Trade News

13 September 2004 CFIA Allows Importation of Meat Products Derived from Pork from Chile The following message was sent on 10 September from Dr. Lou Skrinar, Chief, Import Program, Food of Animal Origin Division at CFIA. Effective immediately, the importation of meat products derived from pork from…

13 September 2004 Update to Directive D-01-01 Appendix 2, “Areas Regulated for the Control of Phytophthora ramorum Associated with Sudden Oak Death” of Directive D-01-01, “Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Entry of Phytophthora ramorum Associated with Sudden Oak Death into Canada”, has been…

13 September 2004 Appeal No. AP-2003-014 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on March 30, 2004, under section 67 of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the Commissioner of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency dated May 6, 2003, with respect to a request…

13 September 2004 Expiry Review No. RR-2003-004 IN THE MATTER OF an expiry review, under subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act, of the findings made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on August 27, 1999, in Inquiry No. NQ-99-001, concerning: CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET…

13 September 2004 U.S. complies with ruling in Canada lumber dispute The following article is excerpted from the 13 September 2004 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The U.S. International Trade Commission complied with a Nafta trade ruling and issued a statement saying that the U.S. lumber…

13 September 2004 Tariff Relief on Certain Woven Fabrics of Textured Polyester Filament Yarns The Department of Finance has contacted the national office with respect to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal’s (CITT) recommendation TR-2003-004, concerning tariff relief on certain woven fabrics…

13 September 2004 Location of Picket Lines at CRA Offices CEUDA, the union representing CRA employees, has announced that it has set up picket lines at the following locations on 13 September: · Brandon: The Federal Building · Brossard: Tax Services Office, 3250 Lapinière blvd. · Calgary: Harry Hays…

13 September 2004 Business Continuity Plan from CPR The following message is from the Vice President of Customer Services at CPR. On Tuesday, September 14th, the Customer Service Team at Canadian Pacific Railway will be conducting a test of its Business Continuity Plan. The Business Continuity Plan…

13 September 2004 COAC weighs in on security, container seals The following article is excerpted from the 13 September 2004 edition of “American Shipper”. A key industry panel advised the U.S. government to mandate within a year the use of more secure container seals for international shipments…

13 September 2004 CBP Seeks Input on Expanding US Border Checkpoints’ Capacity The following article is excerpted from the 13 September 2004 edition of “American Shipper”. Members will recall that two COAC members, Art Litman of FedEx Trade Networks and Sandra Scott of Yellow Roadway Corp., spoke at…

13 September 2004 Ontario Global Traders Awards Ontario Exports Inc., the export development agency of the Ontario provincial government, wants to acknowledge exporters’ achievements and contributions to the province. It co-ordinates the Ontario Global Traders Awards to recognize export success…

10 September 2004 Update to Directive D-01-01 Appendix 1, “List of Species Regulated for Phytophthora ramorum (Sudden Oak Death)” of Directive D-01-01, “Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Entry of Phytophthora ramorum Associated with Sudden Oak Death into Canada” has been updated, and is…

10 September 2004 Preliminary Determination of Dumping respecting Carbon Steel and Stainless Steel Fasteners On 10 September 2004 the CBSA made a preliminary determination of dumping respecting carbon steel and stainless steel fasteners, ie screws, nuts and bolts of carbon steel or stainless steel…

10 September 2004 U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Hold Its Annual Trade Symposium On December 9 & 10 The following is excerpted from the press release provided by US Customs and Border Protection on 9 September 2004. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Robert C. Bonner today…

10 September 2004 "Customs" Selected as “Topic of the Month” The following press release is from the World Customs Organization (http://www.wcoomd.org) on 9 September 2004. Through our ongoing work with the International Federation of Customs Brokers Associations (IFCBA), the CSCB is involved with…

10 September 2004 U.S. Customs opens ACE portal test to customs brokers The following article is excerpted from the 10 September 2004 edition of "American Shipper". U.S. Customs and Border Protection has opened its electronic test of monthly payments of import duties and taxes to customs brokers…

10 September 2004 Carrier Information Through ViaSafe/TradeGate Several carriers are now transmitting 100% of their data through ViaSafe, the CSCB's strategic partner in TradeGate. We have received the following note from Oryst Dydynsky, President of ViaSafe International Trade Services concerning…

9 September 2004 Outage on September 11-12, 2004 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at CBSA. Please be advised that there is a planned outage this weekend for the migration of a system release. Therefore, the Customs EDI system will be unavailable from 11:30 pm (Eastern time)…

9 September 2004 On-Line Brokers - Clothing & Textiles Refresher (Imports) The following message is from the EICB. Section E of the Handbook for Export and Import Commodity Codes deals with issues related to Clothing and Textiles including instructions on classifiction of products. Please refresh…