Trade News

2 August 2007 D14-1-4 Exchange Rate for Calculations Under the Special Import Measures Act and Regulations This memorandum was revised to reflect changes in terminology following the creation of the Canada Border Services Agency. The changes include replacing: “Canada Customs and Revenue Agency”…

2 August 2007 D14-1-2 Disclosure of Normal Value, Export Price, and Amount of Subsidy Established Under the Special Import Measures Act to Importers This memorandum was revised to reflect changes in terminology following the creation of the Canada Border Services Agency and to include the disclosure…

2 August 2007 CFIA Import Requirements on Pomegranate Juice From Azerbaijan, Europe As of 1 August 2007, pomegranate juice from Azerbaijan (juice, juice from concentrate and concentrated juice) will be “refer to CFIA” and will now require the Approval Release Recommendation from one of the Import…

2 August 2007 To give trade its due The following is excerpted from the 31 July 2007 edition of the “globeandmail.com”. Trade officials have always been the second-class citizens of Canada's missions abroad. Their colleagues in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade often deride…

2 August 2007 Truckers win guaranteed rates at British Columbia ports This article is excerpted from the 2 August 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. New guarantees of pay for harbor truckers at the ports of Vancouver and Fraser River, British Columbia, took effect on Thursday under a federal…

2 August 2007 Minister Day launches NEXUS program and announces expansion of services at Halifax Stanfield International Airport The following is excerpted from the 1 August 2007 news release available on the CBSA website at: http://www.cbsa.gc.ca/media/release-communique/2007/0801halifax-eng.html…

1 August 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.

1 August 2007 EICS – Civic Holiday Monday, 6 August is a civic holiday, and the Bureau's offices will be closed (no officers or Help Desk staff will be available). The EICS system will be available during normal hours. The Help Desk email will be monitored between 08:00 - 16:00 (EST) for urgent…

1 August 2007 Request for the removal of the customs duties on certain articles used in the repair, overhaul or restoration of light rail vehicles, streetcars and subways The Department of Finance is currently reviewing a request for the removal of the customs duties on certain articles used in the…

1 August 2007 August 2007 SIMA Index The SIMA index for August 2007 is available on the CBSA website at http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima/monthly-e.html.

1 August 2007 Update to Meat Hygiene Directives The following meat hygiene directives are now available on the CFIA website in HTML and PDF versions at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/meavia/mmopmmhv/direct/direct…. MHD 2007-20 Chapter 11 - China MHD 2007-19 Chapter 10 The PDF…

1 August 2007 New Asia (Brampton) Food Centre (2002) Inc. vs. CBSA - Appeal No. AP-2006-042 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on May 24, 2007, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF decisions of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency…

1 August 2007 Canada to request WTO consultations on Belgium’s ban on the importation of seal products The Honourable David L. Emerson, Minister of International Trade, the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, and the…

1 August 2007 Customs Notice 07-020 Certain Flat Hot-Rolled Carbon and Alloy Steel Sheet and Strip This notice advises that, on June 27, 2007, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) concluded its re-investigation of the normal values and export prices of certain flat hot-rolled carbon and alloy…

1 August 2007 CITT: Appeals Decisions Pending The updated list of appeals pending is available on the CITT website at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/pending/index_e.asp.

1 August 2007 National Import Operations Closure This is a reminder that a full database backup of the production database (PROD) is scheduled for Saturday, August 4, 2007. CFIA systems will be unavailable from 3am to 7am EST. Please note that full database backups of the production database (PROD)…

1 August 2007 The Government of Canada Supports the OECD Revised Aircraft Sales Financing Agreement The following news release is available on the Department of Finance website at: http://www.fin.gc.ca/news07/07-063e.html The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, and the Honourable David…

31 July 2007 GDP data expected to show Canadian economy on a roll This article is excerpted from the 31 July 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The release today of the gross domestic product data for May is expected to confirm that the sluggish growth of the Canadian economy during the second half…

To give trade its due This article is extracted from the 31 July 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Trade officials have always been the second-class citizens of Canada's missions abroad…. That attitude is folly as Canada scrambles to forge new global trading links. So it is encouraging that…

31 July 2007 Most border crossings now have armed guards The following article is excerpted from the 31 July 2007 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Almost all of Ontario's major border crossings with the United States now have at least one armed guard on duty as the federal government rolls out a 10…