Trade News

22 February 2008 Beware Democrats, ex-U.S. envoy tells Canadians This article is extracted from the 21 February 2008 edition of the “Toronto Star”. A former American ambassador is warning that Canadians' preference for Democratic presidential candidates flies in the face of the problems that their…

22 February 2008 Maintenance Outage on 24 February 2008 The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients from the Canada Border Services Agency. General EDI Outage: For maintenance purposes, the Customs EDI system will be unavailable from 2:00 am until 5:00 am (ET) on Sunday February…

22 February 2008 CITT Appeals Hearing Schedule The most recent CITT appeals hearing schedule is available on their web site, at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/hearings/index_e.asp

22 February 2008 CITT Decisions Pending Updated The most recent listing of CITT decisions pending is found at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/pending/index_e.asp

22 February 2008 Corrected Message: First CCS Quiz Available on 3 March 2008 Members may wish to note that the first quiz for CCS designates will be available on the home page of our web site on 3 March. The quiz will be available until 31 March at 2:00 pm EDT. The quiz is worth ten points towards…

22 February 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 05 was published to change the recommendation from "Refuse entry" to "CBSA Inspection - Inspectors designated and trained in FPA inspection" for the following HS codes from the USA: 05.11.99.1292.08 Animal semen (other than bovine) - fresh…

22 February 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 05 was published to change the recommendation from "CBSA Inspection - Inspectors designated and trained in FPA inspection" to "Refer to CFIA - veterinary inspection" for the following HS codes from the USA: 05.11.99.1292.08 Animal semen (other…

22 February 2008 Mexico Faces America’s Slump This article, by Stephen S. Poloz, Senior Vice-President, Corporate Affairs and Chief Economist, Export Development Canada, is available from the Industry Canada Strategis web site. Mexico has demonstrated its resilience through a number of global…

22 February 2008 Europe takes box scanning fight to US Congress The following article is excerpted from the 18 February 2008 edition of “Lloyds List”. The US scanning law leaves questions unanswered, say concerned parties. Brussels will present a breakdown of costs the European Union will have to…

21 February 2008 Proposed Amendments to Customs Act regarding Border Security As a follow up to the message sent to members on 19 February on this subject ( http://www.cscb.ca/050/rs_prev_e.cfm?ID=17130 ), members wishing to see the proposed changes in Bill C-43 will find them at: http://www2.parl…

21 February 2008 Initial Environmental Assessment of the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement Closing date: March 21, 2008 In keeping with the 2001 Framework for Conducting Environmental Assessments of Trade Negotiations, an Initial Environmental Assessment of the…

21 February 2008 Directive D-95-18, "Seed Potato Certification Program - Investigation Procedure after Clavibacter Michiganensis Subsp. Sepedonicus Has Been Detected on a Seed Potato FarmingUnit" Directive D-95-18, "Seed PotatoCertification Program - Investigation Procedure after Clavibacter…

21 February 2008 Amendment to the Health of Animals Regulations respecting Edible Residual Material The following news release was issued by the CFIA on 20 February 2008. Under amendments to the Health of Animals Regulations, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will no longer issue permits…

21 February 2008 Importer Fined by Court The following news release was issued by the CFIA on 20 February 2008. A guilty plea to one count of violating Section 40 of the Health of Animals Regulations was entered on behalf of Merilin International Trading Inc., in Ontario Provincial Court in…

21 February 2008 Canada Launches Free Trade Negotiations with Jordan The Honourable David Emerson, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics, today announced the launch of negotiations toward a free trade agreement (FTA) between Canada…

21 February 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 10 was published. A miscellenous code was added for the end use of Propagation (growing or sowing) for the following HS code. 10.05.10 - Maize (corn) - Seed New miscellaneous code: #705 - Commercially packaged, small packets (equal to or less…

21 February 2008 Montreal boxes up 9.4% The following article is excerpted from the 20 February 2008 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. A sharp 9.4-percent increase in container traffic led the Port of Montreal to record traffic volumes of 26 million metric tons in 2007… Container traffic…

21 February 2008 Timberwest Forest Corp. c La Reine At issue was the appeal from a decision of the Federal Court whereby the Court dismissed a challenge by the appellant of the validity of a Notice to Exporters controlling the exports of logs harvested from some private lands in British Columbia…