Trade News

6 June 2006 EICS Web Connectivity Interruption The EICB is experiencing disruptions with connectivity to the EICS. We are unable to advise further at the moment, but investigations are underway. We will advise as soon as the technical issues have been resolved.

6 June 2006 Tenaska Marketing Canada and The Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Docket T-361-05 and T-362-05 This is an application for judicial review of a decision of the Canada Border Services Agency (the CBSA) in two detailed adjustment statements (DASs). The DASs assessed the…

6 June 2006 U.S. tightens border after arrests The following article is excerpted from the 6 June 2006 edition of the “Toronto Star”. The government is confident the arrests of terrorist suspects will not impair the efforts to get the United States to postpone the application of its law requiring a…

6 June 2006 The 'hour of truth' nears for farm tariff agreement The following article is extracted from the 6 June 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Talks aimed at slashing agricultural tariffs and opening markets are moving so slowly that the "window of opportunity" for an agreement risks being…

5 June 2006 CPR Customer Bulletin: Wood Packing Material Regulation - Phase III Implementation The following message is from Canadian Pacific Railway. As a reminder, Canada, U.S.A., and Mexico will begin enforcing Phase III of the Wood Packing Material (WPM)regulation effective July 05, 2006. Phase…

5 June 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapters 40, 82, 84 and 87 were published. Change in release recommendation for Alaska, Connecticut, D.C., Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wyoming and version changes to existing requirements for all other countries and…

5 June 2006 Canadian Border Proves Difficult to Secure The following article is extracted from the 5 June 2006 edition of “The New York Times”. Tighter border controls between the United States and Canada are likely to be less useful than better domestic intelligence and information-sharing in…

2 June 2006 SIMA Index for June, 2006 The SIMA index for June is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima/monthly-e.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima/monthly-e.html

2 June 2006 Changes to CN Billing Process at Mississauga Intermodal Service Centre The following notice is from CN’s Intermodal Team. Attention Steamship Lines using the services of CN's Mississauga Intermodal Service Centre (MISC) Please note that effective 24 May 2006 CN will no longer directly…

2 June 2006 Third Quarter 2006 Interest Rates The CBSA has announced the annual interest rate for the third quarter of 2006 (1 July to 30 September inclusive) will be 3.9350. The monthly interest rate for the same period will be 0.3 per cent.

2 June 2006 Temporary Closure of Western Import Service Centre, 7 June 2006 Please note that the CFIA - Western Import Service Centre (WISC) will close at 09:30 pm (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 due to a scheduled shut-down of the electrical system. The WISC will be re-open on Thursday…

2 June 2006 Contraventions C019 and C020 As members are aware, AMPS contraventions C019 and C020 were phased out of the AMPS Master Penalty Document in 2004, as a result of the uncertainty regarding the policy surrounding these contraventions. As early as 2002 the CSCB had written to the CBSA (then…

2 June 2006 Cross-Linked Polyethylene Tubing, Inquiry No. NQ-2006-001 NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF INQUIRY Notice was received by the Secretary of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) on June 1, 2006, from the Acting Director General of the Trade Programs Directorate at the Canada…

2 June 2006 Regulations Amending the Denatured and Specially Denatured Alcohol Regulations The Canada Revenue Agency has produced an Excise Duty Notice regarding Amending Regulations that change the descriptions of gasoline, diesel fuel and petroleum derivative contained in the Table appended to the…

2 June 2006 Is Your Business Ready For the New GST Rate? The following is excerpted from a notice from Ernst & Young. As announced on May 2, 2006, in federal Minister of Finance Flaherty’s first budget, the goods and services tax (GST) rate will drop from 7% to 6% effective July 1, 2006. As the GST…

1 June 2006 BC Regional Meeting -- Now’s Your Chance to Register! The CSCB British Columbia Region looks forward to welcoming you to their annual meeting and conference at the Qualicum Heritage Inn, Qualicum between 22 and 25 June. Please send your registration forms and payment to Sonia Thandi as…

1 June 2006 DCHECK May 06 D Series Table of Contents and Checklist The checklist of D memoranda has been updated, and is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/dcheck_may_06/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/dcheck_may_06/README.html

1 June 2006 CH-CHECK-MAY 06 Customs Notices – Checklist (May 2006) The list of Customs Notices issued in May, 2006 is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/cn-check-may_06/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/cn-check-may_06/README.html

1 June 2006 Preliminary Determination of Dumping re Single or Multi-layer Cross-Linked Polyethylene Tubing On 1 June 2006, the CBSA made a preliminary determination of dumping respecting single or multilayer cross-linked polyethylene tubing in nominal tubing sizes up to an including 1 inch or the…