Trade News

18 January 2006 Export ABCs: Forwarders The following article is excerpted from Frank Reynolds’ column published in the 18 January 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. I recently received a frantic phone call from an exporter who was trying to handle export reporting with a buyer-appointed…

18 January 2006 U.S. lumber lobby sues Bush over trade panels The following article is excerpted from the 18 January 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The U.S. President and Congress violated the constitution when they "outsourced" control of U.S. laws to NAFTA dispute-settlement panels, according…

18 January 2006 Brookings report says freight transport at breaking point The following article is extracted from the 18 January 2006 edition of “American Shipper”. The system that moves freight into and around the United States is reaching a breaking point that is likely to cost consumers money and…

18 January 2006 European Parliament rejects port liberalization The following article is excerpted from the 18 January 2006 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. The European Parliament has rejected a proposal to open port services to greater competition, following several days of…

17 January 2006 LVS for December 2005 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CBSA. All LVS Releases for the period of December 1, 2005 to December 31st, 2005 should be consolidated and must be transmitted to CBSA by January 24, 2006. The only change we request of the…

16 January 2006 D15-2-49 Carbon Steel Screws Originating in or Exported from the PRC and Chinese Taipei and Stainless Steel Screws Originating in or Exported from Chinese Taipei This Memorandum refers to the application of anti-dumping duty to importations of carbon steel screws originating in or…

16 January 2006 Change regarding Mandatory Nature of Canadian Port of Entry/Exit Field A recent change was implemented in the EICS that required the Canadian port of entry/exit to be a mandatory field for export permit applications. The change inadvertently affected permit applications for softwood…

16 January 2006 L62A Customs Brokers Licence Renewal Fee Invoice The Customs Brokers Licence Renewal Fee Invoice, L62A, has been delayed in production by Broker Licensing. It is planned to send these invoices before the end of January, with payment expected by mid-March. Usually the invoices are…

13 January 2006 U.S.-Canada timber fight in court The following article is extracted from the “Toronto Star” edition of 13 January 2006. Smarting over a major NAFTA loss to Canada in the multibillion-dollar softwood trade dispute, the America lumber industry says it will challenge the continental…

13 January 2006 The CFIA has provided information on revisions to the following Directives: Revision to Directive D-03-02, Canadian Heat Treated Wood Products Certification Program CFIA Directive D-03-02, "Canadian Heat Treated Wood Products Certification Program (CHTWPCP)", has been revised and is…

13 January 2006 Minutes of GTA-Commercial District CBSA/CSCB Meeting, November 2005 The minutes of the GTA-Commercial District CBSA/CSCB meeting held on 17 November 2005 are available to members only on the Toronto Region page of the CSCB web site, at: http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m02/docs/rgto_min…

12 January 2006 Exports of Wood Products to Korea, Taiwan, China, India and Mexico (Removal from CFIA Web Site) CFIA has advised that Update 11 will be removed from their web site, as the information contained in this update could not be maintained on a regular basis. The initial purpose of the…

12 January 2006 Scheduled Maintenance on 14 and 15 January 2006 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA. EDI Mailbox outage: Please be advised that, due to scheduled maintenance, the mailboxes between ACROSS and CCS/CADEX will be down on Saturday, January 14th, 2006…

12 January 2006 Canadian accounting rules to be replaced The following article is excerpted from the 11 January 2006 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The accounting rules known as Canadian GAAP are destined to disappear, Canada's accounting standards setters announced…. The Accounting Standards Board…

12 January 2006 Renewal expected for export controls bill The following article is extracted from the 11 January 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The White House is giving its support to legislation that will renew the Export Administration Act for two years, a Commerce Department official…

12 January 2006 China triples trade surplus The following article is excerpted from the 11 January 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. China … announced that its global trade surplus tripled to a record $102 billion in 2005. Exports reached a record $762 billion, up 28 percent, while imports…