Trade News

The Notice of Expiry of Finding is available on the CITT website at: http://www.citt.gc.ca/dumping/expiries/notices/le2m003_e.asp

CBSA has indicated that an informed compliance period will begin on November 1, 2012, during which time carriers will not be turned around or issued zero-rated penalties for non-compliance. These carriers will be informed of the requirement to transmit advance highway and cargo and conveyance data…

The following is excerpted from the 17 October 2012 edition of Embassy Magazine. Poised inside Ottawa’s main airport, Canadian and American officials grinned at the camera as they gathered in front of Harper government promotional signs, the Maple Leaf, and Old Glory. Posing for a photo on Oct. 4…

The following is excerpted from a 16 October 2012 news release by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today announced that he will lead a trade mission to Ghana and Nigeria in early 2013…

The following is excerpted from a 16 October 2012 news release by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The Harper Government will help raise consumer awareness and boost demand for Canada's high-quality food and beverages by showcasing the diversity of Canadian products at an event to be held tomorrow…

This notice is to remind importers and brokers that phase 10 implementation of the changes to import notification requirements for products in the non-federally registered food sector will come into effect on October 29, 2012. Annex 1 of the Notice to Importers and Brokers - Phase 10 on the CFIA…

The following is excerpted from a 16 October 2012 release by Statistics Canada. Manufacturing sales increased 1.5% to $49.5 billion in August, the highest sales level since March 2012. The gain largely reflected increases in the petroleum and coal products, and motor vehicle industries…

The following is excerpted from a 15 October 2012 news release by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, and the Honourable Brad Duguid, Ontario’s Minister of Economic Development and…

The following is excerpted from a 12 October 2012 news release by Canada's Economic Action Plan. Today, the Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, along with United States Consul General in Vancouver, Anne Callaghan on behalf of U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano…

Minutes of the Windsor CBSA/Customs Brokers' meeting held on 26 September 2012 are now available on the Ontario 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".

a) Chapter 07 was published to add the end uses "Livestock feed" and "Other end uses" to the following OGD extensions. 07.12.90.3038.09 - Sweet marjoram (dried) 07.12.90.3041 - Carrot, dehydrated, sliced, diced or ground 07.12.90.3042 - Carrot root, ground b) Chapter 29 was published to add the…

The following is excerpted from an 11 October 2012 news release by the Department of Finance Canada. Please note the tariff changes referred to in this Department of Finance notice were included in an October 10 CSCB message listing official regulations from the Canada Gazette. The Honourable Jim…

The following is excerpted from the 12 October 2012 edition of CBC News. For the first time in three years the U.S. Department of Agriculture will audit Canada's food inspection agency, which includes a visit to the Alberta-based XL Foods meat plant at the centre of an international beef recall…

Members may be interested in the following, published on 13 October 2012 in Part I of the Canada Gazette. 1. Canadian International Trade Tribunal Determination under the Special Import Measures Act regarding the dumping and subsidizing of certain unitized wall modules. http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp…

The following is excerpted from a 12 October 2012 speech by DG Pascal Lamy of the World Trade Organiztion. Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his address to the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on 12 October 2012, said that “based on current information, and holding a number…

The following is a CBSA Message (EDI12-082) In reference to Notice, serial No. 833 dated September 28, 2012 which was prepared and distributed by International Trade Canada, please be advised that the wheat products tariff rate quota (TRQ) will be filled on October 26, 2012. Consequently, October 26…

LE FRANÇAIS SUIT LA VERSION ANGLAISE Third CCS Designate Quiz of 2012 NOW Available! The third CCS Designate Quiz of 2012 is now available. You have until 2 p.m. EDT on the 18th of October, 2012 to submit your responses to the CSCB. Quizzes submitted after that time will not be accepted. The quiz…