Trade News

10 March 2008 Decisions Pending and Hearing Schedule from CITT The most recent list of decisions pending is available on the CITT website, at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/pending/index_e.asp The most recent appeals hearing schedule is found at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/hearings…

10 March 2008 Seamless Carbon or Alloy Steel Oil and Gas Well Casing, NQ-2007-001 IN THE MATTER OF an inquiry under section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act respecting: THE DUMPING AND SUBSIDIZING OF SEAMLESS CARBON OR ALLOY STEEL OIL AND GAS WELL CASING ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE…

The following messages were sent out on 10 March: 1. CANADIAN CUSTOMS ARTICLES Oil is Canada's ace in any revisiting of NAFTA 2. CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY - Directives Revision to Directive D-01-01 3. CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL Seamless Carbon or Alloy Steel Oil and Gas Well Casing…

Oil is Canada's ace in any revisiting of NAFTA The following article is excerpted from 10 March 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are threatening to opt out of NAFTA if elected, which means re-negotiate, a position that is quite tenable particularly with a…

10 March 2008 China Trade Surplus Drops, Exports Fall The following article is excerpted from the 10 March 2008 edition of “nytimes.com”. China's trade surplus shrank in February as sales of goods to the United States fell, the government said Monday, but analysts said exports should bounce back now…

7 March 2008 CP message: CP Intermodal Web Applications Please note some of CP's Intermodal web applications will be taken off-line for further scheduled maintenance this weekend. Beginning Friday March 7 th at 22:00 ET to 06:00 ET Monday March 10 th , the following web applications will be…

7 March 2008 Good Friday Intermodal Gate Hours Here are the CN Intermodal Gate Hours for Good Friday, March 21st, 2008: Intermodal Terminal Hours - (Canada & U.S.) Gates: Open - Close HALIFAX (HIT) Good Friday: 08:00 - 18:00 MONCTON Good Friday: 00:01 - 23:59 MONTREAL (TASCHE) Good Friday: 00:01 –…

7 March 2008 Outage Scheduled for March 8 and 9 Cancelled The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the Canada Border Services Agency. Please note that this weekend's scheduled outage has been cancelled.

7 March 2008 PIP - CBSA Seeking Input The CBSA has requested input on the proposed elements of the modernized Partners in Protection (PIP) program. The modernized PIP program will be launched on June 20, 2008, and as part of its alignment with the C-TPAT program, PIP will introduce new policies on…

The CRA has advised that there are a few technical errors in the message posted on February 14, 2008, entitled Importer of Record versus de facto Importer. This message can be seen at : http://www.cscb.ca/050/rs_prev_e.cfm?ID=17111 These errors have given rise to a number of telephone calls to the…

7 March 2008 10 Tips on Dealing with U.S. Customs The following article is excerpted from 6 March 2008 edition of “Journal of Commerce Online” newsletter. …Many more shipments are being inspected and detained than ever. With the current just-in-time delivery environment in which international…

6 March 2008 Minutes from the 16 January 2008 GTA Customs Committee meeting are now available to members in the members-only area of the CSCB website, under Regions, Toronto Region (login is required). http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m02/docs/rgto_meeting_20080116.pdf

6 March 2008 CBSA Message: Scheduled Maintenance Outage (Daylight Savings Time) Message ACI08-013 EDI Mailbox outage : Please be advised that due to scheduled maintenance, the mailboxes between ACROSS and CCS/CADEX will be down on Saturday, March 08th, 2008 from 5:00 am to 5:30 am (Eastern Time)…

Changes to PIP The CBSA has provided a draft of the transition strategy for the modernized PIP (Partners in Protection) program. Major changes are being made to PIP and will be effective on June 30, 2008. The modernized PIP program will include new mandatory security criteria, policies and…

6 March 2008 Chapter 21 was published with new OGD extensions. 21.03.20.2114.00 - Tomato sauce with less than 2% meat products 21.03.20.2115.00 - Tomato sauce with more than 2% but less than 20% meat products 21.03.20.2115.01 - Containing beef - hermetically sealed - canned 21.03.20.2115.02 -…

6 March 2008 Tribunal offers mixed decision on Canadian softwood lumber dispute The following article is excerpted from the 5 March 2008 edition of “americanshipper.com”. An arbitration tribunal agreed with the United States that Canada violated the Softwood Lumber Agreement by failing to properly…

6 March 2008 THE BOTTOM LINE Can profits weather the slowdown? The following is article is excerpted from the 6 March 2008 edition of Canadian Transportation & Logistics “ctl.ca”. The profitability of Canadian companies remained strong overall at least until the end of 2007, despite concerns about…

5 March 2008 ACROSS System is down Message ACI08-012 We are experiencing problems and are unable to process Electronic Releases, ACI Marine, ACI Air, Rail and CSA cargo report data and B3 data. ETA 11.00 am.. For urgent requests, present paper.

5 March 2008 Import Permits Unavailable EICS Bulletin CBSA has advised us that due to a systems problem, they are unable to receive import permit data until further notice. You may continue to submit permit applications - the permits will be queued for transmission to CBSA as soon as it becomes…

5 March 2008 ACROSS System Update Message EDI08-022 (Update) We are now processing Electronic Releases, ACI Marine, ACI Air, Rail and CSA cargo report data, however there is a 2 to 3 hour backlog. For urgent requests present paper. We are still unable to process B3 data and no ETA.