Trade News

30 April 2003 Memorandum of Understanding for the Exchange of NAFTA-Related Information Further to the message sent to members on 28 April concerning the MOU between the CCRA and the US Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, the following information is from a draft Customs Notice on this subject…

28 April 2003 Amendment of CFIA Conditions for Importation of Poultry Meat and Meat Products from the USA The following directive to Program Network Directors, Animal Products in the CFIA is from Dr. L. Skrinar, Chief, Import Program, Food of Animal Origin Division. Due to the presence of Newcastle…

28 April 2003 Travellers Face Restrictions on US Poultry Material The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is advising travellers who enter Canada from the United States that various live birds, poultry products and by-products originating from certain states are not allowed into Canada. This…

28 April 2003 2003-2004 Export and Domestic Controls Seminars Members with an interest in military, strategic, nuclear/atomic energy goods and/or the Canadian “Controlled Goods Program” may be interested in a series of seminars on Export and Domestic Controls Seminars sponsored by DFAIT’s Export…

28 April 2003 Commissioner Bonner addresses the Halifax Shared Border Accord Meeting The following is a press release issued on the Customs & Border Protection web site, at http://www.customs.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/highlights/halifax.xml. On April 23, 2003, Commissioner Bonner [of US Customs & Border…

28 April 2003 Customs Administrations Around the World on Lookout for Stolen Iraqi Antiquities The following press release is from the World Customs Organization, at the following address: http://www.wcoomd.org/ie/EN/press/250403_pressreleaseiraqe.html The WCO Deputy Secretary General, Mr Kunio…

28 April 2003 Canada and US Agree to Exchange Customs-related NAFTA Data The CCRA and the US Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (BCBP) Commissioners have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the exchange of NAFTA-related information. The purpose of this memorandum of understanding is…

28 April 2003 Global trade growth flat in '03: WTO The following article is excerpted from the 24 April on-line edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Growth in global trade in 2003 will be little or no better than 2002 due to economic sluggishness, the conflict in Iraq and the potential spreading of…

25 April 2003 Customs Notice N-510 The following Customs Notice is available on the CCRA web site: N-510 Certain Dishwashers and Dryers Originating in or Exported from the United States of America This Notice advises that on 24 March 2003, the CCRA initiated a review of the normal values and export…

25 April 2003 Ontario Region Standing Committee Conference Call These minutes also appear on the Ontario Region page of the CSCB web site. From the home page of our web site, at http://www.cscb.ca, log in as a member, then click on “CSCB Reference System”, then “Regions”, and finally “Ontario”. On…

24 April 2003 Relocation of CFIA Office at Port of Montréal The following notification is from Normand Angers, Acting Supervisor, Montréal Examination Centre of the CFIA. The CFIA office in the Port of Montréal moved on 14 April 2003 to the following address: 7100 Tellier Street Montréal, QC H1N 3T7…

24 April 2003 Lack of Import Notification Nets $5,000 Fine for BC Importer Thai United Food Trading Ltd., a licenced importer based in Richmond, B.C., was fined $5,000 for unlawfully importing fish from Asia. The company entered a guilty plea in Richmond Provincial Court on September 9, 2002, to one…

23 April 2003 Erroneous Overdue Release Reports CADEX has failed to recognize the Easter Friday (18 April) and Monday (21 April) statutory holidays, and has started to create erroneous overdue release reports. The Electronic Commerce Unit is aware of this problem, and have placed a message on their…

23 April 2003 Overdue report problems The following message is from the ECU at the CCRA. The following is to provide further information concerning the CADEX overdue report generated this morning. A problem has been discovered in which the holiday Friday and Monday were counted as regular business…

23 April 2003 The following minutes are available to members only on the BC Region page on the CSCB web site, at http://www.cscb.ca. After logging in as a member, click on “CSCB Reference System” then “Regions”, then British Columbia. BC TAS Committee Report -- April 22, 2003 B2 Processing Procedure…

22 April 2003 Business groups seek WTO accord to ease cross-border movement of goods The International Chamber of Commerce and nine other business associations, including the International Federation of Customs Brokers Associations (IFCBA) for which the CSCB acts as Secretariat, today joined forces…

22 April 2003 Sub-Location list The following are the updates to the sub-location list. The Sublocation List and the updates are now available on the internet at the website link, http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/carrier/. Members requiring the complete sub-location document, please contact Nadia Le…