Trade News

21 October 2004 Asia traffic spurs Vancouver boxes The following article is excerpted from the 20 October 2004 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Vancouver, Canada's busiest port…, handled 1,237,213 TEUs for the nine months ending Sept. 30, a 7 percent increase from 1.15 million TEUs a year ago…

21 October 2004 Request for Removal of Customs Duty on Chemical and Biological Compounds and Test Articles The Department of Finance has received a request for the removal of the customs duty on chemical and biological compounds and test articles imported solely for the purpose of conducting…

21 October 2004 Mandatory elements of C-TPAT coming? The following article is excerpted from the 21 October 2004 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism will remain the fundamentally voluntary program it has been since its inception, though specific…

20 October 2004 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site A) Chapters 05 and 15 were published (Portugal only) due to recent CFIA approvals of meat inspection systems in the European Union. 05.04 - Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted…

20 October 2004 CN592 Change of Commercial Service Hours – Carway, Alberta Customs Office (Office Code 707) Customs Notice 592 announces that, as of 1 October 2004, the commercial business hours for the Port of Carway will be 7:00 to 23:00, seven days a week. This change will be reflected in the…

20 October 2004 Transport Canada Announces Upgrades to Improve Traffic Flow in Surrey, BC The following is excerpted from a press release issued by Transport Canada on 19 October. Faster, more efficient movement of people and goods through British Columbia's Lower Mainland is a step closer to…

20 October 2004 Carriers' security fee group foundering The following article is excerpted from the 19 October 2004 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. A discussion agreement set up in 2003 by carriers …, terminal operators and port authorities to help recoup costs associated with security is…

19 October 2004 Draft – Code of Practice for the Food Importing Industry in Canada The following notice is available on the CFIA web site, at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/labeti/inform/d-impprace.shtml. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has produced a draft Code of Practice for…

19 October 2004 CFIA AIRS Web Site Unavailable The following message is from the National Import Operations Division at the CFIA. Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) - Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) is experiencing problems. At the moment, we are unable to…

19 October 2004 MN-2004-001 Inquiry into the Availability of Textile Inputs Produced in Canada Notice of Change of Dates The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice that, on October 6, 2004, the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Finance (the Minister), amended…

19 October 2004 Port of Montreal containers having insufficient documentation The following message was sent from CN’s International Market division in the Customer Support Centre on 18 October. As you may be aware, railcars are continuing to be loaded at the Port of Montreal with containers having…

19 October 2004 Radioactve Shipment Embargo The following message is from the CN Customer Support Centre in Winnipeg. The level of inspections and associated workload with transborder shipments continues to increase. In recent weeks we have incurred significant delays as a result of the additional…

19 October 2004 Report says companies forced to adopt new strategies for transportation management The following article is extracted from the 18 October 2004 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. Tightening freight capacity, rising freight costs, and increasing service level pressures…

19 October 2004 DHS plans changes for C-TPAT, adds more cargo security measures The following article is excerpted from the 19 October 2004 edition of “American Shipper”. Canada’s PIP (Partners in Protection) program is aligned with C-TPAT, although not a mirror image, so any change to C-TPAT’s…

19 October 2004 U.S., Canada to team on Hong Kong box checks The following article is excerpted from the 19 October 2004 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Canada expects to complete an agreement with Hong Kong in November that will permit its customs agents to join U.S. inspectors in screening…

19 October 2004 CN AND CPR partner to improve service to Port of Vancouver The following article is excerpted from the 19 October 2004 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. CN and Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) have announced a series of co-production agreements to make rail operations…

The following messages were sent on 19 October: 1. Canadian Food Inspection Agency CFIA AIRS Web Site Unavailable Draft - Code of Practice for the Food Importing... 2. Canadian International Trade Tribunal MN-2004-001 3. General Port of Montreal containers having insufficient... Radioactive Shipment…

18 October 2004 E672 CANPASS Application Form (Revised September, 2004) The CANPASS application in fillable format is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/e672/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/e672/README.html

18 October 2004 2004-2006 Estimates, Part III – Report on Plans and Priorities The CITT’s Report on Plans and Priorities for 2004-2006 is available on their web site, at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/publicat/rpp2e-2f_e.asp http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/publicat/rpp2e-2f_e.asp

18 October 2004 U.S. anti-terror a model for WCO The following article is excerpted from the 18 October 2004 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The International Federation of Customs Brokers Associations (IFCBA, for which the CSCB acts as Secretariat, has produced the “Framework to Increase…