Trade News

20 May 2008 Certain Stainless Steel Wire The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has initiated on May 15, 2008, a re-investigation of the normal values and export prices of certain stainless steel wire originating in or exported from the Republic of Korea, Switzerland and the United States of…

20 May 2008 Memorandum D19-14-1, Cross-Border Currency and Monetary Instruments Reporting Summary This memorandum explains the legislative and regulatory provisions, guidelines, and procedures associated with the requirement to report to the CBSA the physical cross border movement of currency or…

20 May 2008 Frozen Pork from the European Union as Specified in the Surtax Order This message applies to imports of frozen pork from the European Union falling under tariff item No. 0203.29.000 of the Custom Tariff. The purpose of this message is to inform you that the 2008-2009 tariff rate quota…

20 May 2008 Item 194 - Frozen Pork from the European Union as specified in the Surtax Order Serial No.: 727 Date: May 7, 2008 1.0 Purpose 1.1The purpose of this Notice is to inform importers of the rules and procedures governing the issuance of import permits for frozen pork from specific countries…

20 May 2008 Softwood Lumber Exports to the United States Policy Respecting the Transfer of Export Allocations Serial No. 158 Date: May 20, 2008 1.0 Purpose The purpose of this Notice is to provide information to allocation holders and exporters with respect to transfers of export allocations for…

20 May 2008 Register now for the 2008 Atlantic Region Annual Conference There are only a few days to go until the CSCB Atlantic Region 2008 conference and annual general meeting. If you want to talk about the major issues facing customs brokers today with others who share your concerns, don’t miss…

20 May 2008 CBSA Proposal Regarding Use of Business Numbers for Casual Importations The CSCB has responded to CBSA's proposal regarding use of business numbers for casual importations. Our response can be viewed here: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/cscbsubmission.pdf CBSA's proposal was made available…

20 May 2008 June 2008 Softwood Lumber Quotas Now Available Softwood Lumber interim quota allocations for June 2008 are now available in EICS. Please be advised that the volume available currently represents 80% of the actual June allocation.

20 May 2008 Changes to Release Data CBSA has provided a chart that clarifies how changes to data provided at time of release are requested by the importer or customs broker. We are aware that the A48 RMD Corrector is not accepted at all ports and continue to follow up on this issue. Comments or…

20 May 2008 Corrector from CN - Memorial Day Intermodal Gate Hours Please note that the closing time for Chicago has been changed to 1500. Gates: Open Close CHICAGO Monday: 07:00 - 15:00 DETROIT Monday: Closed MEMPHIS Monday: Closed JACKSON Monday: Closed NEW ORLEANS Monday: Closed AUBURN Monday: 00…

16 May 2008 QSM-01, Authorized Certification Official (ACO) Program for the Signing of Phytosanitary Certificates Review This Quality System Manual (QSM) for the Authorized Certification Officials (ACO) Program is subject to periodic review. Amendments will be issued to ensure the QSM continues to…

16 May 2008 Decision Document DD2008-72 This Decision Document has been prepared to explain the regulatory decision reached under Directive 95-03, entitled "Guidelines for the Assessment of Novel Feeds: Plant Sources" and based on the environmental criteria in regulatory directive 94-08, "Assessment…

16 May 2008 ACI Update in CSCB Toronto Region The CSCB Toronto Region is offering a seminar entitled “ACI Update -- Where have we been, where we are at and e-Manifest, the future”, on 4 June 2008. The event will take place at the Four Points Sheraton (formerly Day’s Hotel and Conference Centre) on…

16 May 2008 Canadian International Trade Tribunal Initiates Inquiry -- Thermoelectric Containers from China The following news release was issued by the CITT on 16 May; details of the inquiry are found on their web site, at http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/dumping/preinq/notices/pi2i001_e.asp . On May 16…

16 May 2008 CFIA Central Import Service Centre - Problem Resolved The following notice is from the CFIA Import Systems Unit. Please note that the CFIA-Central Import Service Centre (CISC) located in Toronto was unavailable to process EDI release request from 2:30pm to 6:00pm May 15th, 2008. The…

16 May 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site a) Chapter 06 was published to remove the registration types : "Plant Protection Import Permit" and "No Permit Required Letter" for California for the following HS Codes. This created a requirement version change for Caifornia. 06.02.20.0017.90 - Other (…

16 May 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 01 was published to change the recommendation from "Refuse entry" to "Refer to CFIA - veterinary inspection" for the following HS codes from Trinidad and Tobago with the end use: Display in zoo. 01.06.39.2096.05 Songbirds over 3 days old (Passerines…

16 May 2008 Minister urges Europe to advance Canada ties The following article is excerpted from the 16 May 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Trade Minister David Emerson is telling Europeans they are missing out on a great opportunity in the future development of the North by not moving…

16 May 2008 Ontario's cross-border truck traffic slumping in 2008 The following article is excerpted from the 15 May 2008 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. Ontario truck crossing statistics issued earlier this week by the Public Border Operators Association (PBOA), shows that…

16 May 2008 Trade Data Online Updated Canadian import and export data are now updated to March 2008and the Canadian data for the year 2007 has been revised, at http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/en/Home . U.S. import and export data are now updated to March 2008, at http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic…