Trade News

18 January 2007 SIMA Final Determination of Dumping regarding Certain Copper Pipe Fittings On 18 January 2007 the CBSA made a final determination of dumping respecting certain copper pipe fittings originating in or exported from the USA, the Republic of Korea and the PRC, as well as a final…

18 January 2007 EICS Project This message is from the EICB. The EICS Instructional environment (IBOX) continues to be unavailable in 2007. We plan to re-open IBOX for user training/testing in early February, and we will advise by e-mail as soon as it becomes available.

18 January 2007 Request for Removal of Customs Duties on Imports of a Servo Driven Multiport Cake Production Line The Department of Finance is currently reviewing a request for removal of customs duties on imports of a servo driven multiport cake production line. This bakery machinery is classified…

18 January2007 Penalties for new HTS Rules to kick in February 20th This article is extracted from the 17 January 2007 edition of “American Shipper”. Importers will have a 17-day grace period to file entry documents with the international Harmonized Tariff Schedule changes for 2007, U.S. Customs and…

18 January 2007 Demand rising for second 24-hour border crossing This article is excerpted from the 18 January 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. A bid to open a second 24-hour border crossing between Montana and Alberta is now before the state Senate and gaining steam as commercial traffic…

18 January 2007 Business groups want Doha revival This article is extracted from the 17 January 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Major business groups from countries representing 60 percent of world trade called for the swift completion of the stalled Doha Round negotiations in the World…

17 January 2007 CN Winnipeg Gate Cutoff Time Change As of January 22, 2007, Winnipeg gate cutoffs for the following western destinations will be changed to 18:00. Destinations: Calgary Intermodal Terminal CALINTTER Edmonton Intermodal EDMINTTER Roberts Bank ROBBANK Saskatoon Intermodal SASINTTER…

17 January 2007 Determination of the Safety of BASF's Imidazolinone-Tolerant CLEARFIELD™ Durum Wheat Event DW1 The following notice is from the CFIA. … The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), specifically the Biotechnology Environmental Release Assessment Unit (BERA) of the Science Strategies…

17 January 2007 Message from CBSA re: Test Environment Outage CCS/CADEX The following message is from the CBSA Electronic Commerce Unit. The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients who transmit data to our CCS/CADEX TEST environment. In order to complete a systems migration, the…

15 January 2007 Information from Border Commercial Consultative Committee Meeting, October 2006 Presentations from the BCCC meeting held in October, 2006 are available on the CSCB web site, as follow: AMPS Review http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/ampsreviewstatusbcccoct06.ppt AMPS Subcommittee http://www…

15 December 2007 CBSA message re: EDI Advice Note to Consignee Given the move to electronic cargo reporting by the carrier to the CBSA, some participating EDI carriers now provide an electronic version of the advice note to the consignee (importer/broker) via email, etc. Therefore the carrier is not…

15 January 2007 Canada invests over $430M for smart, secure borders This news release was issued by the CBSA on 12 January 2007. The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, today announced an investment of $431.6M over five years to reinforce smart, secure borders. This funding will…

15 January 2007 Canadian trade volumes bounce back in November This article is excerpted from the 12 January 2007 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. Canada's exports rose 2.8% in November, halting two consecutive declines, with increases in all sectors but agriculture and forestry…

15 January 2007 New CBP Cargo Release Program to Facilitate Trade This news release was issued by US Customs and Border Protection on 12 January 2007. U.S. Customs and Border Protection this week implemented the National Agriculture Release Program (NARP), a system that identifies high-volume…

12 January 2007 An Overview of Anaplasmosis and Assessing the Risks for Canada -- Reviewing the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s import policy for anaplasmosis for ruminant animals imported from the United States The following is excerpted from a consultation paper produced by the CFIA; the paper…

12 January 2007 D19-4-1 INTERIM Export of Controlled Cultural Property (Cultural Property Export and Import Act) This interim Memorandum contains updated information made ONLY to paragraphs 19 and 20 of Memorandum D19-4-1, Export of Controlled Cultural Property (Cultural Property Export and Import…

12 January 2007 Textile and Clothing Commodity Codes NAFTA Export TPL - Cotton or man-made fibre apparel made from fabric produced or obtained from a non-NAFTA country Discrepancies between Canadian export and U.S. import statistics have been identified for cotton or man-made fibre apparel made from…

12 January 2007 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 02 was published. Frozen farmed reindeer carcasses are now accepted from Greenland. This resulted in version changes for a number of requirements for the HS Codes listed below - for various countries other than the United States. Please check the…

12 January 2007 Ottawa aims to speed cargo crossings The following article is excerpted from the 12 January 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The Harper government will unveil measures to speed up the movement of cargo between the United States and Canada today -- using "e-manifests" -- as part of…