Trade News

7 July 2006 CPR TRIEX Implementation The following message is from CPR’s General Manager, International. Recently, you were advised of CPR's implementation of TRIEX at our Regina facility in Saskatchewan. [This notice is available in the CSCB Reference System, at http://www.cscb.ca/050/rs_prev_e.cfm…

7 July 2006 Revised Fresh Produce Destination Inspection Service (DIS) The following news release was issued by the CFIA on 6 July 2006, and is found on their web site at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/newcom/2006/20060706e.shtml The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is modernizing its…

7 July 2006 Scheduled Maintenance Outage This Weekend (Time Change) The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients. Please note that there is a partial outage planned this weekend. The CADEX and CUSDEC systems will be unavailable from 5:00 am to 5:30 am, Saturday July 8th, and from 8…

7 July 2006 GST Rate Rejects The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at CBSA headquarters. Please note that there is a problem with certain B3's being rejected in CADEX/CUSDEC for "GST Code/Rate Not On File". This problem occurs when transactions released prior to July 1st, 2006…

7 July 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 15 and chapter 28 were published to change the recommandations for USA. / Les chapitres 15 et 28 ont été publiés pour changer la recommandation pour les États-Unis 15.02.00. Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats / Graisses des animaux des espèces…

7 July 2006 Trade truce faces trouble, industry warns The following article is excerpted from the 7 July 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. A pivotal player in Canada's softwood sector is warning that most of the industry remains opposed to the July 1 trade truce and it is up to the U.S. timber…

7 July 2006 Consistency is key to Internet stability, integrity and security The following article is excerpted from a news release issued by the International Chamber of Commerce on 7 July 2006. The International Chamber of Commerce today warned that designs by China and other countries to create…

7 July 2006 Certificates of Origin The following article is excerpted from Frank Reynold’s 6 July 2006 column “Export ABCs”, in “The Journal of Commerce”. Certificates of origin … attest to where a product was made, either to determine the rate of duty or prove that it did not originate from a…

6 July 2006 Wednesday's Outage, 5 July 2006 The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA): The problem that resulted in Wednesday's outage of the CADEX and CUSDEC B3 systems has been resolved. All EDI systems are now functioning normally…

6 July 2006 Minutes of BC Regional AGM Now Available Minutes of the annual general meeting in BC Region are now available on the CSCB web site, at: http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m02/docs/rgbc_min_20060622_e.pdf http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m02/docs/rgbc_min_20060622_e.pdf

6 July 2006 Scheduled Maintenance Outage, 8 and 9 July 2006 The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients. Please note that there is a partial outage planned this weekend. The CADEX and CUSDEC systems will be unavailable from 5:00 am to 5:30 am, Saturday July 8th, and from 7:00 am to…

6 July 2006 Hearing Schedule and Decisions Pending The latest schedule for hearing CITT appeals is now available on their web site, at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/hearings/060706_e.asp The list of pending decisions is also available, at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/pending/index_e.asp…

5 July 2006 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - Latest Information (as of July 4, 2006 - 17:30 EST) The following news release was issued by the CFIA on the evening of 4 July, and is available on their web site at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/bseesb/situat……

5 July 2006 Proposed Changes to the Plant Protection Act to Remove Importers’ Obligation to Provide Original Hard Copy of Phytosanitary Certificate Regulations Amending the Plant Protection Regulations The following are proposed amendments from the CFIA to remove importers’ obligation to provide…

5 July 2006 CPR International Tariff Rule Changes The following message is from CPR’s General Manager, International. In an effort to continually improve and simplify operations at our Intermodal terminals, we have made some changes to CPR Rules Circular 7800 which are outlined below. Effective…

5 July 2006 Franklin Mint Inc., Appeal No. AP-2004-061 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on December 13, 2005, under section 67 of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF decisions of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency dated December 24 and 29, 2004, with…

5 July 2006 Problems with CCS B3 Function The CBSA has just informed the CSCB of ongoing problems experienced today with the B3 portion of the CCS. Only the accounting portion of the system was affected by a technical issue that occurred last night; the release notification portion of the system…

5 July 2006 Softwood deal under attack The following article is excerpted from the 5 July 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Mounting industry opposition is threatening to unravel the minority Conservative government's July 1 softwood truce with the United States as Stephen Harper prepares to visit…

5 July 2006 The crisis in trade The following article is extracted from the 5 July 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The latest effort to get world trade talks back on track went nowhere during three days of crucial negotiations in Geneva last week, making it increasingly doubtful that the current…

4 July 2006 Form E530 The CBSA has informed us that form E530, published on their web site on 22 June and noted to members on that date, is an internal CBSA form only, used for administrative acquittals of the Cargo Control Document. It will be removed from the CBSA web site.