Trade News

The following is excerpted from a 28 November 2012 news release by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway Ed Fast announced today that Oman has opened its market for Canadian imports of live…

The following is now available on the CBSA Web site: Memorandum D8-11-7, CBSA Policy on the Transfer of Entitlement Pursuant to the Textile and Apparel Remission Orders http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d8/d8-11-7-eng.html

For the benefit of CCS designates who have not yet attained their 20 required CCS points for 2012, the CSCB is offering a fourth quiz. The quiz will be available on Thursday, November 29th and will close at 2 p.m. EST, on Thursday, December 20th. It will include 50 questions based on all CCS Today…

Members are reminded that the deadline for submission of applications for this year’s Certified Customs Specialist (CCS) course is 30 November 2012. Please ensure that we receive your application by that date. The online CCS course offers flexible and interactive professional training for adult…

The following is excerpted from a 27 November 2012 speech by John Murray, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada. The collapse of Lehman Brothers on 15 September 2008 triggered a precipitous worldwide economic collapse. What had previously been viewed as a passing bout of “financial turbulence” was…

As of October 30, 2012, a new government credential called GCKey was introduced to replace Access Key. The Access Key credential service will expire on December 31, 2012. For eManifest Portal users, this means that as of October 30, 2012, Access Key users must switch to (transfer and use) either a…

Canada is a Party to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (Rotterdam Convention). The 6th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention will take place in Geneva, Switzerland in…

The following is now available on the CBSA Web site: Customs Notice 12-030, Proposed Regulatory Changes in Support of the CANPASS and NEXUS Programs http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/cn-ad/cn12-030-eng.html

The following is excerpted from the 27 November 2012 edition of The Globe and Mail. President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto’s visit to Ottawa this week offers a major opportunity to upgrade bilateral relations between Canada and Mexico to the level of a strategic partnership. Although Canada joined the…

The 2013 Broiler Hatching Eggs and Chicks Notice to Importers (No. 826) inviting applicant to submit an application for a share of the broiler hatching eggs and chicks tariff rate quota for the period January 1st to December 31st, 2013, is now available on the Foreign Affairs and International Trade…

Certain Carbon Steel Welded Pipe, Final Determinations and Statement of Reasons are available at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima-lmsi/i-e/ad1396/ad1396-i12-fd-eng.html

The following is a CBSA message (EDI12-100) Scheduled maintenances Outages for 2013 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) clients of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) are advised that they can expect scheduled maintenance outages on the following weekends, generally in the early morning: •…

For the benefit of CCS designates who have not yet attained their 20 required CCS points for 2012, the CSCB is offering a fourth quiz. The quiz will be available on Thursday, November 29th and will close at 2 p.m. EST, on Thursday, December 20th. It will include 50 questions based on all CCS Today…

Members may be interested in the following, published on 24 November 2012 in Part I of the Canada Gazette. 1. Canada Border Services Agency, under the Special Import Measures Act: Decisions regarding Certain carbon steel welded pipe. http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2012/2012-11-24/html/commis-eng…

Chapter 03 was published to: i) add import conditions for the following end uses: "Culture", "Diagnostic Testing", "Display in a zoo or aquarium", "Research and educational use" and "Stocking, Enhancement or refresh" for the following HS codes: 03.01.91.6159.55 - Oncorhynchus clarkii - TSN 161983 -…

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in partnership with The Centre for International Governance Innovation, issued a report, entitled Forging a New Strategic Partnership between Canada and Mexico, that calls on the governments of Canada and of Mexico to realign their bilateral relationship as a…

This is further to the information provided in Customs Notice 11-016 regarding Mandatory Harmonized System (HS) Codes – Criteria for Use of the Zero-Class Code (ZCC). The requirement to provide the 10-digit HS Codes for every line transmitted was implemented in a phased-in approach. In order to…

The following is excerpted from a 22 November 2012 news release by the Department of Finance Canada. The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today said that the next federal budget will build on the Government’s pro-growth initiatives to create jobs and long-term prosperity for Canadians…

The Canada Revenue Agency has released the following publication: NEWS86, Excise and GST/HST News - Fall 2012. It is available on the CRA website at: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/gr/news86/news86-e.html

The following is excerpted from the 22 November 2012 edition of CBC News. Agricultural products are among the key issues as Canada-Europe trade talks enter a crucial stage this week. The talks in Brussels between International Trade Minister Ed Fast and his European counterpart Karel De Gucht will…