Trade News

11 January 2007 CFIA Systems Problems on 10 January CFIA reported last evening that their systems were down and EDI and AIRS were unavailable. Access was restored early this morning, and CFIA is looking to see if there was any data loss experienced. We will inform members as soon as further details…

11 January 2007 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 07 was published. Change in release recommendation for the United States. 07.05.11.3027.01 - Iceberg lettuce - with spinach 07.05.19.3028.01 - Other lettuce - with spinach 07.09.70 - Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach)

11 January 2007 Softwood Lumber Exports to the United States: List of Allocation Holders Notice to Exporters Serial No. 149 1.0 Background The Canada-U.S. Softwood Lumber Agreement 2006 (the Agreement) provides for the making of export allocations to exporters of certain softwood lumber products to…

11 January 2007 Data Loss at CFIA on 10 January 2007 The following message is from the National Import Operations Division at the CFIA. Due to the problems that CFIA encountered yesterday with our interface anything that was sent after 12:30pm Jan 10, 2007 may have been lost. If you have not…

11 January 2007 Message from CBSA re CFIA Connectivity Members experiencing any problems when resending CFIA transactions are advised by CBSA to contact the EDI Hotline at 1-888-957-7224.

11 January 2007 Scheduled Maintenance Outage for 14 January 2007 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 5:00 am until 8:00 am (ET) on Sunday…

11 January 2007 Amended Chapters – Tariff Amendment T2007-1 The following message is from the CBSA. The amended chapters related to Tariff amendment T2007-1 are available on the CSCB web site, at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/t2007-1winzippedfiles.zip (English) http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/t2007…

11 January 2007 Penalty Waivers regarding 2007 Tariff Conversion This message is from the Manager of Entry, Accounting and Adjustment Policy at the CBSA. The blanket automated waiver mentioned in the January 8 broadcast message [http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m50/rs_prev_e.cfm?ID=14089] waives all late…

11 January 2007 United States releases new tariff codes This article is extracted from the 10 January 2007 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Customs and Border Protection has published the 2007 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). The codes, incorporating the extensive World…

10 January 2007 CPR Intermodal Customer Bulletin: Regina Terminal Changes in Hours of Operation Please be advised that CPR’s hours of operation at the Regina Intermodal Facility will change effective Monday, January 22, 2007. The Regina terminal gate hours of operation will be increased as follows…

10 January 2007 CN Genset Service Schedule Changes CN ismodifying its Genset service schedule as follows: • Brampton Intermodal to Monwharf Genset service will now be scheduled for Sundays • Vancouver Intermodal to Monwharf will now be scheduled for Tuesdays. This change is reflected on the new…

10 January 2007 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 05 was published to add a new OGD extension. 05.11.99.1299.05 Cell lines - Rodents

10 January 2007 Minutes of December 2006 GTA Commercial District Meeting Minutes from the 7 December 2006 GTA Commercial District meeting are now available to members on the CSCB Toronto Region web page, at: http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m02/docs/rgto_meeting_20061207.pdf

10 January 2007 Minister Emerson to visit China The following is excerpted from a news release from DFAIT issued on 10 January. The Honourable David Emerson, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics will lead two business delegations to…

10 January 2007 Canada Welcomes European Commission’s Interest in Air Agreement Negotiations The following is excerpted from a news release issued by Transport Canada on 9 January, and found in its entirety at http://www.tc.gc.ca/mediaroom/releases/nat/2007/07-h002e.htm The Honourable Lawrence…

9 January 2007 Update on 2007 HS Tariff Issues The following information has been provided by CBSA; members are asked to contact the CSCB national office with comments or queries about any of the issues mentioned below. CBSA is are working to ensure that final tariff changes have all been made and…

8 January 2007 B236 Request(s) for a Marking Re-determination of Goods Imported from a NAFTA Country This form has been updated to reflect changes to the name of the CBSA, and is available on the CBSA web site at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/b236/README.html