Trade News

19 December 2006 CN662 Highway Sufferance Warehouse Closure (Peterborough) Effective 15 January 2007, Intermediate Terminals Warehousing Inc., located in Peterborough, ON, will surrender its highway sufferance warehouse licence. The CBSA has decided not to advertise for a new highway sufferance…

19 December 2006 Canada Takes Economic Action against Belarus The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, and the Honourable David Emerson, Minister of International Trade, announced on 18 December that Canada is taking new…

19 December 2006 Updated List of Regulated CFIA HS Codes The updated CFIA Regulated HS Codes List is available on the CSCB web site, at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/cfiahscodesdec06.pdf

19 December 2006 EICS Christmas Hours of Operation The EICS will close at 20:00 EST (8pm) on Saturday December 23rd and will resume at 04:00 EST Monday December 25th, as per normal. On Monday January 1st, 2007, the EICS will NOT be available. Monday and Tuesday, December 25-26, 2006, and Monday…

19 December 2006 EC adopts customs code security amendment This article is excerpted from the 19 December 2006 edition of “American Shipper”. The European Commission on Monday adopted a regulation that ensures the on-time implementation of the so called “security amendments” to the Community Customs…

18 December 2006 RC4209 NEXUS: Information and Application Form The NEXUS program trusted traveler-crossing privileges have been expanded to all land, marine and air points of entry where NEXUS locations are currently in place; as well, NEXUS will provide processing locations at additional Canadian…

18 December 2006 Proposed Amendments for Bovine Imports from the US The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is proposing regulatory amendments to create a more responsive, adaptable and uniform import system for bovine animals and products from the United States. Under proposed amendments to the…

18 December 2006 Update from Canadian Pacific - Pacific Storm Challenges Transportation Network A Pacific storm front passed through Vancouver, the BC Interior and the U.S. Pacific Northwest early this morning bringing heavy snow, rain and high winds to the area. As a result, electrical power…

18 December 2006 Message from CBSA re: Holiday Schedule The following message is from the CBSA Electronic Commerce Unit. The Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA will be closed on Monday, December 25th and Tuesday, December 26th. December 25th and 26th will not be counted in the calculation of…

18 December 2006 TUI to sell Montreal terminals This article is excerpted from the 15 December 2006 edition of “American Shipper”. The executive board of Germany’s embattled TUI AG, parent company of Hapag-Lloyd, said today that it will sell the Montreal Gateway Terminals in Canada, some real estate…

18 December 2006 US targets mid-February implementation of 2007 tariff changes This article is excerpted from the 18 December 2006 edition of “American Shipper”. U.S. importers may have lost a couple of extra weeks to comply with massive changes to the tariff code that governs international trade…

15 December 2006 Connectivity Unavailable Sunday, 17 December 2006 As per published maintenance schedule ( http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/trade/eicb/EICS/hours-en.asp), connectivity to EICS will be interrupted between 06:00 and18:00 EST on Sunday, 17 December 2006, due to a power shutdown.

15 December 2006 Imported Honey bearing a Label in Russian only may contain Chloramphenicol The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning people not to consume the honey products described below because they may be contaminated with chloramphenicol. The affected products bear a label in…

15 December 2006 Connectivity Resumes EICB reports that connectivity to EICS has resumed.

15 December 2006 CN Service Notice regarding Severe Weather Conditions in BC … The Vancouver area and southern British Columbia are suffering from severe winter weather, most notably high winds, snowfall and freezing rain, as well as road closures. Furthermore, a significant power outage reported by…

15 December 2006 Steel, auto makers cheer as U.S. regulator revokes tariffs The following article is extracted from the 15 December 2006 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Canadian steel makers received a boost yesterday after a U.S. trade regulator knocked down tariffs and duties that have impeded…

15 December 2006 Storm closes Vancouver's Deltaport container terminal The following article is excerpted from the 15 December 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Freight shipments to and from the Port of Vancouver, … are expected to be delayed for several days after a vicious storm raked the…

15 December 2006 Remarks by W. Ralph Basham at the 2006 Trade Symposium Commissioner Basham’s remarks in their entirety are available on the CBP web site, at: http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/commissioner/speeches_statements/12… . … Advance Information—10+2 … [T]he SAFE Port…

15 December 2006 Democrats to call for scanning of all containers This article is excerpted from the 15 December 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. House Democrats intend to file legislation calling for scanning of all U.S.-bound containers, Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday…. "We…

15 December 2006 CBP Proposal for Advance Trade Data Elements At the Trade Symposium held in Washington, DC yesterday and today, US Customs and Border Protection revealed that extensive internal review and analysis of its targeting and inspection processes has led to new recommendations on the data…