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Frito-Lay Canada Inc. vs CBSA, Appeal No. AP-2010-002

January 28, 2013
Members were advised of the CITT decision regarding Frito-Lay Canada Inc. v. President of the Canada Border Services Agency on 21 January 2013 and the CITT has now released the statement of reasons regarding this case. This decision was the subject of a very informative webinar hosted by the CSCB on…

Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

January 28, 2013
Members may be interested in the following, published on 26 January 2013 in Part I of the Canada Gazette. 1. The Canadian International Trade Tribunal, under the Customs Act. Notice No. HA-2012-020; Appeal No.: AP-2012-022. Goods in Issue: Hydro-electric turbine-generator sets. Issue: Whether the…

Minister Fast Leads Trade Mission to Africa

January 28, 2013
The following is excerpted from a 27 January 2013 news release by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, announced today that he will lead a trade mission to Nigeria and Ghana from January 27…

Statistics Canada: Newsletter for Small and Medium-sized Businesses

January 28, 2013
Statistics Canada have released the January 2013 edition of the Newsletter for Small and Medium-sized Businesses. Inside you will find the following articles: Small, Medium-sized, and Large Businesses in the Canadian Economy: Measuring Their Contribution to Gross Domestic Product from 2001 to 2008…

GTA-Commercial District CBSA/CSCB Meeting Minutes, 19 September

January 28, 2013
Minutes of the GTA-Commercial District CBSA/CSCB meeting held on 19 September 2012 are 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", "Corporate Member Services" and look under “Regional Activity".
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2012 Corporate Member Survey Results

January 28, 2013
In 2012, we asked for your feedback on what's important to your business so we can focus our resources to provide you with the best value for your money. We are pleased to say that 42 percent of main contacts of corporate member firms answered the survey, and here are the results. More than 50% of…

Upcoming lectures in Winnipeg

January 28, 2013
Winnipeg’s business community will be jolted into thinking about transport in new ways thanks to a series of upcoming lectures co-sponsored by the University of Manitoba. The Transport Institute in the Asper School of Business is pleased to announce that Dr. Stephen Blank, Fulbright Visiting…
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Customs Brokers Record Keeping Requirements

January 28, 2013
The CSCB recently asked CBSA if a customs broker was required to maintain copies of NAFTA Certificates of Origin. Initially CBSA said that they were, according to paragraph 17 of the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations. The CSCB then asked CBSA that if a client of the customs broker indicated to…

Update to CFIA AIRS Website

January 28, 2013
Chapter 15 was published to streamline the import conditions for the following HS code for the end use "Human consumption". 15.01.90.5397.01 - Dried powder or flake form 15.01.90.5398.01 - Dried powder or flake form This generate a requirement version change to the same HS codes for the end use…
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2013 Fuel Consumption Rating Data

January 25, 2013
At the request of the CSCB, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has made available the 2013 Fuel Consumption Rating data. This information is useful for those calculating the green levy on imported vehicles. This information is not currently available on NRCan’s website. The documents are available…

Enabling Trade: Valuing Growth Opportunities

January 25, 2013
The World Economic Forum has published a report entitled Enabling Trade: Valuing Growth Opportunities. This report examines supply chain barriers to international trade and concludes that they are far more significant impediments to trade than tariffs. Findings from this report include: Reducing…

Red Tape Awareness Week

January 25, 2013
Members may be interested in recent articles published in the Financial Post and on the Canadian Federation of Independent Business’ website regarding Canada’s 4th annual Red Tape Awareness Week, ending today. Access to these articles is available here: http://business.financialpost.com/tag/red-tape…

Chinese Economy, Not the Canadian Loonie, Explains Canada's Shifting Tradewinds

January 25, 2013
The following is excerpted from a 22 January 2013 news release by The Conference Board of Canada. The “lost decade” of essentially no growth in Canadian exports is due less to the strong dollar and more to the rise of China and other emerging economies. A Conference Board of Canada report for the…