Trade News

24 November 2006 B246 – Certificate of Origin – Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement This form is available electronically only at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/b246/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/b246/README.html

24 November 2006 Revision to Directive D-94-22, "Plant Protection Requirements on Pine Plants and Pine Materials to Prevent the Entry and Spread of Pine Shoot Beetle" Appendix 1, "List of pine shoot beetle infested areas in Canada and the United States", of Directive D-94-22, "Plant Protection…

24 November 2006 Information regarding remittal of your monthly K84 payments from issuing office 398 - Intermediate Terminals Warehousing Inc. The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients. Please note that for November 2006, your monthly K84 payments from issuing office 398…

24 November 2006 EICS Message to Brokers The following message is from the EICB. This message is to indicate a change in the hours of EICS EDI processing. After nightly backups, EICS availability resumes at 04:00 EST. To facilitate daily database administration, any EDI submissions pending on the…

23 November 2006 Canada Applauds WTO Ruling on Genetically Modified Organism Imports This is excerpted from a news release issued by DFAIT on 22 November 2006, and found at http://w01.international.gc.ca/MinPub/Publication.aspx?isRedirect=True&…. The…

23 November 2006 Port of Montreal Tariff Increase from CPR Effective January 1, 2007 Based on the recent notice from the Board of Directors of the Montreal Port Authority, all Port railway tariffs will be increased by three per cent, effective January 1, 2007. Please be advised that effective…

23 November 2006 Disposible Adult Incontinence Briefs, Preliminary Injury Inquiry No. PI-2006-003 NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PRELIMINARY INJURY INQUIRY Notice was received by the Secretary of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) on November 22, 2006, from the Acting Director…

23 November 2006 Fritz Marketing Inc. v. President of CBSA, Appeal No. AP-2005-029 IN THE MATTER OF an application made by Fritz Marketing Inc., under section 67.1 of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1, for an order extending the time to file notices of appeal under subsection 67(1) of…

23 November 2006 Tories to unveil new promises This article is excerpted from the 23 November 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will use the fall fiscal update today to make a fresh set of Conservative political promises when he unveils a blue book of roughly 90 pages…

22 November 2006 Message from CBSA re: Partial Outage The following message is from the CSCB Electronic Commerce Unit. Please note that there is a partial outage planned this weekend for the migration of a systems release. The CADEX and CUSDEC systems will be unavailable from 9:00 pm, Saturday…

22 November 2006 B234 North American Free Trade Agreement – Motor Vehicle Averaging Election The purpose of the Motor Vehicle Averaging Election is to provide the form to be used by a producer of light-duty or heavy-duty vehicles I filing an election to average in accordance with section 11 of the…

22 November 2006 CN659 Air Charter Permits issued by Canadian Transport Agency The Canadian Transport Agency (CTA) has announced it no longer requires air charter carriers to carry their issued charter licenses on board the aircraft. It has been determined that border services officers are no longer…

22 November 2006 D13-2-5 Customs Valuation: Effects of the Goods and Services Tax This Memorandum has been updated to reflect the changes in the rate of goods and services tax. It does not contain any policy or procedural changes. This Memorandum also includes new references to sources of CBSA…

22 November 2006 D10-14-7 Tariff Classification of East India Tanned Kip Leather (Tariff Item No. 4104.11.21) This memorandum is an updated version of Memorandum D10-14-7 and reflects the revised numbering of the Customs Tariff. Thre is no change in policy regarding this product. http://www.cbsa…

22 November 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 44 was published. i) Change in release recommendation for treated wood cases and pallets and, ii) China and Hong Kong were inserted into the requirements for treated and untreated wood cases and pallets for countries other than the continental…

22 November 2006 Softwood Lumber Exports to the United States: Applications for an Export Allocation Serial No. 146 1.0 Background 1.1 On October 12, 2006, the Canada-United States Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) entered into force. Under the Agreement, shipments of softwood lumber from Canada to…

22 November 2006 SIMA Instigation of Investigation into Certain Adult Incontinence Briefs originating in or exported from France The CBSA has initiated an investigation under the SIMA into the alleged injurious dumping of certain adult incontinence briefs originating in or exported from France. The…

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21 November 2006 Hearing Schedule and Decisions Pending The most recent appeals hearing schedule and list of pending decisions are available on the CITT web site, at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/hearings/061120_e.asp http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/pending/index_e.asp

21 November 2006 US Thanksgiving Hours – Update from CN Please note: Chicago and Detroit hours have been updated. Thanksgiving - Thursday, November 23rd Friday, November 24th All Canadian Terminals – Normal Operations US Terminal Gates: DETROIT Thursday - Closed - Friday - Closed - CHICAGO Thursday…