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Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

February 3, 2014
Subscribers may be interested in the following, published on 1 February 2014 in Part I of the Canada Gazette. Canada Border Services Agency Special Import Measures Act Certain steel plate — Decision Canadian International Trade Tribunal Hot-rolled carbon steel plate — Commencement of inquiry…

2014 IFCBA World Conference set for Seoul!

February 3, 2014
CSCB members are invited to attend the 2014 IFCBA World Conference, Celebrating 25 years of Trade Facilitation through Expertise and Innovation, which will take place from May 13-17 at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel in Seoul, Korea. For detailed program and registration information, please…

Certain Steel Plate, Preliminary Determination - Statement of Reasons

February 3, 2014
Dumping case number: AD/1402 Dumping file number: 4214-41 The Statement of Reasons concerning the preliminary determination with respect to the dumping of certain hot-rolled carbon steel plate and high-strength low‑alloy steel plate from the Federative Republic of Brazil, Chinese Taipei, the Kingdom…

CFIA Scheduled telecommunication service maintenance, 1 February

January 31, 2014
As part of CFIA's ongoing efforts to improve client service please be advised that CFIA will be performing telecommunication (phone and fax) maintenance on Saturday, February 1, 2014 between 5:00 AM and 6:00 AM (EST). There will be no disruption in processing import documentation. During this time…

How to Keep on Top of Trade Deals

January 31, 2014
Canada's government has been on a tear of late in negotiating bilateral and regional international trade and investment deals. In the past two years alone, Canada has signed or concluded four free trade agreements (FTAs) and 14 foreign investment protection agreements (FIPAs), while multilateral…

Ontario worried about South Korean trade deal’s impact on autos

January 31, 2014
The Ontario government is expressing “concern” over Canada’s looming trade deal with South Korea because it could hurt the province’s auto sector. Economic Development and Trade Minister Eric Hoskins warned that Ottawa must ensure any accord has the same provisions to protect the domestic motor…

Toronto Region CBSA/CSCB Meeting Minutes, 20 November 2013

January 31, 2014
Minutes of the CBSA Commercial Operations Division & CSCB meetings held on 20 November 2013 are now available on the Toronto Region page of the CSCB members site. Please note, the expression “senior officials” in items 2 and 3 refers to CSCB members. To access, please go to our website at www.cscb…
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Changes to Seals/Notarization for Bonds

January 30, 2014
The CBSA has advised the CSCB of recent changes to seals and/or notarization for bonds. The CBSA no longer requires corporate seals or notarization for the D120 Customs Bond Principal. As well, the Principal’s signature in Section 7 is no longer limited to the company President. It can be from the…

NAFTA Freight Flows Fall 6.8% in November

January 30, 2014
Monthly freight flows between the U.S. and its NAFTA partners declined to $96.1 billion in November, according to statistics released Jan. 29 by the Department of Transportation... U.S.-Canada trade totaled $52.8 billion in November, down 6.9% from October but up 0.9% from the previous year. The…

Business Barometer: Confidence among entrepreneurs up in January

January 30, 2014
Small business optimism rebounded in January, but it is not quite back to levels we had seen July through November last year. CFIB's Business Barometer® Index rose 1.7 points to 64.0 this month, clawing back about half of December's losses. The gains were mainly the result of a 2.5-point gain in…

Canada warns of trade retaliation after COOL rules stick in U.S.

January 30, 2014
The Canadian government is fuming over an agriculture bill in the United States and is warning of trade retaliation in the latest twist in a lengthy dispute that just days ago showed signs of resolution. American lawmakers have failed to make changes to country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rules that…

Government of Canada Introduces Legislation to Make the One-for-One Rule Law

January 30, 2014
...Treasury Board President Tony Clement introduced the Red Tape Reduction Act in Parliament to enshrine the One-for-One Rule in law... Making the One-for-One Rule law will help permanently control the growth of federal regulatory red tape. Under the One-for-One Rule, for every new regulation added…

Canada Gazette - Official Regulations

January 30, 2014
Subscribers may be interested in the following, published on 29 January 2014 in Part II of the Canada Gazette. SOR/2014-1 January 15, 2014 Agricultural Products Marketing Act - Order Amending the Quebec Beef Cattle Producers’ Levies or Charges (Interprovincial and Export Trade) Order http://www…

KAO Brands Canada Inc. v. CBSA, Appeal No. AP-2013-018

January 30, 2014
Decision and reasons issued Thursday, January 16, 2014 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on November 19, 2013, pursuant to subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (2nd Supp.); AND IN THE MATTER OF 12 decisions of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, dated March 5, 2013…

Update to CFIA AIRS Website

January 30, 2014
a) Chapter 02 was published to remove the following end use "Pet food manufacturing" from the following HS codes. 02.01 - Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled. 02.02 - Meat of bovine animals, frozen. 02.03 - Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen. 02.04 - Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled…

2014 CSCB Toronto General Meeting – CFIA Presentation

January 29, 2014
The CFIA presentation on the Ontario import processes and requirements from the Toronto General meeting held on 23 January 2014, is now available on the Toronto Region page of the CSCB members site. To access, please go to our website at www.cscb.ca, login, click "My Account", "Member Services" tab…

CFIA AIRS Outage - Resolved

January 29, 2014
The Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) is now back up and running. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Thank you for your co-operation during this time.