Trade News

5 November 2008 World trade slipped to 6 per cent growth in 2007, WTO report confirms The following is excerpted from the 5 November 2008 news release on WTO website. Weakening demand in developed countries, realignments in exchange rates and fluctuations in the prices for commodities, such as oil…

5 November 2008 World trade slipped to 6 per cent growth in 2007, WTO report confirms The following is excerpted from the 5 November 2008 news release on WTO website. Weakening demand in developed countries, realignments in exchange rates and fluctuations in the prices for commodities, such as oil…

5 November 2008 2009 C-TPAT Supply Chain Security Seminar U.S. Customs and Border Protection is pleased to announce the 2009 C-TPAT Supply Chain Security Seminar April 1-3, 2009. The seminar is open to all C-TPAT certified partners. The seminar will be presented in two sessions to accommodate…

4 November 2008 Deadline extended for CCS course application submission The deadline for submission of applications for this year’s online CCS (Certified Customs Specialist) course has been extended until November 21, 2008. The application, course policy and course description are available on the…

4 November 2008 CN Message: Remembrance Day Hours, 11 November 2008 Here are the CN Intermodal Gate Hours for Remembrance Day, 11 November 2008. Gates: Open - Close HALIFAX (HIT) Tuesday/mardi: 08:00 - 18:00 MONCTON Tuesday/mardi: 04:00 – 21:00 MONTREAL (TASCHE) Tuesday/mardi: 00:01 – 23:59 BRAMPTON…

4 November 2008 REMINDER: PKI Maintenance Weekend The PKI Certificate Authority is scheduling system maintenance during the weekend 7-9 November 2008. The PKI Directory Service will be transferred to a back-up system on Friday, November 7 between 20:00 and 24:00 hrs (midnight) EST, and will revert…

4 November 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS website a) Chapter 08 was published to change the release recommendation from "Refuse entry" to "Refer to CFIA-ISC" for the following HS code for Egypt. 08.06.10 - Grapes (raisins) (fresh) b) Chapter 08 was published to change the release recommendation from…

4 November 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS website (2) Chapter 06 was published to change the required documentation from "Phytosanitary Certificate" to "Phytosanitary Certificate and/or Phytosanitary Certificate for Re-export" for the following HS code for all origins except the Continental USA ... NO…

4 November 2008 Industry pleads for help to ease 'crisis' The following article is excerpted from the 4 November 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The besieged manufacturing industry is calling on the Harper government to come to the aid of the country's factories the same way it intervened to…

4 November 2008 Airports push for arrivals duty free The following article is excerpted from the 4 November 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Canada's eight largest airports have joined forces to promote duty-free shops for arriving passengers, arguing the change would repatriate the $60-million a…

4 November 2008 Request to eliminate tariff on certain cotton yarn The Department of Finance is seeking your views on a request to eliminate the tariff on certain 100% Egyptian cotton yarn for use in the manufacture of towels. The department is proposing to amend duty-free tariff line subheading No…

4 November 2008 EU Moves Toward Restrictions on 15 Chemical Substances This article is extracted from the 4 November 2008 edition of “WorldTrade Interactive”. The European Chemicals Agency recently named 15 chemical substances as candidates for its list of substances of very high concern. This…

4 November 2008 Economic gloom descends on EU This article is excerpted from the 4 November 2008 edition of”globeandmail.com”. Europe's debt-fuelled expansion has come to a grinding halt, shattering its dreams of becoming the leading engine of global growth and wielding the power and influence that…

4 November 2008 Prince Rupert TEUs up This article is excerpted from the 4 November issue of “The Journal of Commerce”. Containerized shipments moving from Asia to the United States Midwest through Prince Rupert, British Columbia, almost tripled in the third quarter from the previous two quarters --…

4 November 2008 New WCO chief outlines priorities This article is excerpted from the 4 November 2008 edition of “American Shipper”. Developing countries could react to the global financial crisis by leaning on customs services to raise more revenue and enforce stricter trade polices, Kunio Mikuriya…

4 November 2008 [US] Factory Orders Fall as Businesses Cut Back This article is excerpted from the 4 November 2008 edition of “The New York Times”. [US] Factory orders dropped for a second consecutive month in September as businesses cut back on purchases of steel, computers and other equipment amid…

3 November 2008 Chicken TRQ for 2009 Notice No. 737, Items 96 to 104 The purposes of this Notice are: To outline the Minister’s policies and practices respecting tariff rate quota (TRQ) import allocations for chicken and chicken products for 2009…; and To invite applications for shares of the…

3 November 2008 Aluminum Extrusions, Preliminary Injury Inquiry No. PI-2008-002 IN THE MATTER OF a preliminary injury inquiry, under subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: THE DUMPING AND SUBSIDIZING OF ALUMINUM EXTRUSIONS ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE PEOPLE’S…

3 November 2008 Wood Slats, Expiry No. LE-2008-001 IN THE MATTER OF a notice of expiry, pursuant to subsection 76.03(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, of the findings of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal made on June 18, 2004, in Inquiry No. NQ-2003-003, concerning wood slats…