Trade News

16 December 2008 Plant Protection Policy Directives Revised Members are advised that the following directives have been revised and are available on the CFIA website: Appendix 1 "List of Approved Garden Varieties" of Directive D-98-04 " Seed Potato Program - Certification of Garden Potato Varieties…

16 December 2008 AIRS is down The following message is from Import Systems Unit, CFIA. At the moment, we are unable to predict when service will be restored however we will keep you informed as information becomes available. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

16 December 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS website a) Chapter 06 was published to add North Dakota to requirement number 26165, New Brunswick to requirement number 26156 and New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to requirement numbers 26156 and 26152 for the following HS code. 06.02.90.0023.03 - Balsam fir and…

16 December 2008 Economy will grow 0.5% in 2009: Laurentian The following is excerpted from the 16 December 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Laurentian Bank of Canada predicts economic growth of just 0.5 per cent in Canada next year. The Montreal-based bank released its economic outlook on…

16 December 2008 PM's economic flip: 'I've never seen such uncertainty' The following is excerpted from the 16 December 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Stephen Harper has delivered his bleakest forecast yet for the Canadian economy, warning yesterday the future is increasingly hard to read and…

16 December 2008 [US] Fed set to halve rates; Japan ponders options The following is excerpted from the 16 December 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The U.S. Fed looked set to halve interest rates on Tuesday and bring them closer to zero, while Japan weighed steps to ease funding when borrowing…

16 December 2008 Changes in Chinese Customs Regulations – Agricultural Trade The following was reported on in the 16 December 2008 edition of “WorldTrade Interactive”. Effective Jan. 1, 2009, all goods imported into or exported from China will have to comply with new manifest regulations. According…

16 December 2008 USDA Clarifies Policies and Procedures for Transit Permits The following message is from Kimberly Marsho, Director, Trade Relations Office of the Commissioner U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service…

15 December 2008 CITT Decisions Pending The following is a list of current CITT decisions pending: Appeal No., Appeal Name, Act AP-2005-043, Dynamic Furniture Corp., Customs Act AP-2006-063, Fenwick Automotive Products Limited, Customs Act AP-2007-007, A & G Inc. dba Alstyle Apparel, Customs Act AP…

15 December 2008 CN Message: Extreme cold weather: Western Canada / Winnipeg to Chicago The following message is from CN Intermodal. Due to extreme cold weather along our network throughout Western Canada and from Winnipeg to Chicago, operating delays of up to 24 hours can be expected. This severe…

15 December 2008 U.S. must move first on auto aid: Clement The following article is extracted from the 15 December 2008 edition of the “Toronto Star”. A $3.4 billion bailout package from Ottawa and Ontario for the struggling Big Three Canadian automakers appears in flux as the Bush administration…

15 December 2008 Bloodied banks can't fix this crisis on their own This article is excerpted from the 15 December 2008 edition of the “Toronto Star”. It's difficult to overstate the stupendous efforts of governments worldwide to bail out the troubled financial system. For perspective, consider that…

15 December 2008 B.C. could face port strike in the New Year The following article is excerpted from the 11 December 2008 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. A labour dispute at British Columbia ports in the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and Prince Rupert could see port workers in a…

15 December 2008 US-Canada truck traffic declines This article is excerpted from the 12 December 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Freight traffic over the busiest United States-Canada border crossing declined by nearly 500,000 trucks through November from the previous-year period. Truck…

15 December 2008 Tories set to add forestry, mining to bailout list This article is excerpted from the 15 December 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. After pledging more than $3-billion to rescue the auto sector, the Harper government is now poised to offer similar aid to the struggling mining and…

15 December 2008 Port Alberta: Edmonton airport pushes intermodal hub The following article is extracted from the 12 December 2008 edition of “Canadian Sailings”. Glen Vanstone, director of cargo and business innovation for the Edmonton Regional Airports Authority, is forecasting a minimum threefold…

15 December 2008 U.N. General Assembly adopts new cargo rules This article is excerpted from the 12 December 2008 edition of “American Shipper”. The United Nations General Assembly Thursday adopted the U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea, and…

15 December 2008 New members for COAC This article is excerpted from the 12 December 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Customs and Border Protection named seven new members of the trade community to the Departmental Advisory Committee for the Commercial Operation of Customs and Border…

15 December 2008 [US] Petition Seeks to Ban Imports of Swordfish This article is extracted from the 15 December 2008 edition of “WorldTrade Interactive”. The National Marine Fisheries Service is inviting public comments by Jan. 29 on a petition asking NMFS to initiate a rulemaking that would ban…

15 December 2008 [US] Decal and Transponder Online Procurement System (DTOPS) The following is excerpted from the 12 December 2008 news release by CBP. The purpose of this notice is to … advise all interested trade partners of the new procedures that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is using…