Trade News

The following is excerpted from a 14 September 2012 news release by CBSA. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) today released statistics for the first quarter of the 2012/2013 fiscal year. These numbers, covering the period of April through June 2012--represent the wide range of work done by the…

The following is excerpted from the 14 September 2012 edition of Canadian Transportation & Logistics. The Canadian Trucking Alliance has surveyed its members to gauge experience with ACI eManifest ahead of the start of its mandatory use for highway carriers Nov. 1. “Respondents to our survey…

The following is excerpted from the 13 September 2012 edition of CBC News. The Canadian dollar rose above $1.03 US today after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced aggressive actions aimed at stimulating the still-weak American economy by making it cheaper for consumers and businesses to borrow and…

The following is excerpted from the 13 September 2012 edition of Reuters Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday he hoped to balance the federal budget before the next election in October 2015 but his top priority was to make sure the economy continued to grow. "We have to go…

The CSCB Toronto Region is offering an education seminar on various CFIA issues, including commodity specific import requirements. The seminar will take place at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Toronto Airport, 6257 Airport Road in Mississauga on September 27, 2012 between 2 p.m. and 5 – 5:30 p.m…

The following is a CBSA Message (EDI12-074) Saturday, September 15th, 2012 Full EDI Outage: For maintenance purposes, all EDI applications will be unavailable from 04:30 to 06:00 (ET). This includes: Electronic Releases, RNS, CUSDEC, CADEX, CSA, ACI Marine, ACI Air, ACI eManifest Highway as well as…

The following is a CBSA Message (EDI12-073) The purpose of this message is to remind importers and customs brokers that a post arrival electronic Service Option Release on Minimum Documentation (RMD) is NOT permitted for purposes of obtaining release of shipments at highway border frontier locations…

The following is excerpted from a 13 September 2012 news release by Natural Resources Canada. Scott Armstrong, Member of Parliament for Cumberland-Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley, on behalf of the Honourable Joe Oliver, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, today announced additional support for…

The following is excerpted from a 12 September 2012 news release by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement as he concluded his first official visit to India: “I was pleased to visit India at the invitation of S.M…

The following is excerpted from an 11 September 2012 news release by CBP. When CBP’s Assistant Commissioner of the Office of International Trade Allen Gina spoke to trade business leaders from the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, NCBFAA, Monday, he lightheartedly greeted…

The following is excerpted from a 12 September 2012 news release by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. Gerald Keddy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade, for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and for the Atlantic Gateway, today concluded a two-day tour…

Members may be interested in the following, published on 12 September 2012 in Part II of the Canada Gazette. 1. Order Amending Schedule 3 to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2012/2012-09-12/html/sor-dors164-eng… 2. Regulations Amending the…

TIME CHANGE: see below in bold. This message is to advise you that CFIA has an AVS outage scheduled for Thursday September 27, 2012 - AVS will not be available between the hours of 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM EST. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Chapter 20 was published to add the following OGD extensions. 20.09.11.2118 - Orange juice, sweetened, not concentrated (frozen) 20.09.11.2119 - Orange juice, unsweetened, not concentrated (frozen) 20.09.19.2105 - Orange Juice Concentrate (for use as livestock feed) 20.09.69.2107 - Grape juice…

We expect a very well-attended session at the CSCB annual conference to be the one entitled “The Food Trade: A Diet of Change”. Speakers on this panel include Mark Burgham, Director, Imported & Manufactured Foods, CFIA; Mark FeDuke, Director, Trade Compliance, VLM Foods; and Cornelia Rooks, Senior…

The Notice of Expiry of Order is available on the CITT website at: http://www.citt.gc.ca/dumping/expiries/notices/le2m002_e.asp

The following is excerpted from the 11 September 2012 edition of The Globe and Mail. A strong currency and global slowdown are choking Canada’s trade-dependent economy. The merchandise trade deficit swelled in July to $2.3-billion, the largest since Statistics Canada began tracking the data in 1971…