Trade News

15 February 2008 Release Requests for January, 2008 The CBSA has provided release statistics for January, 2008 at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/release_requests_received_-_jan’08.xls

15 February 2008 Scheduled Maintenance Outage on 16 and 17 February 2008 Message EDI08-017 The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients from the Canada Border Services Agency. EDI Mailbox outage: Please be advised that due to scheduled maintenance, the mailboxes between ACROSS and…

15 February 2008 Pact for unions, CP Rail The following article is excerpted from the 14 February 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Canadian Pacific Railway on Thursday announced that 4,500 locomotive engineers and conductors represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference ratified a…

15 February 2008 Government to Table its Third Budget on February 26, 2008 Members may wish to note that relevant details from the next Budget will be provided on 26 February from the CSCB national office as soon as Budget documents are made available. The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of…

15 February 2008 The Secure Freight Report Heads to Congress The following article is excerpted from the 14 February 2008 edition of “American Shipper”. The Secure Freight Initiative for conducting automated inspections of all U.S.-bound containers at a handful of foreign ports is conceptually…

15 February 2008 Taking a CBP-Wide Approach to ACE This news release from US Customs and Border Protection was published on 11 February, and appeared on their web site on 14 February. The Office of International Trade is playing a vital role in creating Automated Commercial Environment entry summary…

15 February 2008 US CBP Unified Business Resumption Messaging Alert – Maritime On 14 February 2008 CBP issued an alert. To view the messages, direction, and updates to enable post-incident trade resumption, please visit the CBP web site at http://www.customs.gov/xp/cgov/import/communications_to…

15 February 2008 U.S. sinks deeper... The following article is excerpted from the 15 February 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Sluggish growth, more interest rate relief, but no recession. That's the latest status update on the slumping U.S. economy from Federal Reserve Board chief Ben Bernanke…

14 February 2008 Canadian Pacific and Running Trades union reach agreement Canadian Pacific (TSX/NYSE: CP) was notified by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference [on 13 February] that the Memorandum of Settlement reached in December by Canadian Pacific and the Teamsters has now been ratified by the…

14 February 2008 "Fish List", Vietnam list Members are advised that the "List of Vietnam Establishments Eligible forCertification by Vietnam Authorities" has been updated at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/fispoi/import/viee.shtml . The "List of Canadian Acceptable Common Names for Fish…

14 February 2008 THE PAMPERED CHEF, CANADA CORPORATION v. PRESIDENT OF THE CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY, Appeal No. AP-2006-048 Decision and reasons issued Wednesday, February 13, 2008 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on September 26 and 27, 2007, under section 67 of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985…

14 February 2008 LOCATION ROBERT LTÉE AND TRANSPORT ROBERT (1973) LTÉE v. MINISTER OF NATIONAL REVENUE, Appeal Nos. AP-2006-036 and AP-2006-037 Decision and reasons issued Wednesday, February 13, 2008 IN THE MATTER OF appeals heard on September 11, 2007, under section 81.19 of the Excise Tax Act, R…

14 February 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 44 was published with new OGD extensions. 44.18.60.0140 - Posts and beams - Of tropical wood - without bark 44.18.60.0141 - Posts and beams - Of tropical wood - with bark 44.18.60.0142 - Posts and beams - Of non-tropical wood, coniferous -…

14 February 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 44 was published to change the release recommendation from "Refer to CFIA-ISC" to "Approved" for the continental United States for the following HS code. 44.18.60.0140 - Posts and beams - Of tropical wood - without bark This created requirement…

14 February 2008 Longshore unions stop work at Port of Vancouver The following article is excerpted from the 13 February 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Three longshore locals at Canada’s Port of Vancouver are stopping work on two shifts Wednesday while they review a tentative three-year…

14 February 2008 New standards proposed for Canadian firms The following article is extracted from the 14 February 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Canadian publicly traded companies could be using new international accounting standards as early as next year under a proposal unveiled yesterday by…

14 February 2008 Importer of Record versus de facto Importer The following commentary is from Ernst&Young. When it comes to claiming input tax credits (ITCs) with respect to GST paid on goods imported into Canada, CRA makes an important distinction between the importer of record and what CRA refers…

14 February 2008 WTO rules against China on car parts This article is excerpted from the 14 February 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The World Trade Organization has for the first time ruled against China for breaking global trade law in a precedent-setting case over car part imports that is…

14 February 2008 COAC urges changes to 10+2 rule This article is extracted from the 14 February 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The trade advisory committee known as COAC at its meeting Wednesday formally requested Customs and Border Protection to withdraw a proposed reinterpretation of…