Trade News

5 March 2008 Proposal for Elimination of the Tariff on Certain Latex Slabs for use in the manufacture of bedding products F inance Canada is seeking members’ views on a request received for the elimination of the tariff on certain latex slabs for use in the manufacture of bedding products. The latex…

4 March 2008 Revision to Directive D–97-11 Directive D-97-11 "Seed Potato Certification Program - Requirements for the production of Pre-Elite seed potatoes from sources other than Nuclear Stock", has been revised and is available on the web at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/protect/dir…

4 March 2008 Correction Period for February Softwood Lumber Permits Members are advised that the correction period for February 2008 Softwood Lumber permits ends at 20:00 EST Monday 10 March 2008. EICS reminds you of the importance of submitting correct information on permits as this is imperative…

4 March 2008 Genset Schedule Changes - Montreal to VIT A new Genset schedule has been posted at: http://www.cn.ca/productsservices/intermodal/PDF/Genset_grid.pdf Effective Thursday March 6th, there will be one Genset service available from Montreal Intermodal to Vancouver Intermodal. Effective…

4 March 2008 XANTHATES RR-2007-002 – Order issued Order issued concerning xanthates of all grades in dry or liquid forms, excluding cellulose xanthates, originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China is available on the CITT website at http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/new/index_e.asp

4 March 2008 Clarification of B3 Types V and H The CBSA has provided information to clarify the duty rates used on B3 types V and H. B3 type V is used to voluntarily declare goods that were delivered without official customs release. The date of direct shipment (Field no.16) equals the date of…

4 March 2008 SIMA Index for March 2008 The SIMA index for March 2008 is available on the CBSA website, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima-lmsi/monthly-eng.html

4 March 2008 HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL PLATE AND HIGH-STRENGTH LOW-ALLOY STEEL PLATE Expiry No. LE-2007-004 NOTICE OF EXPIRY OF FINDING The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice, pursuant to subsection 76.03(2) of the Special Import Measures Act ( SIMA), that its…

4 March 2008 Update to CFIA AIRS Website a) Chapter 12 was published to change the additional declaration for Soybean Cyst Nematode for the end use of "Propagation (growing or sowing)" for Hawaii and Puerto Rico for the following HS code. 12.01.00.0110 - Soybean (seed) This generated a requirement…

4 March 2008 CRA advice on protection against identity theft The Minister of National Revenue, Gordon O'Connor, is launching the Canada Revenue Agency's participation in Fraud Prevention Month by encouraging Canadians to protect themselves against identity theft. Interacting with over 30 million…

4 March 2008 Bank of Canada cuts rates The following article is excerpted from the 4 March 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The Bank of Canada dropped its key lending rate by half a percentage point, and indicated that further cuts will be needed to insulate Canada from the effects of a U.S…

4 March 2008 Canada scores victory in softwood fight The following article is excerpted from the 4 March 2008 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Canada won a sizeable legal victory today over the United States Tuesday after a private court settled the first dispute to flare up over the 2006 softwood…

4 March 2008 Canadian Chamber Economic Update - Bank of Canada Rate Decision The following is extracted from an update from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. The Bank of Canada today announced that it is lowering its key policy rate by one-half of one percentage point to 3.5%. The 50 basis point cut…

4 March 2008 World Shipping Council backs “10 + 2” The following article is excerpted from 4 March 2008 edition of “americanshipper.com”. The World Shipping Council has submitted comments to the docket in favor of the proposed "10+2" rulemaking that seeks to gain more advance data on the commercial…

3 March 2008 Expiry Review No.: RR-2007-003 On October 31, 2007, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (Tribunal), pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), initiated an expiry review of its finding made on July 16, 2003, in Inquiry No. NQ-2002-004, as amended on…

3 March 2008 Line Clear White River, March 2 nd CP’s main line near White River, Ontario was reopened Sunday, March 2 nd at 1400 ET. Reroutes are still in effect to expedite the build-up traffic held as a result of the outage. As the operation is reset, shipment delays of 48 - 72 hours in the…

3 March 2008 The following messge is from Juudy Scrimger at the EICB. EICS EDI PKI Certificate Migration to new GSS Certificate Authority (CA) All the EDI PKI Certificates have not yet completed migration. We realize that there are still some coding issues to be ironed out, but we must underline the…

3 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/index…

3 March 2008 2008 Second Quarter Interest Rates The CBSA has announced the annual interest rate for the second quarter of 2008 (Apr. 1 to June 30) will be 3.6017. The monthly interest rate for the same period will be 0.3.

3 March 2008 Proposal for Elimination of the Tariff on Certain Fabrics used in Manufacture of Bedding Products Finance Canada is seeking members’ views on a request received for the elimination of the tariff on certain fabrics used in the manufacture of bedding products. They propose adding a tariff…