Trade News

4 January 2006 Errors in CCS The CSCB has confirmed with the Electronic Commerce Unit that the errors in tariff codes in ACROSS have been resolved. Please check the message on the EDI hotline, at 1-888-957-7224, for updates; if your transaction was rejected in ACROSS previously, please retransmit it…

4 January 2006 HS Codes in ACROSS The following message is from the CBSA’s Electronic Commerce Unit. The CSCB requested that the ECU provide information on the errors in new 2006 HS codes in ACROSS over the past few days. This is to inform you that we experienced systems problems in ACROSS…

4 January 2006 Scheduled Maintenance Outage, 7 January 2006 For maintenances proposes, the following CFIA services will be UNAVAILABLE from 7:00 am (ET) to 11:00 pm (ET) on Saturday January 7, 2006. - Incoming and outgoing e-mail - CFIA's internet Web site (this includes the Automated Import…

4 January 2006 Innovak DIY Products Inc., Appeal No. AP-2004-016 This appeal was dismissed. The Statement of Reasons is available on the CITT web site, at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/decision/ap2e016_e.asp http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/decision/ap2e016_e.asp

4 January 2006 CITT Hearing Schedule The CITT hearing schedule from mid-January to early May 2006 is found on the CITT web site, at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/hearings/index_e.asp http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/hearings/index_e.asp

4 January 2006 CITT Bench & Bar Committee -- Minutes Minutes of the CITT Bench & Bar Committee meeting on 28 September 2005 are available on the CITT web site, at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/publicat/05_09_28_e.asp http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/publicat/05_09_28_e.asp

4 January 2006 Electronic Commerce Unit Personnel Update The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA. This is to advise you that Paul Miller, Manager of the Electronic Commerce Unit, has taken another assignment in the division for the next few months, therefore, Terry…

4 January 2006 CITES suspends exports of beluga caviar until countries agree on quotas The following article is excerpted from the 4 January 2006 edition of “American Shipper”. The United Nations agency responsible for protecting the world's endangered animals and plants has temporarily suspended…

3 January 2005 Textile and Clothing Commodity Codes - Changes to US Commodity Codes effective Jan 1/06 Please note that there are changes within EICS effective January 1, 2006. The list of changes is available on the CSCB web site, at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/eicsuscommoditycodesjanuary2006.pdf…

3 January 2006 OGD Sub-Committee The CBSA has recently established the Border Commercial Consultative Committee (BCCC). The mandate of this committee is to provide CBSA officials and commercial stakeholders with a forum for dialogue on Canada's border operations that CBSA officials or commercial…

3 January 2006 ID card crisis looms The following article is excerpted from the 3 January 2006 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Ottawa is in danger of squandering an opportunity to take the lead in establishing new, secure identity cards needed to cross the Canada-U.S. border, sure to become the most…

3 January 2006 Canadian ports optimistic The following article is excerpted from the 30 December 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Canada's three main international cargo ports, coming off a year of growth despite local setbacks, are forecasting increased traffic in 2006 as the Pacific boom…

3 January 2006 Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative – Revised Deadline Reminder The following news release was issued by US Customs and Border Protection on 30 December 2005. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is reminding travelers that the December 31, 2005 deadline for implementation of the…

3 January 2006 Harmonized System Correlation Tables Tables correlating the 2002 and 2007 editions of the Harmonized System are available on the World Customs Organization web site, at http://www.wcoomd.org/ie/en/Topics_Issues/HarmonizedSystem/harmonizedsy… On the same page are correlation…

30 December 2005 Unmanufactured Bright Virginia Flue-Cured Tobacco, Safeguard Inquiry No. GS-2005-001 IN THE MATTER OF a global safeguard inquiry, under subsection 26(1) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act, respecting: UNMANUFACTURED BRIGHT VIRGINIA FLUE-CURED TOBACCO DECISION TO…

30 December 2005 Unmanufactured Bright Virginia Flue-Cured Tobacco, Safeguard Inquiry No. GS-2005-001 NOTICE OF DECISION TO COMMENCE A GLOBAL SAFEGUARD INQUIRY Following a complaint filed by the Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers Marketing Board, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the…

30 December 2005 Message to OnLine Customs Brokers The following message is from the EICB. Once again, the connectivity to the EICS (Web, and EDI login) is unavailable. The PKI Directory Service advises that yesterday's problem resurfaced this morning, and they continue to investigate. As the source…

30 December 2005 EICS Telephone Help Desk Unavailable during afternoon of 30 December. The EICS telephone help desk is not available this afternoon. The EICS e-mail help desk will continue to be monitored during this period, until 16:30 est.

30 December 2005 Connectivity is Restored (Tentatively) The following message is from the EICB. Secure Access Key Management Service (SAKMS) at the Public Works Department (PWGSC), who are the ones running the PKI Certificate Authority, advise that the primary problem has been identified and removed…