Trade News

4 September 2003 CN-CHECK0703 Customs Notice – Checklist (July 2003) This document is available on the CCRA web site at http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/cn-check0703/README.html http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/cn-check0703/README.html

4 September 2003 OTA President Addresses Deputies’ Committee on Business Climate Ontario Trucking Association president, David Bradley, spoke to the Ontario Deputy Ministers’ Business Climate Committee today on current issues at the Ontario-US border and the economy in general. The committee is made…

4 September 2003 CFIA-AIRS Code Changes Members may wish to note that the CFIA Participants Information Document has been updated. New AIRS codes have been added in Appendices C and E. Members wishing to receive a copy of these appendices should send a request to Kathy Telmosse at telmossek…

4 September 2003 AIRS-CFIA Web Site Update Please be advised that the CFIA-AIRS Web site has been updated today. Chapter 10 was published this morning. THESE CHANGES AFFECT THE UKRAINE ONLY. The following commodites are now "Refuse entry". 10.01.10 - Durum wheat/Blé durum 10.01.10.0081 - Cereal -…

4 September 2003 Expiry Review Nos. RR-2002-003 and RR-2002-004 IN THE MATTER OF an expiry review, under subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act, of the finding made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on September 4, 1998, in Inquiry No. NQ-98-001 (Expiry Review No. RR-2002…

4 September 2003 Pettigrew to Participate in Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancún International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew will lead a Canadian delegation to the Fifth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference, in Cancún, Mexico, taking place from September 10 to 14, 2003. He…

3 September 2003 B255 – Certificate of Origin, Textile and Apparel Goods Originating in a Least Developed Country Form B255 is now available on the CCRA web site, at the following address: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/b255/README.html This document must be completed in full by the exporter…

3 September 2003 EICS Bulletin, 3 September 2003 The EICS help desk will be closing at 6:00 pm (18:00) today. Questions or problems can be directed to the following EICS locations: [email protected] or by calling 1-877-808-8838 944-1265 (in the national capital region).

3 September 2003 U.S. plans one border inspection The following article is excerpted from the 2 September 2003 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The federal government will meld the various border inspection services into one primary inspection in the coming months, the Secretary of Homeland…

3 September 2003 Update to Directive D-03-08 Appendix 1 of Directive D-03-08,"Phytosanitary Requirements to prevent the introduction into and spread within Canada of the Emerald Ash Borer, Agrilus planipennis (Fairmaire), into Canada", has been revised and is available on the CFIA web site at: http…

3 September 2003 Directive D-03-09 Appendix 1 of Directive D-03-09 "Import Requirements for Pelargonium spp. and Solanum spp. Propagative material to prevent the entry of Ralstonia solanacearum, Race 3 (Biovar 2) into Canada" has been revised and is available on the CFIA web site at : http://www…

2 September 2003 SIMA Index for September 2003 The SIMA index for September, 2003 is now available on the CCRA web site, at the following address: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/customs/business/sima/monthly-e.html http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/customs/business/sima/monthly-e.html

2 September 2003 United States/Canada Shared Border Accord Coordinating Team Meeting The following is a press release from US Customs and Border Protection. On August 26-27, 2003, the U.S./Canada Shared Border Accord Coordinating Team Meeting took place in San Francisco, CA. U.S. Customs and Border…

2 September 2003 USDA raises fee for new export health certificate The following message is excerpted from “American Shipper” on 2 September 2003. The US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has set its user fee for a new category of health certificate for livestock…

2 September 2003 SOS: Customs drowning in bureaucracy The following article is excerpted from “American Shipper” at http://www.americanshipper.com Does the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection have the potential to evolve into little more than a policy shop, with the Department of Homeland…