Trade News

24 December 2008 US investigation hits Chinese export subsidies The following article is extracted from the 24 December 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The Department of Commerce announced its preliminary findings in its anti-subsidy investigation against Chinese exporters of kitchen…

23 December 2008 Structural Tubing, Expiry Review No. RR-2008-001 IN THE MATTER OF an expiry review, under subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act, of the finding made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on December 23, 2003, in Inquiry No. NQ-2003-001, concerning: CERTAIN…

23 December 2008 CN Message: Enforcement of US Lacey Act The following message is from CN to all customers shipping plants and plant products to the U.S. The U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced an amendment to the Lacey Act, part of the 2008 Farm Bill (also known as the…

23 December 2008 ACE on the Road, Ohio On February 4, 2009 the CBP will hold a seminar on ACE. Details follow: Topics: Current Status of ACE, Future Releases including Sea, Rail, Air Manifest and Entry Summary and Accounts Revenue and an ACE reports demonstration, Who should attend: Importers…

22 December 2008 Carbon Steel Welded Pipe, Public Interest Inquiry No. PB-2008-001 Decision issued Friday, December 19, 2008 IN THE MATTER OF representations as to whether there are reasonable grounds to consider that the imposition, in whole or in part, of anti-dumping and countervailing duties on…

22 December 2008 Cropwell Bishop Creamery Finest Blue Stilton Cheese May Contain Listeria Monocytogenes The following news release was issued by the CFIA on 20 December 2008. The public warning issued on December 10, 2008 has been expanded to include additional product information. The Canadian Food…

22 December 2008 Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade consultations on possible comprehensive economic agreement negotiations with the European Union The following notice is reprinted from Vol. 142, No. 51 — December 20, 2008 of the “Canada Gazette, Part I”. The Government of Canada…

22 December 2008 Plant Protection Policy Directives Revised Members are advised that the following directives have been revised and are available on the CFIA website: Directive D-98-08 "Entry Requirements for Wood Packaging Materials Produced in All Areas Other than the Continental United States"…

22 December 2008 CP Message: Detroit Intermodal Terminal UPDATE The following message is from Claudio Minello, General Manager, International, Canadian Pacific Due to continued low gate activity at CP's Detroit Intermodal terminal, we find it necessary to adjust our gate hours to market needs…

22 December 2008 EICS/EXCOL: Holiday Schedule 25-26 December 2008 and 01 January 2009 are designated government holidays, and the Bureau's offices will be closed (no officers or Help Desk staff will be available). The EICS will be available as usual - daily 04:00 - 24:00 and Saturday from 04:00 to…

22 December 2008 CBSA Message: Holiday Schedule The following message is from CBSA (EDI08-105). The Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA will be closed on Thursday, December 25th and Friday, December 26th. December 25th and 26th will not be counted in the calculation of overdue entries. B3 entries…

22 December 2008 CBSA Message: Scheduled CIG Outage, 23 December The following message is from CBSA (EDI08-106). Please note that on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 1:00 am (Eastern Time), for maintenance purposes, there will be a 20-minute interruption in processing inbound and outbound data over the…

22 December 2008 Softwood Lumber Quota, January 2009 Softwood Lumber interim quota allocations for January 2009 are now available in EICS. Please be advised that the volume available currently represents 80% of the actual January allocation.

22 December 2008 Meat Hygiene Directives Revised The following meat hygiene directives have been revised and are now available on the CFIA website at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/meavia/man/direct/directe.shtml. MHD 2008-46 Chapter 11- Section 11.7.3 – Ukraine http://www.inspection.gc…

22 December 2008 Clarification on PIH/TIH charges Further to the CP message sent on December 19 ( PIH/TIH: $1000 per car per day Demurrage on Inland Customs Holds – login required), the following clarifies the PIH/TIH charges. Currently and until January 31, 2009 a car loaded with PIH / TIH that is…

22 December 2008 CFIA Scheduled Outage, 3 January This is a reminder that a full database backup of the production database (PROD) is scheduled for Saturday, January 3, 2009. CFIA systems will be unavailable from 3am to 7am EST. Please note that full database backups of the production database (PROD…

22 December 2008 A Keynes insight into free markets This article is excerpted from the 21 December 2008 edition of the “Toronto Star”. "When the facts change, I change my mind," John Maynard Keynes once famously quipped. Perhaps that helps account for the resurrection of the long-dead British…

22 December 2008 Auto bailout had to happen This article is excerpted from the 22 December 2008 edition of the “Toronto Star”. It went against his ideological grain and public opinion (especially outside Ontario), but Prime Minister Stephen Harper really had no choice but to bail out General Motors…

22 December 2008 Employers, ILWU resume contract talks at Vancouver This article is extracted from the 19 December 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Employers and foremen represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union returned to contract negotiations Friday in Vancouver…