Trade News

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…

30 December 2005 US Customs ACE Fact Sheets The latest fact sheets from US Customs and Border Protection on the Automated Customs Environment (ACE) trade processing system are available from the CBP web site, at: http://www.customs.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/fact_sheets/trade/ http://www.customs.gov/xp…

29 December 2005 Technical Problems with Connectivity The following message is from the EICB. We are experiencing delays with connectivity to the EICS (Web, and EDI login). The issue rests with the PKI Directory Service, which is unavailable. As the source of the problem appears to lie outside the…

29 December 2005 Connectivity Resumed The following message is from the EICB. EICS Connectivity appears to be restored, but the PKI Certificate Authority has not yet confirmed that "all systems are go". Certificate Authority testing is still underway; we suggest you can resume activity with the…

29 December 2205 Systems Resume Normal Function The following message is from the EICB. The PKI Certificate Authority has confirmed that the problems have been resolved, and that “all systems are go”. EICS connectivity, both web and EDI, has resumed normal function.

28 December 2005 Saskatchewan Company Fined a Total of $71,000 for Offences under the Health of Animals Act The following news release was issued by the CFIA on 23 December 2005. On December 20, 2005, Prairie Livestock Ltd. entered guilty pleas in Provincial Court in Moosomin, Saskatchewan on two…

28 December 2005 Export compliance ratchets up The following article is excerpted from the “Customs Update” column in the 28 December 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. … [I]t has become crystal clear that the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is focused on export compliance in a much…

23 December 2005 Revision to CN’s Intermodal Terminal Hours for New Orleans CN's Intermodal Terminal hours for New Orleans have been revised for the holiday period, New Orleans will be closed on December 26! Information is now available on the CN website. - click on Terminal Schedule under What's…