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Exports decline in April due to one-off fall in Energy, but Q1 Revised way Up Canadian exports declined by 1.8% in April due to a huge 10.7% fall in energy shipments. However, this is no more than a temporary blip , as a number of Canadian refineries were conducting maintenance in April causing…

Determining the proper origin of imported goods and its compliance implications have been recognized by the CSCB and CBSA as a priority for education and training. Vancouver will be the site of the first CSCB/CBSA joint seminar on origin, to be held on June 18th, 2014. Presenters and participants…

The second CFIA-related webinar will take place this Friday, June 13th at 1-2:30 pm EDT. Registration closes on Thursday, June 12th at noon. Presenters include Sylvia Flemming, Project Director - Single Window Initiative, CFIA; and Richard Lavoie, Single Window Initiative PGA Coordination and Trade…

We are pleased to announce that the second CFIA-related webinar will take place on Friday, June 13th at 1-2:30 pm EDT. Presenters include Sylvia Flemming, Project Director - Single Window Initiative, CFIA; and Richard Lavoie, Single Window Initiative PGA Coordination and Trade Consultation, CBSA. We…

The demand for energy is high and projected to increase steadily by at least 2% per year, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). As a result, oil and gas products are being shipped at a faster rate than ever before, increasingly making their way across international borders to meet…

The World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body (AB) review of the Panel report on the E.U. – Seals dispute was a win for Canada but the implications of the report go well beyond banning seal products from the E.U. market. Some (reported an E.U. “win”) based on this extract from its press release…

The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, ...thanked the delegates from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) who travelled to Canada to see first-hand the opportunities available to grow the Canada-ASEAN trade and investment partnership. Ministers, high-ranking officials…

The CSCB Toronto Region would like to invite you to an education session on Customs Valuation. The objectives of this seminar are to understand the six customs valuation methods, identify the correct value for duty (VFD) by using the appropriate method of customs valuation, articulate the optimal…

The report, Canada's Hidden Success Stories: Competing Globally, identifies five little-known products from the non-primary sector for which Canada is globally competitive and assesses the factors behind their success. To identify these products, five economic criteria were applied to more than 1…

Subscribers may be interested in the following, published on 4 June 2014 in Part II of the Canada Gazette. SOR/2014-116 May 16, 2014 Health of Animals Act Health of Animals Regulations SOR/2014-127 May 20, 2014 Health of Animals Act Reportable Diseases Regulations SOR/2014-114 May 16, 2014 Seeds Act…

Canada posted a surprise trade deficit of $638-million in April, driving home the central bank’s concerns over exports. Canadian exports tumbled by 1.8 per cent, Statistics Canada said Wednesday, while imports rose 1.4 per cent, leading to the shortfall that compared to a March surprlus of $766…

A major Canada-U.S. infrastructure project has cleared its last regulatory hurdle with the granting of a permit for a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ont. That permit from the U.S. Coast Guard was the last one required for a bridge in the busy corridor that handles one-third of all Canada-U…