Trade News

7 August 2008 CBP Bulletin The latest version of US Customs and Border Protection’s Bulletin is available on its website at: http://www.customs.gov/xp/cgov/trade/legal/bulletins_decisions/bulletin…

7 August 2008 Lawmakers ask CBP to consider 10+2 pilot This article is excerpted from the 7 August 2008 edition of “American Shipper”. A group of 20 [US] House lawmakers asked the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection in a recent letter to develop a 10+2 pilot program…

7 August 2008 Freighter fleet will double by 2027, Boeing predicts This article is excerpted from the 7 August 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The global air cargo market will continue on a “strong, long-term growth” path over the next 20 years, averaging 5.8 percent annually and with the…

6 August 2008 Import Allocations of TRQ for Chicken and Chicken Products, Items 96 To 104 The purposes of this Notice are: 1. further to paragraph 1.2 of Notice to Importers No. 717 of October 31, 2007, to advise on the decision of the Minister of International Trade (“the Minister”) regarding…

6 August 2008 Thermoelectric Containers, Preliminary Injury Inquiry No. PI-2008-001 IN THE MATTER OF a preliminary injury inquiry, under subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: THE DUMPING AND SUBSIDIZING OF THERMOELECTRIC CONTAINERS ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE…

6 August 2008 Jonathan Bell vs. CBSA, Appeal No. AP-2007-021 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on July 8, 2008, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency dated December 4, 2007, with…

6 August 2008 PM Announces Safer Twinned Trans-Canada Highway in Banff National Park The following is excerpted from the 5 August 2008 news release on the PMO website. Drivers traveling on the Trans-Canada Highway through Banff National Park can count on a safer and more efficient drive thanks to a…

6 August 2008 New Multilateral Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement Moves Ahead The following is excerpted from the 5 August 2008 edition of “World Trade Interactive”. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative reports that the latest round of talks on a new Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement was held in…

5 August 2008 Canada and Mexico Reach Agreement to Lift Temporary Import Restrictions on Alberta Potatoes This news release was issued by the CFIA on 1 August 2008. The Government of Canada has delivered for Canadian farmers by reopening Mexican markets to Alberta potatoes. The Government reached an…

5 August 2008 Import of Fish Products, Vietnam establishment list Members are advised that the "List of Vietnam Establishments Eligible for Certification by Vietnam Authorities" has been updated at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/fispoi/import/viee.shtml

5 August 2008 Passport alternative approved in Saskatchewan This article is excerpted from the 31 July 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Saskatchewan residents looking to travel south of the border by land or water are getting an alternative to a passport. The provincial government said yesterday…

5 August 2008 Ministers oppose Michigan's new tax This article, by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Ontario Minister of Finance Dwight Duncan, is excerpted from the 2 August 2008 edition of the “Toronto Star”. There is a significant and long-standing trade partnership between Ontario and Michigan…

5 August 2008 Booming China Suddenly Worries That a Slowdown Is Taking Hold This article is excerpted from the 5 August 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Many Chinese have been expecting a post-Olympics economic slowdown, but it has already started and the Games have not even begun. Chinese…

5 August 2008 CBP Notices: HMF Payment, Refund Changes, Morocco FTA Regulations This article is excerpted from the 5 August 2008 edition of “World Trade Interactive”. Proposed Changes to Harbor Maintenance Fee Payments, Refunds. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is seeking comments by Oct. 6 on a…

5 August 2008 DOT extends Mexican truck program This article is excerpted from the 4 August 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Defying critics and members of Congress, the [US] Department of Transportation on Monday extended its controversial cross-border trucking program for two years. The…

5 August 2008 NFTC releases global supply chain benchmark study This article is excerpted from the 1 August 2008 edition of “American Shipper”. The National Foreign Trade Council on Friday released a new study, Connecting the Dots: The Global Economy and Supply Chain Management, which explores…

5 August 2008 NCBFAA tries again for NVO tariff exemption This article is excerpted from the 4 August 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America has again asked the Federal Maritime Commission to exempt non-vessel-operating common…