Trade News

21 July 2005 Update to Directive D-03-01, “Swede midge certification program (SMCP)” Directive D-03-01 "Swede midge certification program (SMCP)" has been revised and is available on the web at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/protect/dir/d-03-01e.shtml. The reasons for the changes are two…

21 July 2005 Completion of Investigation into Certain Waterproof Footwear and Bottoms of Plastic or Rubber originating in or exported from the PRC On 23 March 2005 the CITT initiated an expiry review of its finding made on 8 December 2000 in Inquiry No. NQ-2000-004, concerning certain waterproof…

21 July 2005 China revalues yuan The following article is excerpted from the 21 July 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. China, bowing to political pressure from the United States, has revalued its currency by ending a decade-long peg of the yuan renminbi to the dollar in favor of a more…

21 July 2005 Shipping Associations Demand Government Action to End Vancouver Trucking Action The Shipping Federation of Canada and the Chamber of Shipping of British Columbia have issued a joint news release calling for an end to the labour disruption involving owner-operator container truckers in…

21 July 2005 Canadian response to time change mixed The following article is extracted from the 21 July 2005 edition of “globeandmail.com”. If Canada follows the United States and extends daylight time by two months starting in the fall, this country would be a much safer place, a national safety…

21 July 2005 OTA prez slams proposed WSIB hike The following article is excerpted from the 20 July 2005 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. With the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) Board of Directors poised to approve a rate hike at its board meeting tomorrow (July 20) OTA…

20 July 2005 Tariff Notice TN-09 The following message is from Loretta Kozielec in Tariff Programs Division at CBSA. The Order Amending the Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Special Provisions for the Purposes of the United States Tariff (UST)), SOR/2005-218, has been passed. These changes will be…

20 July 2005 U.S. puts Canada in time crunch The following article is excerpted from the 20 July 2005 edition of the “Toronto Star”. Canadian business leaders fear major economic disruption if this country does not get in step with an American move to extend daylight saving time. Yesterday, the U.S…

19 July 2005 Canadian Livestock Shipments Moving Across United Sates Border The following is extracted from a new release issued by the CFIA on 18 July 2005, and is found at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/newcom/2005/20050718e.shtml. Canadian livestock is now beginning to cross the…

19 July 2005 Exporting Cattle, Bison, Sheep and Goats to the United States The following factsheet is available on the CFIA web site, at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/disemala/bseesb/americ…. Following the detection of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in May…

19 July 2005 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapters 01 and 04 were published. Changes were made to requirements due to an outbreak of Newcastle disease in Great Britain./Les chapitres 01 et 04 ont été publiés. Des exigences ont été modifiées suite à un foyer clinique de maladie de Newcastle en Grande…

19 July 2005 Review of Normal Values and Exporting Prices respecting Bicycles … from Chinese Taipei and PRC On 18 July 2005 the CBSA announced initiation of a review of normal values and export prices respecting bicycles, assembled or unassembled, with wheel diameters of 16 inches (40.64 cm) and…

19 July 2005 We Welcomed You to Regional Meetings Last month CSCB National, with the co-operation of CSCB regional leaders, hosted three regional conferences in conjunction with regional annual meetings. Each year three regions hold conferences planned and supported by the national office, and this…

19 July 2005 CBP to soon issue C-TPAT criteria for carriers The following article is excerpted from the 19 July 2005 issue of “American Shipper”. U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans this month to upgrade and expand two of its key programs for securing international shipments from being…

19 July 2005 Seattle expects Vancouver boxes The following article is excerpted from the 19 July 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Officials at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma expect some containers to be diverted from Canada's Port of Vancouver for storage until a strike by short-haul…

18 July 2005 Message from CN -- Export Reservations at Calgary and Edmonton Starting Monday 15 August 2005 all export traffic delivered to CN at Edmonton and Calgary Intermodal terminals must have a reservation. The sheet at http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/cncalgaryedmontonchecklist.pdf summarizes the…

18 July 2005 Vancouver Trucker Dispute -- Update July 18, 2005 The following message is from CN’s Vice President for Intermodal. The Vancouver Container Trucking Association (VCTA) dispute with shippers, brokers and ports has been going on for over 3 weeks now. During this time, CN has worked with…

18 July 2005 Reminder from CN – Form to be used for Forecasting Purposes In face of growing import volumes at the Ports of Vancouver, CN requests that all customers submit rolling 4-week forecasts. These forecasts are already required for volumes arriving at TSI's Deltaport Terminal, and will now be…