Trade News

5 December 2008 Canada loses most jobs in 26 years The following is excerpted from the 5 December 2008 edition of the “globeandmail.com”. Canadians lost 71,000 jobs in November – almost triple expectations – and the unemployment rate crept up to 6.3 per cent, as Ontario employers felt the harsh…

5 December 2008 London, Ontario approved as international air cargo transshipment hub The following is excerpted from the 5 December 2008 edition of “ctl.ca”. Federal Transport Minister John Baird announced that London International Airport has been approved to participate in the international air…

5 December 2008 Wall Street reacts calmly to more bad news The following is excerpted from the 4 December 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Wall Street showed further signs of stability Thursday as investors calmly took in a flurry of downbeat economic and corporate data and largely held on to the…

5 December 2008 Chertoff warns about scan-all, special interests The following is excerpted from the 5 December 2008 edition of the “American Shipper”. U.S. Homeland Secretary Michael Chertoff reiterated Tuesday that overseas scanning of ocean containers makes sense at high-risk ports, depending on…

5 December 2008 Export ABCs: Cargo insurance The following is written by Frank Reynolds, a president of International Projects, Inc., an export management company, and a regular contritubor to the Export ABCs column in the “Journal of Commerce”. Most people involved in international trade, with the…

4 December 2008 Barley Products Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) This message affects imports of barley products classified under Customs Tariff headings: 11.02, 11.03, 11.04, 11.07, 11.08, 19.01, 19.04 and 23.02 . The purpose of this message is to inform you that the 2008-09 Barley Products tariff rate…

4 December 2008 Notice of Intent to Conduct a Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement Closing date: December 21, 2008 The Government of Canada will undertake a Strategic Environmental Assessment (EA) of the negotiations for a Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement…

4 December 2008 Application for Vessel Temporary Admission to the Coasting Trade of Canada The Application for Vessel Temporary Admission to the Coasting Trade of Canada is available on the CBSA website at: http://cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/forms-formulaires/c47.pdf.

4 December 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapters 04, 12, 17, 18, 19, 21 and 22 were published to change the conditions for Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea, Japan, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic…

4 December 2008 CFIA HS Code Filter List The CFIA HS Code Filter/Target List has been updated to reflect the most current requirements found in CFIA's Automated Import Reference System (AIRS). Effective April 1, 2009 new codes for HS Chapter 22 will come into effect. See below: 220110 to 220600…

The following messages were sent on 4 December: 1. CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY - FORMS AND PUBLICATIONS Application for Vessel Temporary Admission to the Coasting Trade of Canada 2. CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY - AIRS Update to CFIA AIRS website CFIA HS Code Filter List 3. FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND…

4 December 2008 Becerra A Top Candidate For Obama Trade Chief The following is excerpted from the 3 December 2008 edition of “New York Times”. California congressman Xavier Becerra has emerged as a leading candidate to be the chief U.S. trade negotiator for President-elect Barack Obama, a Democratic…

3 December 2008 D3-1-7, Customs Self Assessment Program for Carriers This memorandum outlines and explains the authorization, reporting and transportation procedures of the Customs Self Assessment (CSA) program. Under the CSA program, an authorized carrier may report eligible goods to the Canada…

3 December 2008 D17-1-7, Customs Self Assessment Program for Importers This memorandum explains the policies and procedures relating to the accounting, revenue reporting, payment of duties and adjustment of goods imported into Canada by an importer authorized under the Customs Self Assessment (CSA)…

3 December 2008 Certain Aluminum Extrusions, Statement of Reasons Statement of Reasons Concerning the preliminary determination of investigations into the dumping and subsidizing of CERTAIN ALUMINUM EXTRUSIONS ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Decision Pursuant to…

3 December 2008 Bio-Ag Consultants & Distributors Inc. Fined $15,000 for Offences Under the Feeds Act The following news release was issued by the CFIA on 2 December 2008. On November 17, 2008 a conviction was registered against Bio-Ag Consultants & Distributors Inc., in the Ontario Court of Justice…

3 December 2008 Softwood Lumber Exports to the United States: Applications for an Export Allocation Serial No. 160 The application for a softwood lumber export allocation is available on the EICS website at: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/trade/eicb/notices/ser160-en.asp.

3 December 2008 2008 Annual Conference Presentations This year’s CSCB national annual conference, held in Vancouver, was a great success. Everyone benefited from an unprecedented level of interaction between speakers and delegates. Delegates rated the “Compliance Management” and “Ask an Expert”…

3 December 2008 Appeals Public Hearing Schedule Starting Date, Appeal No., Appellant, Act , Type of Hearing 2008-12-11, AP-2005-043, Dynamic Furniture Corp., Customs Act, Public Hearing 2008-12-18, AP-2007-028, AutoMed Technologies Inc., Customs Act, Public Hearing 2009-01-14, AP-2008-006, Cobra…