Trade News

22 September 2005 U.S. Discloses Moves to Stop Piracy of Intellectual Property The following article is excerpted from the 22 September 2005 edition of “The New York Times”. Carlos M. Gutierrez, the US commerce secretary, announced on Wednesday a series of initiatives aimed at curbing the global…

22 September 2005 GTA Committee Meeting, 6 October 2005 The GTA Committee will meet on 6 October 2005. Members with operational issues relating to any Customs port within the GTA region are asked to forward your comments or questions to Laurie Caron at [email protected] on or before 4…

22 September 2005 Customs' Bonner optimistic on "green lane" The following article is extracted from the 22 September 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. … Commissioner Robert C. Bonner still believes the "green lane" is out there. The green lane has been Bonner's metaphor for the ultimate…

22 September 2005 Unexpected Shutdown of CCS/CADEX/CUSDEC on 22 September 2005 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA. Please be advised that for technical reasons, the CCS/CADEX/CUSDEC application will be forced to shutdown as of 11 am (ET) this morning for the rest…

22 September 2005 DHS: Private sector could capture advance data for security screening The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is considering letting the private sector collect additional trade data useful for identifying container shipments at high risk for being exploited by terrorists to…

22 September 2005 Massive hurricane shuts Texas ports The following article is excerpted from the 22 September 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Ports along the Texas and western Louisiana coasts are completely shutting down today as Hurricane Rita lumbers westward across the Gulf of Mexico…

22 September 2005 Comp Sit Inc., Appeal No. AP-2004-049 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal filed under section 67 of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a letter dated May 20, 2005, from the Canadian International Trade Tribunal directing Mr. Eligio Marini to show cause why…

22 September 2005 Appeals – Hearing Schedule The updated schedule for hearing CITT appeals is found at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/hearings/index_e.asp http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/hearings/index_e.asp

22 September 2005 Waterproof Footwear and Bottoms, Expiry Review No. RR-2004-008 NOTICE OF CHANGE OF DATE OF PUBLIC HEARING On March 23, 2005, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal gave notice that it had, pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act, initiated an expiry…

22 September 2005 Decolin Inc., Appeal No. AP-2004-011 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on January 10, 2005, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1;AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency dated April 20, 2004, with…

21 September 2005 Export ABCs: The Commerce Control List The following article is extracted from the “Customs Update” segment of the 20 September 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. When this column covered the Schedule B number several months ago, we mentioned another governmental…

21 September 2005 Carbon Steel Welded Pipe Expiry No. LE-2005-003 NOTICE OF EXPIRY OF ORDER The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice, pursuant to subsection 76.03(2) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), that its order made on July 24, 2001, in Expiry Review…

21 September 2005 CFIA and Wood Packaging Material Ee continue to wait for a definitive statement from the CFIA concerning their plans for harmonizing the Canadian approach to wood packaging with the US and Mexico; this will not be forthcoming until next week, as their new President has not yet…

21 September 2005 Update: CPR Vaughan Intermodal Terminal The following message is from the Assistant Vice President of CPR’s Customer Services. Domestic Intermodal Customers CPR is pleased to advise that the labour issue experienced by our third party drayage vendor has been resolved, and we are…

21 September 2005 CN626 Control of Ketamine Under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act The purpose of this notice is to announce that Health Canada has recently made a determination that ketamine is a controlled substance under Schedule 1 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the…

21 September 2005 D15-2-48 Certain Laminate Flooring Originating in or exported from the PRC and France 1. This Memorandum refers to the application of anti-dumping duty to importations of certain laminate flooring originating in or exported from the PRC and France and the application of…

21 September 2005 GTA cartage disruption appears resolved The following article is excerpted from the 21 September 2005 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. Owner/operators serving intermodal yards in the Greater Toronto Area appear to have reached an agreement to end their labor…

21 September 2005 CTA VP says cross-border trucking rates will continue to climb The following article is excerpted from the 21 September 2005 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. Cross-border shippers should be prepared for further trucking rate increases, the Canadian Trucking…

21 September 2005 Note Concerning GTA Cartage Resolution Further to the article from “Canadian Transportation & Logistics” concerning resolution of the GTA cartage labour disruption, several members have reported to the national office that violence against truckers is ongoing, and that the dispute…

20 September 2005 IBM, Maersk Team Up on Ship Tracking The following article is extracted from the 20 September 2005 edition of “The New York Times”. Government cargo inspectors would be able to get real-time data about the contents and whereabouts of shipping vessels around the world under a new…