Trade News

11 August 2005 Leaders try to get in sync on daylight The following article is excerpted from the 11 August 2005 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Canada's provincial and territorial leaders appear willing to move toward extending daylight saving time to stay in sync with the United States…. Premier…

11 August 2005 Abandoned cargo could be a problem, warn shippers The following is excerpted from the CBC on 11 August 2005. Shipping companies are worried that some of their customers may choose to abandon containers stranded at the Port of Vancouver by the recent truckers' strike. Piles of…

10 August 2005 D14-1-3 Procedures for Making a Request for a Re-Determination or an Appeal of Goods Under the Special Import Measures Act This revised Memorandum reflects the transfer, on 13 December 2003, of responsibility for the customs program, including administration of the SIMA, from the CCRA…

10 August 2005 CN’s Temporary Import Pick-up Reservation System in Vancouver Ends The following message is from CN’s Customer Support Centre. As of August 10th, the temporary import pick up reservation system at CN's Domestic Vancouver Intermodal Terminal will no longer be required. CN thanks you…

10 August 2005 WCO Encourages One-Stop Service at Borders The following is excerpted from a press release issued by the World Customs Organization on 9 August 2005. The CSCB and its sister organizations, the International Federation of Customs Brokers Associations (IFCBA) and the North American…

10 August 2005 WCO Supports Wider Dialogue between Trade Facilitation Role-Players to Maximize Potential Benefits The following is excerpted from a press release issued by the World Customs Organization on 9 August 2005. WCO Deputy Secretary General, Kunio Mikuriya, attended a high-level meeting on…

10 August 2005 Reminder from CN re New Export Reservations for 15 August 2005 This is just a reminder that, starting August 11th, you can start sending your requests for reservation numbers for Calgary and Edmonton. You will be able to request Reservation Numbers for the week of August 15th to…

10 August 2005 ECC Rules No Justification for Softwood Lumber Duties International Trade Minister Jim Peterson today welcomed the unanimous decision of the NAFTA Extraordinary Challenge Committee (ECC), which affirms that the NAFTA panel reviewing the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC)…

9 August 2005 Scheduled Outage for CFIA Systems on 20 August 2005 The following message is from the CFIA. This is a reminder that a full database backup of the production database (PROD) is scheduled for Saturday, August 20th 2005. CFIA systems will be unavailable from 3:00 am to 11:00 am EST…

9 August 2005 Notice to Importers No. 684: Items 96 to 104 -- Chicken and Chicken Products 1.0 Purpose 1.1 The purposes of this Notice are: to further outline the Minister of International Trade Canada “the Minister”) allocation policies and practices respecting import allocations of tariff quota…

9 August 2005 EICS I-Box (Instructional Environment) Unavailable on 9 August 2005 Members are advised that the EICS I-Box (Instructional Environment) will not be available today between 08:00 and 16:00 EST due to communication testing. Questions or problems can be directed to the following EICS help…

9 August 2005 New truckers' hours coming The following article is excerpted from the 8 August 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The trucking industry will be up early on Aug. 22 to read the Federal Register. That's the day the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is expected to…

9 August 2005 Officials Test Radio Tags at Canada Border The following article is excerpted from the 8 August 2005 edition of “The New York Times”. Security officials gathered Monday at a Canadian border crossing to mark the first test of a radio frequency identification system to be used by foreign…

9 August 2005 CBP extends time for periodic monthly payments The following article is excerpted from the 9 August 2005 edition of “American Shipper”. U.S. importers and their brokers who pay customs duties on a monthly basis will have estimated payments automatically withdrawn from their bank…

9 August 2005 New U.S. Wheat Countervail Determination The following is excerpted from ITC’s news release of 9 August 2005, available on their web site at http://w01.international.gc.ca/MinPub/Publication.asp?Language=E&public…. A revised determination was issued by the U.S. Department…

9 August 2005 CN Plans at Deltaport The following message is from the CN’s Customer Support Centre. During the last month there has been a large increase in traffic being offered to CN for rail movement. This was partially due to the Vancouver Truckers strike, but as well is a result of the…

9 August 2005 EICS I-Box (Instructional Environment) Unavailable on 10 August 2005 Members are advised that the EICS I-Box (Instructional Environment) will not be available on Wednesday, 10 August 2005 between 08:00 and 16:00 EST due to continued communication testing.

9 August 2005 The Government Establishes a Task Force to Review Issues in the BC Trucking Dispute The following is excerpted from the press release issued on 8 August by Transport Canada; the release in its entirety is available on the Transport Canada web site, at http://www.tc.gc.ca/mediaroom…

8 August 2005 D0-CHECKLIST D Series Table of Contents and Checklist The updated list of D memoranda is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/d0-checklist/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/d0-checklist/README.html

8 August 2005 CN-CHECK0705 Customs Notice – Checklist (July 2005) The list of customs notices issued in July, 2005 is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/cn-check0705/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/cn-check0705/README.html