Trade News

1 March 2005 The New Substances Notifications Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers) Environment Canada is holding information and training sessions in Toronto on the New Substances Notifications Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers) [NSNR] that will come into effect this year. The morning session will…

1 March 2005 Supachai welcomes chance to lead UNCTAD The following is extracted from a press release issued by the World Trade Organization on 1 March. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), said that he was “deeply honoured” to have been proposed by UN…

28 February 2005 WTO creates panels in US-Canada lumber dispute The following article is excerpted from the 25 February 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The World Trade Organization on Friday set up a panel to decide if Canada can apply $3.4 billion in sanctions against the U.S. in a…

28 February 2005 EDI Resumed The following message is from the EICB, regarding the 25 February shutdown of EDI permit applications. EDI services have been restored and members may resume applying for permits.

28 February 2005 Application No. EP-2004-006 IPSCO Inc. In the matter of an application made by IPSCO Inc. under section 60.2 of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1, for an extension of time to make a request for a further re-determination. Order The CITT grants the application for an…

28 February 2005 Application No. EP-2004-007 Arwen Long Orders and Reason – Extension of Time (Customs Act) In the matter of an application made by Ms. Arwen Long pursuant to section 67.1 of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1, for an order extending the time within which a notice of…

28 February 2005 New EICS Release The following message is from the EICB. As part of the solution to last week's EDI problem, the Code Signing Certificate for EICS has been updated. EICS Release 2.9.1 will be installed tonight, with that new Certificate. When you log in to the EICS web interface on…

28 February 2005 Transport Minister Meets with US Transportation Secretary The following message is excerpted from a press release issued by Transport Canada on 24 February 2005. Transport Minister Jean-C. Lapierre … met with U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta while attending the Canadian…

28 February 2005 CN’s Communication Tool Enhancement Project The following message is from the CN Customer Support Centre in Winnipeg. The CN Customer Support Centre has been utilizing the Apropos Interaction Management tool for telephone communication with customers for the past year. This new…

28 February 2005 CPR Bulletin - Quebec Spring Thaw Restrictions The following message is from CPR’s Assistant Vice President, Customer Services. The Quebec Ministry of Transport will implement the annual spring thaw weight restrictions in early March. The Ministry only provides 24 hours notice…

28 February 2005 EU delays imported wood-packaging debarking rule The following article is excerpted from the 28 February 2005 edition of “American Shipper”. The European Union has delayed implementation of a regulation that would require complete debarking of imported wood packaging until March 1…

28 February 2005 Policy Change at CN regarding 20’ Containers The following message is from the Vice President of Intermodal at CN. There has been a significant increase in heavy loaded 20' and 40' Impex containers both in average payload and numbers. This is especially evident with respect to 20'…

25 February 2005 CN608 - “New” Reporting of Exported Goods Regulations Customs Notice N-608 supersedes Customs Notice N-587, Reporting of Exported Goods Regulations under the Customs Act, dated 3 September 2004. The Regulations have been revised and were published on 23 February 2005 in the Canada…

25 February 2005 EICS Bulletin - EDI Shutdown Regarding EDI permit applications, Brokers may reapply on the web but are to indictate in the comments that the permit is replacing their EDI request of Feb 24th. Refering to the transaction number would be benificial for credit assesment.

25 February 2005 CN606 - Wood Slats From Mexico and the People's Republic of China This Notice is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/cn606/README.html

25 February 2005 CN607 - Certain Women's Boots From the People's Republic of China This Notice is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/cn607/README.html

25 February 2005 Scheduled CFIA - AIRS shutdown for February 28 The following message is from the CFIA national office. Please be advised that on Monday the 28th of February at 3:00PM NCR time CFIA - AIRS will be down for a memory upgrade. This should not take longer than 30 minutes. Thank you for…

24 February 2005 D15-2-47 Certain Stainless Steel Round Wire Originating in or Exported from India, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland and the USA This Memorandum refers to the application of anti-dumping duty pursuant to section 3 of the SIMA to importation of certain stainless steel round wire…

24 February 2005 B226 Request for Re-Determination of the Origin of Goods imported from the Territory of a Trading Partner Form B226, Request for Re-Determination of the Origin of Goods imported from the Territory of a Trading Partner, is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc…