Trade News

Members are reminded that Wednesday, 31 October 2012 is the deadline for receipt of applications for the 2012-2013 Certified Customs Specialist (CCS) course. The application, course policy and course description are all available on our website at: http://cscb.ca/content/ccs-course

The third quarterly index of the Canada Gazette is now available. This index includes edition numbers 27 – 39, from July 1 to September 30, 2012. http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2012/indexq3-eng.html

The following is excerpted from a 24 October 2012 speech by Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of Canada. Good morning. Tiff and I are pleased to be here with you today to discuss the October Monetary Policy Report, which the Bank published this morning. The global economy has unfolded broadly as the…

The following is excerpted from a 24 October 2012 announcement by CBP. Based on the success of the initial Cargo Release/Simplified Entry pilot, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is pleased to announce the expansion of the pilot for air cargo to additional participants and ports. Simplified…

The following is excerpted from a 28 October 2012 news release by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, participated in an event today at the Halifax airport to highlight the benefits a Canada-EU economic and trade agreement would…

The following is excerpted from a 24 October 2012 news release by CBP. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) today announced in a Federal Register Notice that it is formalizing and expanding the Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) pilot. The ACAS pilot enables members of the air cargo industry to send…

The following is excerpted from a 26 October 2012 news release by Canada Border Services Agency. Luc Portelance, President of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and Howard Eng, President and CEO of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA), today announced the planned expansion of the…

Members may be interested in the following, published on 27 October 2012 in Part I of the Canada Gazette. 1. Canadian International Trade Tribunal; Expiry of Finding regarding carbon steel welded pipe. http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2012/2012-10-27/html/commis-eng.html#…

The following is now available on the CBSA Web site: Memorandum D9-1-1, Canada Border Services Agency's Policy on the Classification of Obscene Material http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d9/d9-1-1-eng.html

Chapter 01 was published to streamline the conditions and change the release recommendation from "Refer to CFIA - Veterinary inspection" to "CBSA inspection" for the following HS codes originating from the state of Colorado for the end use "Canadian horses returning to Canada" 01.01.21.2001 Horses…

The following meat hygiene directives are now available in HTML and PDF versions at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/eng/1331330793114/1331330868647 MHD 2012-50 Chapter 11 - Section 11.7.3 – United States of America (2012-10-26) MHD 2012-21 Chapter 11 - Chapter 11 - Section 11.7.3 - Japan (2012-10-26)…

Appendix 1 ("List of Areas Regulated for the Emerald Ash Borer") of the Plant Protection Policy Directive D-03-08 ("Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Introduction into and Spread Within Canada of the Emerald Ash Border, Agrilus planipennis [Fairmaire]) has been revised to add the State of…

The following is a CBSA message (EDI12-086) - Update Please note that some changes have been made to the list of HS codes subject to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency requirements that was sent on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. Please see attachment. If you have questions on these changes please…

The CSCB Toronto Region is offering an education seminar on the basics of NAFTA. The seminar will take place at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Toronto Airport, 6257 Airport Road in Mississauga on November 21, 2012 between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. The speakers are John Moccia, Livingston International…

The following is a CBSA message (EDI12-088) Sunday, October 28th, 2012 Full EDI Outage: For maintenance purposes, all EDI applications will be unavailable from 05:00 to 12:00 (ET). This includes: Electronic Releases, RNS, CUSDEC, CADEX, CSA, ACI Marine, ACI Bay Plan, ACI Air, ACI eManifest Highway…

a) Chapter 07 was published to add the following OGD extensions. 07.04.90.3011.01 - Cabbage - whole (fresh or chilled) 07.04.90.3011.02 - Cabbage - fresh cut, chopped or shredded (fresh or chilled) 07.04.90.3016.01 - Kale - whole (fresh or chilled) 07.04.90.3016.02 - Kale - fresh cut, chopped or…

The following is a CBSA message (EDI12-087) We are unable to process RNS arrival messages, Bay Plan data, ACI eManifest Highway as well as Highway Cargo. The backlog is one hour.

Members may be interested in the following, published on 24 October 2012 in Part II of the Canada Gazette. 1. Under the Export and Import Permits Act, Allocation Method Order (Beef and Veal) — Order Amending http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2012/2012-10-24/html/sor-dors224-eng… 2. Under the…

The ACROSS EDI release requests received report for September 2012 is available on the CSCB website at: http://cscb.ca/sites/cscb.ca/files/repository/Monthly_EDI_Release_Repor… The national EDI percent was 94.80 %.

Great news for those who are interested in applying to enter the CTCS program of study! The first four modules will be available on 15 November 2012. And because of this, we are making some changes that affect the Professional Development Modules (PDM). To coincide with the launch of the CTCS…