Trade News

The Revised Notice of Commencement of Inquiry is available in its entirety on the CITT website at: http://www.citt.gc.ca/dumping/inquirie/notices/NQ2m002_e.asp

Starting Date Appeal No. Appellant Act Type of Hearing 2012-08-23 AP-2011-057 AP-2011-058 Marmen Énergie Inc. and Marmen Inc. Customs Act Public Hearing 2012-08-30 AP-2011-062 Fonds d’Emprunt communautaire GIM Excise Tax Act File Hearing 2012-09-06 AP-2011-014 De Ronde Tire Supply, Inc. Customs Act…

The following is excerpted from a 21 August 2012 news release by The Conference Board of Canada. Several of Canada’s export-dependent manufacturing industries are counting on the U.S. economy and demand from emerging markets to sustain production increases and bolster profitability in the face of…

The following is a CBSA message (EDI12-067). With reference to our Message EDI12-033 sent April 10, 2012 - effective August 25, 2012, the requirement to submit the UN prefix for the dangerous goods code transmitted in the cargo maps for ACI Air, ACI Marine, ACI eManifest Highway and CSA (Customs…

a) Chapter 06 was published to change the release recommendation from "Refer to CFIA-ISC" to "Refuse entry" for the state of Connecticut for the following HS codes: 06.02.10.0011.65 - Ash - Unrooted plants (Other Fraxinus spp.) 06.02.10.0021.68 - European ash - Unrooted plants (Fraxinus excelsior)…

The Department of Finance is currently reviewing a request for the removal of the customs duties on imports of palm oil dairy fat for use in the manufacture of animal feed. This product is classified as palm oil and its fractions, refined but not chemically modified, under tariff item No. 1511.90.90…

Environment Canada are seeking input on potential amendments to the Off-Road Small Spark-Ignition Engine Emission Regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999). The amendments under consideration are intended to maintain alignment of Canadian standards and test…

The following is excerpted from a 20 August 2012 News release by the Department of Finance Canada. The Honourable Ted Menzies, Minister of State (Finance), today highlighted the Harper Government’s commitment to keep Canadian businesses competitive and growing in the face of a slowing global…

The following is excerpted from a 20 August 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 praised the strength of Canada’s financial sector and the role Canada’s Trade…

The following is excertped from a 21 August 2012 release by Statistics Canada. Wholesale sales edged down 0.1% to $49.9 billion in June, after four consecutive monthly increases. In volume terms, wholesale sales were down 0.5%. This release is available in its entirety at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca…

The following is excerpted from the 17 August 2012 edition of The Globe and Mail. A study by Canadian and Chinese officials on their two countries’ economic relationship, released this week, is an impressively substantive work, which invites the inference that a sectoral approach to Canadian-Chinese…

Dumping case number: AD/1393 Dumping file number: 4214-34 Subsidy case number: CV/130 Subsidy file number: 4218-33 Statement of Reasons Concerning the preliminary determinations with respect to the dumping and subsidizing of Certain Steel Piling Pipe originating in or exported from the People's…

Members may be interested in the following, published on 18 August 2012 in Part I of the Canada Gazette. Canadian International Trade Tribunal, appeal under the Customs Act. Cycles Lambert Inc. v. President of the Canada Border Services Agency; Appeal No.: AP-2011-060. Goods in Issue: Various models…

The following is excerpted from a 14 August 2012 press release by the World Customs Organization. On 14 August 2012, Bosnia and Herzegovina deposited its instrument of accession to the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System) with the…

The following is a CBSA message (EDI12-066) Reminder * If you receive a reject message on your release transaction for “invalid status of request/cargo control number” or “ccn in history” ( error code 464 and T36) there is no need to contact the EDI hotline during the day or after business hours…

Further to our message to members on August 2, 2012 regarding CADEX participants exceeding the ACROSS 999 line limit, CBSA has advised that commencing October 29th, 2012, AMPS penalty C070 (failing to account for goods in the prescribed time and manner) will be issued in these cases. This date was…

It’s only six weeks until the CSCB national conference and delegates have been registering at a rapid pace. It will be a great event and we don’t want you to miss out on it. The conference hotel, the Hilton Quebec, has some rooms left, but only at the executive level and at a higher rate than that…

The following is excerpted from the 16 August 2012 edition of Embassy Magazine. Canadian attitudes towards their geography wax and wane as sure as the tide: sometimes proximity to the world’s foremost economic and military power is a blessing, and other times a curse. Against the backdrop of these…