSCB member site under Quebec Region. Minutes are available in French and English.

6 April 2009 Update to the CFIA AIRS website a) Chapter 16 was published to add new OGD extensions. 16.02.90.5549.00 - Venison - ready-to-eat 16.02.90.5549.01 - Entrees dinners 16.02.90.5549.02 - Canned 16.02.90.5549.99 - Other, processed This created requirement version changes for the following HS…

6 April 2009 Pace of bank remedies too slow: Flaherty This article is excerpted from the 4 April 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said he fears the banking system isn't getting fixed as quickly as it should, potentially stalling the global economic recovery… Mr…

6 April 2009 Canada to open new trade offices in China: Day The following article is excerpted from the “Canadian Press” on 5 April 2009. Canada plans to open six new trade offices in China, International Trade Minister Stockwell Day said Sunday. Day, who leaves for a trip to China on Tuesday, told…

6 April 2009 CP Closes Line Due to Flooding This article is extracted from the 6 April 2009 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Canadian Pacific Railway temporarily shut down its line that connects the cities of Emerson and Winnipeg, after Red River flooding pushed out of North Dakota and across…

6 April 2009 Canadian trade with the US declines in '08 This article is extracted from the 6 April 2009 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. Trade with Canada’s largest trading partner, as a percentage of overall trade, was down 1.5% in 2008. The US accounted for 67.5% of Canada’s total…

6 April 2009 Ottawa stimulus ‘exhausted’ before money released: think-tank The following is excerpted from today's "National Post". Rapid contractions of both the Canadian economy and the job market eclipsed the Harper government's stimulus package before the first dollar was dispensed, an economic…

6 April 2009 Jobless to peak in 2010 This article is excerpted from the 6 April 2009 edition of the “Toronto Star”. The Conference Board of Canada has laid out a grim outlook for employment in 2009 and 2010. The board's director of national and provincial forecasts says unemployment numbers will…

6 April 2009 Canada Launches Border Driver’s Licenses This article is excerpted from the 6 April 2009 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Canada’s West Coast made the country’s first bow to the United States’ new Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. British Columbia said April 6 it is accepting…

6 April 2009 Canada Launches Border Driver’s Licenses This article is excerpted from the 6 April 2009 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Canada’s West Coast made the country’s first bow to the United States’ new Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. British Columbia said April 6 it is accepting…

6 April 2009 World banks in currency swap deal with U.S. Fed This article is excerpted from the 6 April 2009 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Five central banks in Europe, Japan and the United States said on Monday they have agreed currency swap lines that enable the Federal Reserve to provide euro…

4 April 2009 CADEX AA40 Records The CSCB recently had a conference call with CBSA to discuss various issues associated with the latest tariff amendments. One of these issues was the fact that an incomplete AA40 was in the CADEX update generated on March 31, 2009. Those members who would like to…

3 April 2009 The Poison of Protectionism The following article is by Peter G. Hall, Vice-President and Chief Economist, Export Development Canada. “Never waste a good crisis”. This has recently become the mantra of key policymakers, who are seizing the moment to enact good legislation. Sadly, the…

3 April 2009 ITEM 125.2 - MILK PROTEIN SUBSTANCES WITH A MILK PROTEIN CONTENT OF 85% OR MORE BY WEIGHT, CALCULATED ON THE DRY MATTER, THAT DO NOT ORIGINATE IN A NAFTA COUNTRY, CHILE, COSTA RICA, OR ISRAEL Serial No. 744 This Notice is available on the DFAIT web site, at: http://www.international.gc…