Trade News

Draft meeting minutes from the BCCC Major Projects Sub-Committee meeting held on 12 October 2011 have been replaced with the final version that is now available on the BCCC Major Projects Sub-Committee page of the CSCB members site. To access, please go to our website at www.cscb.ca, login, and look under “CSCB Advocacy”. _________________________________________________

CFIA have advised of the following scheduled maintenance outages: Saturday June 23, 2012 - External access to CFIA Web content including: (CFIA's internet Web site, AIRS, AVS and ASISST) will not be available between 8:45 AM (EST) & 12:45 AM (EST) Saturday June 23, 2012 - CFIA applications will not be available between the hours of 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST. Sunday June 24, 2012 - CFIA applications will not be available between the hours of 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM EST.

The following is excerpted from the 22 June 2012 edition of The Globe and Mail. If you think the theatre of 100,000 people in the streets every night in Quebec, coupled with pot-banging and endless (largely sympathetic) media coverage, was over the top, wait until any federal government threatens supply management.

The following is an interview with Carol West, CSCB President, for Canadian Sailings’ June 4th, 2012 edition. By Brian Dunn

Softwood Lumber interim quota allocations for JULY 2012 are now available in EICS. Please be advised that the volume available currently represents 80% of the actual JULY allocation. _________________________________________________

a) Chapter 03 was published to add import conditions for: i) the following HS Codes with the end use of Culture 03.01.99.6230.74 - Oreochromis andersonii - TSN 648837 - Three spotted tilapia (live) 03.01.99.7948.28 - Sparus aurata - TSN 647901 - Gilthead bream (live) 03.07.11.1888.75 - Crassostrea gigas - TSN 79868 - Pacific cupped oyster (live or non-ready-to-eat, shell on) (fresh or chilled) 03.07.31.5607.36 - Mytilus galloprovincialis - TSN 79456 - Mediterranean mussel (live or non-ready-to-eat, shell on) (fresh or chilled)

The following is a CBSA message (EDI12-052) The following is information concerning this year's civic holiday in Québec on Monday, June 25, 2012. For all clients, overnight reports will run the evenings of Friday, June 22, 2012 and Monday, June 25, 2012.

Grodan Inc. vs CBSA, Appeal No. AP-2011-030 Decision and reasons issued Thursday, June 7, 2012 The Decision and Statement of Reasons are available at: http://www.citt.gc.ca/appeals/decision/ap2l030_e.asp Grodan Inc. vs CBSA, Appeal No. AP-2011-031 Decision and reasons issued Thursday, June 7, 2012 The Decision and Statement of Reasons are available at:

Members may be interested in the following, published on 20 June 2012 in Part II of the Canada Gazette. 1. Under the Farm Products Agencies Act, Regulations Amending the Canadian Chicken Marketing Quota Regulations. http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2012/2012-06-20/html/sor-dors116-eng… 2. Under the Canadian Wheat Board Act, Regulations Amending the Canadian Wheat Board Regulations.

The following is excerpted from the 20 June 2012 edition of The Globe and Mail. The United States, Australia and New Zealand are demanding unfettered access to Canada’s highly protected dairy and poultry markets a day after inviting Ottawa to join them in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks. Their demands to tear down agricultural trade barriers mean Canada’s supply management system will be in the cross hairs in the TPP talks. This article is available in its entirety at:

The following is excerpted from the 21 June 2012 edition of The Globe and Mail. Once upon a time, major international trade pacts were the source of controversy and great debate in Canada. The North American Free Trade Agreement ignited a national uprising. On Parliament Hill, opposition parties railed against the accord’s potential to make Canada the 51st state of the U.S. It made national figures out of anti-NAFTA crusaders Mel Hurtig and Maude Barlow. Those were the days. This commentary is available in its entirety at:

Chapter 08 was published to modify the conditions for the following HS Code originating from various U.S. states to British Columbia, Newfoundland & Labrador. 08.10.40.4017 - Blueberry (fresh) This created requirement version changes for the same HS Code to other destinations. Please check your version numbers before submitting through EDI. If you have any questions, please contact your Import Service Centre. _________________________________________________

Members may be interested in the testimony of CBP Assistant Commissioner, Office of Intelligence and Investigative Liaison, Donna Bucella before the House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security which is available on the CBP website at: http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/newsroom/congressional_test/bucella… _________________________________________________

The CITT Annual Report for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012 is available at: http://www.citt.gc.ca/publicat/ar2m_e.asp _________________________________________________

The following is a 19 June 2012 news release by The Conference Board of Canada. Canada’s trade strengths are concentrated in industries that extract natural resources and process raw materials. These areas of strength – in which Canada has an outsized share of global trade – include agricultural and food products like wheat, meat, and oilseeds; mineral products like natural gas and metals; and forest products like wood and paper. As well, our strength in the utilities sector comes entirely from electricity exports.

The following is excerpted from the 19 June 2012 edition of The Globe and Mail. Where did the TPP come from?