Trade News

17 October 2005 Items 94 and 95 – Broiler Hatching Eggs and Chicks for Chicken Production Notice to Importers No. 690 Notice to Importers No. 690 informs importers of the Minister’s policies and practices regarding administration of the TRQ for broiler hatching eggs and chicks for chicken production…

17 October 2005 Items 162 to 181 – Wheat Products Notice to Importers No. 691 Notice to Importers No. 691 concerns the wheat products tariff TRQ that will be filled on 7 November 2005. Consequently, 7 November 2005 (at midnight) will be the cut-off date for accounting for imports of all wheat…

17 October 2005 Update to Appendix 4 of Directive D-01-01, Phytophthora ramorum The CFIA has updated Appendix 4, "Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Approved Pest Free Certification Programs for (Phytophthora ramorum)", of Directive D-01-01, "Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Entry of…

17 October 2005 Future of supply chain management hangs on the right human resource strategy The following article is excerpted from the 14 October 2005 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. There may be a greater danger to the effective supply chain management than rising fuel costs…

14 October 2005 Items 96 to 104 -- Chicken and Chicken Products Notice to Importers, Serial No. 686 The Notice to Importers concerning applications for shares of the chicken TRQ for the period 1 January to 31 December 2006 is available on the ITC web site, at: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/trade/eicb…

14 October 2005 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 35 was published to streamline requirements. / Le chapitre 35 a été publié afin de simplifier des exigences. 35.02.11.0286 - Containing 100% egg albumin/Contenant 100% d'albumine d'oeuf 35.02.11.1852 - Egg albumin derivatives/Dérivés d'albumine…

14 October 2005 Information Session from CFIA in Western Canada Nerissa Allen, the CFIA’s Western Area Import Co-ordinator, has announced that the CFIA is organizing an information session for customs brokers during the week of 21 November 2005, to look at a variety of customs-related topics. These…

14 October 2005 The following minutes are also available on the Toronto Region page of the CSCB web site, at http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m02/docs/rgto_min_20050929_e.pdf. CSCB – CBSA GTA Committee Meeting Thursday, September 29th, 2005 Present: Assia Hussain – CBSA Vladimir Omazic – CBSA Michelle McCrum…

14 October 2005 Maintenance Outages for 15 and 16 October 2005 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CBSA. For maintenance purposes, the CCS/CADEX/CUSDEC application will be unavailable from 5:00 am until 5:30 am (ET) on Saturday October 15th, 2005, as well as from 10:30…

14 October 2005 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 04 was published. The release recommendation for personal use was modified. / Le chapitre 04 a été publié. La recommandation de mainlevée pour l'utilisation personnelle a été modifiée. 04.03.10.3357 - Yogurt/Yogourt 04.03.10.3358 - Kishek/Kishek

14 October 2005 Wheat Products Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) to be Filled on 7 November 2005 This message affects imports of wheat products classified under Customs Tariff headings: 11.01, 11.03, 11.04, 11.08, 11.09, 19.01, 19.02, 19.04, 19.05 and 23.02. The purpose of this message is to inform you that…

14 October 2005 Emergency meetings in WTO talks The following article is excerpted from the 14 October 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. … EU officials will meet with President Bush on Tuesday to seek progress on disputes over farm aid that are holding up a deal. … France, which has a…

14 October 2005 Annual gain for US surface trade The following article is excerpted from the 14 October 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. …. Total U.S.-Canada surface trade in July was $31.8 billion, up 4.8 percent on-year. Rail imports slipped 15.3 percent to $3.9 billion from June but…

14 October 2005 Restricted Movement of Empties to Vanterm The following message is from CN’s vice-president of intermodal. In order to improve velocity of export moves to Vanterm, IMX will be restricting volume moved this weekend to loaded export containers only originating from CN's inland…

14 October 2005 Pacific trade gets $600 million boost The following article is excerpted from the 12 October 2005 edition of the “Toronto Star”. The federal government is expected next week to back up its vision of Canada as a preferred trading partner for China with a long-awaited investment of…

14 October 2005 Windsor Gateway Project A review of the short/medium term transportation infrastructure improvements in the City of Windsor was commissioned by Transport Canada to address three specific elements: 1. traffic flow management 2. Huron Church Road Truck By-Pass and Brighton Beach…

14 October 2005 Sarnia - Governments of Canada and Ontario Strengthen Prosperity by Investing $4 Million in Technology to Keep Border Traffic Moving Safely The following is extracted from a news release from Transport Canada issued on 14 October 2005. The release in its entirety is available on the…

13 October 2005 Removal of the Country Import Alert for Chloramphenicol in Aquacultured Fish Products from Vietnam The following news release was issued by the CFIA on 30 September, and made available on their web site on 12 October. The following is to inform you that the country import alert…