Trade News

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…

14 December 2006 Message from CBSA - Office 398 The CBSA is pleased to announce that as of Monday, December 18 th, 2006 all CBSA services offered at office 398 for Intermediate Terminals Warehousing Inc will resume at its regular office location at 10765 Côte de Liesse Road, suite 217, Dorval…

14 December 2006 Revision to Final Food Organics List HS for 2007 from Agriculture Canada Agriculture Canada has added Section 4, Chapter 22 to the list of agricultural products required to be identified as “Certified Organic” or “Not Certified Organic” sent to members yesterday. The revised list is…

14 December 2006 Customs to phase in new import data requirements The following article is extracted from the 14 December 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. [US] Customs and Border Protection intends to implement rules requiring importers to provide additional data to identify high-risk…

13 December 2006 EICS Interruptions Today The following message is from the EICB. We are experiencing disruptions with EICS. The issue rests with PKI security and we are working on it.

13 December 2006 Planned Outage, December 15-17, 2006 The following message is from the National Import Operations Division of the CFIA. During the weekend of December 15-17, 2006, the Office of the Chief Information Officer will be upgrading the Oracle software on CFIA's primary production database…

13 December 2006 BSF5034 Checklist for Importing Commercial Goods This checklist is a tool to help people with the commercial importing process and is intended to complement, not replace, existing regulations, acts and references. It is available on the CBSA web site at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E…

13 December 2006 Final Food Organics List HS for 2007 from Agriculture Canada The following note is from Doug Peters, Market Development Advisor in Horticulture-Food Value Chain Bureau of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. On behalf of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, I am pleased to…

13 December 2006 Economic Update from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Canadian industries continue to cut back their use of production capacity. In the third quarter of 2006, industries overall operated at 84.2% of their capacity marking the third consecutive quarterly decline…. Overall, capacity…

13 December 2006 Container truckers race against Vancouver port license deadline The following article is excerpted from the 13 December 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. More than 390 container trucking companies serving the … ports of Vancouver and Fraser River are racing to apply for new…