Trade News

1 December 2004 Request for Tariff Relief on Poly Vinyl Chloride and Poly Vinyl Acetate Copolymers The Department of Finance is seeking members’ views concerning a request that the Department has received for tariff relief on: · Poly vinyl chloride and poly vinyl acetate copolymers for use in the…

1 December 2004 Banned beef and borders dominate talks The following article is extracted from the 1 December 2004 edition of “globeandmail.com”. George W. Bush threw the weight of the presidency behind the opening of U.S. borders to Canadian beef and cattle “as quickly as possible” yesterday, but…

1 December 2004 Ridge resigns as Homeland Security chief The following article is excerpted from the 30 November 2004 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge today resigned as leader of the government department created to protect the nation from terrorists…

1 December 2004 Brampton Intermodal Terminal – Growth Strategy The following letter is from CN’s Customer Support Centre in Winnipeg. Thank you for your support of CN’s Intermodal service. Growth in Canadian international trade requires the ability to grow in the Toronto market. Throughout the past…

30 November 2004 CN596 Certain Stainless Steel Round Bar Subject to the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA) Customs Notice 596 advises that the review of the normal values and export prices of certain stainless steel round bar originating in or exported from Brazil and the amounts of subsidy of…

30 November 2004 CN597 Tariff Item No. 9936.00.00 -- Apparel Samples This Notice announces a change in the wording of tariff item No. 9936.00.00 and outlines the procedures for administering this revised tariff item. The Notice is found at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/cn597/README.html http…

30 November 2004 Update to Appendix 1, Directive D-94-22 Appendix 1, “Lists of pine shoot beetle infested areas in Canada and the United States”, of Directive D-94-22, “Plant Protection Requirements on Pine Plants and Pine Materials to Prevent the Entry and Spread of Pine Shoot Beetle”, has been…

30 November 2004 Partial Systems Outage on Weekend of 4-5 December 2004 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA. Please note that there is a partial outage planned this weekend for the migration of a systems release. The CADEX and CUSDEC systems will be unavailable…

30 November 2004 Expiry No. LE-2004-008 NOTICE OF EXPIRY OF FINDING 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 finding made on October 27, 2000, in Inquiry No. NQ-2000-002…

30 November 2004 Refined Sugar from the European Union This advises that a review of the amounts of subsidy, initiated by the Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) on 13 July 2004, respecting refined sugar, refined from sugar cane or sugar beets, in granulated, liquid and powdered form originating in…

30 November 2004 International air cargo transhipment program at Winnipeg International Airport The following notice is from the “Canada Gazette”, Part I, of 27 November 2004. Members received a message from the CSCB on 28 September Transport Canada’s decision to undertake an international air cargo…

29 November 2004 CN595 Modifications to Form B13A, Export Declaration This Customs Notice is to advise that the CBSA has modified the form B13A, Export Declaration. Existing fields have been revised and new fields were incorporated to coincide with the revised Reporting of Export Goods Regulations…

29 November 2004 EICS Bulletin – 30 November – Help Desk Unavailable The EICS telephone help desk will not be available tomorrow, Tuesday, 30 November 2004. The EICS e-mail help desk will continue to be monitored during this period, until 16:30 est (at [email protected]).

29 November 2004 CPR Derailment Cascade Sub, East of Ruby Creek, BC The following notice came from CPR on 27 November 2004. At 14:45 Nov 27th, 2004 a CN train derailed near Ruby Creek BC, which is located on our Cascade Sub. Reroutes are being investigated to minimize delays. Line clear is unkown as…

29 November 2004 Trucking Industry Calls for Adoption of New Driver Hours of Service Rules and ‘Black Boxes’ The following article is extracted from the Ontario Trucking Association web site; the article was published there on 26 November 2004. The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) says that a new…

29 November 2004 Montreal/Europe carriers seek multiple rate rises The following article is excerpted from the 26 November 2004 edition of “American Shipper”. Liner conference carriers in the westbound and eastbound trades between Canada and northern Europe plan to raise freight rates substantially…

26 November 2004 E643 NEXUS Application Form The NEXUS application form is available only in electronic format; the form and its Information Guide is found on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/e643/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/e643/README.html