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20 April 2006 Canadian Chamber Economic Update: Canada -- Inflation Report The following note is extracted from an economic update by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. … Given capacity constraints, a tight job market and wage pressures, the Bank of Canada will remain vigilant. The next Fixed…

19 April 2006 AIRS System Problems The following message is from the CFIA. It has come to our attention that the AIRS website went down overnight and is still down. Please note that our IT staff are working on this, however we do not have any indication of how long it will take to address the…

19 April 2006 Unprocessed Grain Corn, Inquiry No. NQ-2005-001 IN THE MATTER OF an inquiry, under section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: THE DUMPING AND SUBSIDIZING OF UNPROCESSED GRAIN CORN ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FINDING The Canadian…

19 April 2006 Business Numbers Reinstated on 18 April 2006 The Electronic Commerce Unit contacted the CSCB this morning to report that the program to reinstate mistakenly deleted Business Numbers ran successfully overnight. Members with questions are asked to contact the CSCB national office, at…

19 April 2006 AIRS System Problems RESOLVED The following notice is from the CFIA. This is to inform you that the AIRS website is now up and functioning. Please resort back to normal AIRS procedures.

19 April 2006 Partial Outage, 22 and 23 April 2006 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at CBSA. 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 April…

19 April 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site 1) Chapter 05 was published to change the requirement ID for the following commodity/ Le chapitre 05 a été publié pour changer l'exigence du produit suivant : 05.11.99.1567.05 Pet chews - Cow hooves / Os à mâcher - Sabots de vache 2) to streamline…

19 April 2006 Follow-up to Common Brokers' Issues On April 4 the CSCB sent a message that noted some common broker issues with respect to CFIA regulations and policies. This message can be viewed in our reference system at the following URL: http://www.cscb.ca/050/rs_prev_e.cfm?ID=12485 Several…

19 April 2006 Port faces more trucker anger The following article is excerpted from the 19 April 2006 edition of the “Vancouver Sun”. A federal cabinet order that ended last summer's crippling port truckers dispute is about to expire, threatening to further destabilize an already troubled transport…

19 April 2006 Fuel prices will push Canada trucking costs higher The following article is extracted from the 19 April 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The Canadian Trucking Alliance, representing more than 4,000 motor carriers, on Wednesday warned shippers to expect increased trucking…

18 April 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 35 was published. / Le chapitre 35 a été publié. a) change in release recommendation for countries other than the negligible BSE risk countries / modification à la recommandation de mainlevée pour les pays autres que ceux à risque négligeable de ESB…

18 April 2006 Final Testing Confirms BSE Case in BC The following is extracted from the news release issued on 16 April by the CFIA. The release in its entirety is available on their web site, at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/newcom/2006/20060416e.shtml. Testing at the National Centre…

18 April 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 06 was published. Additional declaration for B.C. - California only. / Le chapitre 06 a été publié. Déclaration additionnelle pour la C.-B. - Californie seulement. 06.02.90.0024.04 - Pepper - vegetable transplants/Piment - plants de légume à…

18 April 2006 2006 CSCB Ontario Region Annual Conference The CSCB Ontario Region 2006 conference and annual general meeting is scheduled to take place on June 15 & 16 at the Holiday Inn Select in Windsor. The conference program, registration forms and hotel reservation information are available on…

18 April 2006 Release Requests for February and March, 2006 The CBSA has provided the CSCB with corrected release statistics for the month of Feburary, 2006 at http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/feb06revisedstatsfromcbsa.xls In addition, the statistics for March, 2006 are found at http://www.cscb.ca…

18 April 2006 Business Numbers Lost over Easter Weekend Due to a programming error in the Customs Commercial System on 15 April, thousands of active Business Numbers were deleted from the CBSA’s system. Divisions within CBSA are looking at the best way to deal with the problem, and may be able to…

18 April 2006 Blanket claims for refunds On 14 December 2005, the CSCB sent a message to members concerning tariff item changes for textiles and apparel. This message is found at: http://www.cscb.ca/050/rs_prev_e.cfm?ID=11875 We had asked the CBSA for additional information and acceptance of blanket…

18 April 2006 Business Numbers to be Reinstated The CBSA plans to run a program overnight that is expected to reinstate the more than 4,000 Business Numbers deleted from their system in error on 15 April. Members are asked to contact the CSCB national office tomorrow if you find the problem has not…

18 April 2006 Ottawa to address new travel-security law in meeting with U.S. The following article is excerpted from the 18 April 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Creating new, secure travel identification will be the focus of a meeting between Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day and his…

18 April 2006 For security-minded companies, C-TPAT is just the start The following article is excerpted from the 13 April 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Thomas Falanga, a representative of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program, warned that joining C-TPAT is only the…