Trade News

18 February 2009 Recent Regulatory Amendments Recent amendments to regulations that were initiated by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are listed below. The unofficial text of these amendments will be accessible off the CFIA website until the regulations posted on the Department of Justice…

18 February 2009 Approved to export fish products Russia The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has received confirmation from the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (FSVPS) that the Canadian establishments included on the FSVPS approved list at the following website…

18 February 2009 Approved to export fish products Russia The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has received confirmation from the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (FSVPS) that the Canadian establishments included on the FSVPS approved list at the following website…

18 February 2009 Release Requests Received, January 2009 The release requests received report for January 2009 is available on the CSCB website at: www.cscb.ca/listinfo/ReleaseRequestsReceived_Jan09.xls.

18 February 2009 CBSA Message: CIG In/oubound data processing issue The following message is from CBSA (EDI09-014). We are currently experiencing problems processing inbound and outbound data for some clients using the Customs Internet Gateway. There is no ETA.

The following messages were sent on 18 February: 1. CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY - ELECTRONIC COMMERCE CBSA Message: CIG In/oubound data processing issue 2. CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY - NOTICES AND MEMOS Revised D Memoranda 3. CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY - TARIFF, ORIGIN AND VALUATION Certain…

18 February 2009 Orders in Council The following orders in council are available in the 18 February 2009 edition of Part II of the “Canada Gazette” 1. Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Extension of Most-Favoured-Nation Tariff to Libya) -- Order Amending the Customs Tariff http://canadagazette.gc.ca…

18 February 2009 English version of the EDI not working properly The following notice is from Import Systems Unit. Please note that the system is not working properly this morning. If you encounter any problems submitting your transactions please present paper release requests. At this time we are…

18 February 2009 EDI now available We have been advised by IT staff that the EDI System is now running normally. We apologize for any inconvenience the outage may have caused. Thank you for your cooperation.

18 February 2009 Canada and Costa Rica successfully conclude air transport agreement The following is extracted from a news release issued by Transport Canada on 17 February 2009. A newly reached Open Skies-type air transport agreement with Costa Rica is good news for travellers and Canadian…

18 February 2009 Tentative deal ends Vancouver strike threat This article is excerpted from the 18 February 2009 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. A threatened work stoppage that would have idled container and other traffic at British Columbia ports ended this week with a tentative agreement…

18 February 2009 GM bankruptcy likely, analyst warns The following article is excerpted from the 17 February 2009 edition of the “Toronto Star”. As the auto industry holds its breath and waits to see what General Motors and Chrysler will propose in the restructuring plans they are set to deliver to…

18 February 2009 How stimulating is the stimulus? This article is excerpted from the 17 February 2009 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future,” Yogi Berra famously said. Economic forecasting is made even tougher at a time when all the world…

18 February 2009 Re-evaluation of [US] National Security Ordered This article is extracted from the 17 February 2009 edition of “The New York Times”. The homeland security secretary, Janet Napolitano, is re-evaluating the largest federal program for testing the country’s ability to respond to…

18 February 2009 Obama: US likely to delay NAFTA renegotiation This article is excerpted from the 18 February 2009 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. On the eve of his first official visit to Canada, President Barack Obama said that the United States will likely postpone efforts to renegotiate…

17 February 2009 Harper must sell Canada's importance to U.S.: Experts This article is excerpted from the 16 February 2009 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has one crucial mission when he meets Barack Obama for the first time Thursday – convince him that America's…

17 February 2009 The border is a long row to hoe The following is excerpted from the 17 February 2009 edition of “globenandmail.com”. Canada will have to be constantly lobbying to limit the protectionist damage from the ambiguous U.S. stimulus bill that President Barack Obama is signing today in…

17 February 209 Certain Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of China, Notice of Final Determinations On February 16, 2009, the President of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) made final determinations of dumping and subsidizing pursuant to paragraph 41(1)(a) of the Special Import…

Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapter 07 was published to remove the conditions for Soybean Cyst Nematode for Arizona for the following HS Codes. 07.01.90.3000.01 - Potatoes, round type (fresh or chilled) 07.01.90.3000.02 - Potatoes, long type (fresh or chilled) This created requirement version…

17 February 2009 Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapter 07 was published to remove the conditions for Soybean Cyst Nematode for Arizona for the following HS Codes. 07.01.90.3000.01 - Potatoes, round type (fresh or chilled) 07.01.90.3000.02 - Potatoes, long type (fresh or chilled) This created…