Trade News

21 August 2006 Deadline on softwood deal today This article is excerpted from the 21 August 2006 edition of “National Post”. The Conservative government faces its self-imposed deadline today for pushing ahead with the controversial softwood lumber agreement. David Emerson, the Trade Minister, has…

21 August 2006 U.S., Canada Partner with Trade Community to Coordinate Emergency Response This news release was issued by US customs and Border Protection on 18 August 2006, at http://www.customs.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/08182006.xml. U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced this week…

18 August 2006 Asia Pacific Enterprises Corporation, Appeal No. AP-2000-014 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on June 8, 2006, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the Commissioner of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency dated…

18 August 2006 Milarm Co. Ltd., Appeal No. AP-2001-075 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on June 6, 2006, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the Commissioner of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency dated September 27, 2001…

18 August 2006 Bill Rampton, Appeal No. AP-2002-003 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on June 7, 2006, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the Commissioner of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency dated February 21, 2002, with…

18 August 2006 Robert Koy, Appeal No. AP-2002-014 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on June 6, 2006, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the Commissioner of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency dated April 26, 2002, with respect…

18 August 2006 Milarm Co. Ltd., Appeal No. AP-2002-114 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on June 5, 2006, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the Commissioner of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency dated December 13, 2002, with…

18 August 2006 Stanley T. Wong, Appeal No. AP-2002-102 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on June 8, 2006, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the Commissioner of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency dated October 4, 2002, with…

18 August 2006 Jencon Bits of Pieces, Appeal No. AP-2003-009 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on June 5, 2006, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the Commissioner of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency dated February 14, 2003…

18 August 2006 Tom Pak, Appeal No. AP-2003-018 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on June 7, 2006, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the Commissioner of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency dated April 4, 2003, with respect to…

18 August 2006 Digital Canoe Inc., Appeal No. AP-2003-044 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on June 5, 2006, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the Commissioner of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency dated November 13, 2003…

18 August 2006 Kenneth Lee, Appeal No. AP-2003-054 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on June 5, 2006, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency dated March 5, 2004, with respect to a…

18 August 2006 Digital Canoe Inc., Appeal No. AP-2004-047 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on June 5, 2006, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency dated September 28, 2004, with…

18 August 2006 Ontario following B.C. over deal for softwood The following article is extracted from the 17 August 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. After talking with forest industry executives in the province, Ontario Natural Resources Minister David Ramsay said he is optimistic that most…

18 August 2006 Travel Industry Seeks Delay on New Passport Rules at U.S. Borders The following article is excerpted from the 17 August 2006 edition of “The New York Times”. The [US’s] largest travel industry association urged the Bush administration … to delay until June 2009 putting into effect a…

18 August 2006 CBP prepares wish list of advance cargo data elements This article is excerpted from the 18 August 2006 edition of “American Shipper”. A top U.S. Customs and Border Protection official recently suggested that the agency is getting close to making a decision on advance ocean cargo data…

17 August 2006 CN650 Highway Sufferance Warehouse Closure (Toronto) CN650 advises that effective 30 November 2006, Toronto Sufferance Truck Terminal (Kennedy) Inc. will surrender its highway sufferance warehouse licence and close its warehouse. This facility is under the jurisdiction of port 499 and…

17 August 2006 Canada will continue to work with the US to minimize restrictions on Quebec agricultural products The following is extracted from a news release issued by the CFIA on 16 August 2006, and is found on their web site at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/newcom/2006/20060816e…

17 August 2006 Tentative softwood deal gets boost from B.C. This article is excerpted from the 17 August 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell gave the federal government's draft softwood agreement an unexpected boost yesterday, declaring his support for the…