Trade News

23 October 2007 Deltaport NAVIS Implementation Deferred The following is a notice from Norman Stark, President and CEO of TSI Terminal Systems Inc. As you are aware, our team has been working on the implementation of the NAVIS system at our Deltaport operations. The NAVIS system is a required…

23 October 2007 Revenue Minister O'Connor Announces New Online Service Additions to the Canada Revenue Agency's My Business Account The following is excerpted from the 23 October 2007 news release posted on CRA website. Gordon O'Connor, Minister of National Revenue, announced the addition of several…

23 October 2007 ACE revenue tops $1B The following was reported on in the 23 October 2007 editoin of “Journal of Commerce”. Monthly revenues processed by Customs and Border Protection through its Automated Commercial Environment have exceeded $1 billion for the first time, the agency announced. In…

22 October 2007 CITT: Requests Not Yet Initiated The list of textile requests not yet initiated is available on the CITT website at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/textiles/requests/index_e.asp.

22 October 2007 Panasonic Canada Inc. vs. CBSA, AP-2005-035 PANASONIC CANADA INC. v. PRESIDENT OF THE CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY Appeal No. AP-2005-035 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on October 31, 2006, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER…

22 October 2007 Remembrance Day Service Request Process – Carload Switching The following notice is from Bob Milloy, VP Marketing & Yield at the Canadian Pacific Carload Switching – REMEMBERANCE DAY 12 November 2007 (except Quebec) WITH THE EXCEPTION OF the province of QUEBEC, this message applies…

22 October 2007 EDI Contacts Members are advised that, Jennifer Realffe is now the Primary contact for EDI related issues. She can be reached at 613-221-4621, [email protected]. Mike Andrews will be the Secondary contact for EDI related issues. He can be reached at 613-221-3978, andrewsm…

22 October 2007 Softwood Quota Allocations for November 2007 Softwood Lumber interim quota allocations for November 2007 are now available in EICS. Please be advised that the volume available currently represents 80% of the actual November allocation.

22 October 2007 Requirements for Importing Live and Raw Molluscan Shellfish - Country of Harvest Members are advised that a new Industry Notice "Requirements for Importing Live and Raw Molluscan Shellfish - New Mandatory Declaration of Country of Harvest on CFIA Documents" has been posted on the…

22 October 2007 Windsor Commercial Clients' Meeting, 11 October 2007 Minutes of the commercial clients’ meeting held in Windsor, ON on 11 October 2007 are now available in the members-only area of the CSCB website at: http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m02/rg_on_e.cfm (login required).

22 October 2007 Dodge sounds alarm on dollar's surge This article is excerpted from the 22 October 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The Canadian dollar has soared to unjustified heights, Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge said Sunday, in his strongest suggestion to date that the loonie has gone…

22 October 2007 Proposal to amend tariff on certain textured nylon and polyester yarns The following is a notice from Sean Clarke, International Trade Policy Division at the Department of Finance. I am writing to seek your views on a request that the Department has received to amend the tariff on a…

22 October 2007 Inflation Report from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Headline inflation, as measured by the All-items consumer price index (CPI), rose 2.5% in September 2007 compared to a year earlier. This was a sharp acceleration from the 1.7% increase posted in August and the biggest jump in…

22 October 2007 Dollar plunges on Dodge remarks The following article is excerpted from the 22 October 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The high-flying loonie ran into severe turbulence Monday, falling sharply against the U.S. dollar, although currency experts are not expecting it to crash back…

22 October 2007 AMTAC opposes import concessions for duty-free access This article is extracted from the 19 ctober 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition announced its opposition to proposed legislation that would provide duty-free access to the…

22 October 2007 Tighter Border Delays Re-entry by U.S. Citizens This article is excerpted from the 21 October 2007 edition of “The New York Times”. United States border agents have stepped up scrutiny of Americans returning home from Mexico, slowing commerce and creating delays at border crossings…

19 October 2007 Update to Handbook of Export and Import Commodity Codes, 2007 Updates to the Blue Book are found on the EICB website at: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/trade/eicb/general/Bluebook/since2007-en.a….

19 October 2007 Enforcement Instructions Concerning Imports of Certain Laminate Flooring from The People’s Republic of China and France following January 1, 2007 Tariff Classification Revision On June 16, 2005, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (Tribunal) found that the dumping in Canada of…