Trade News

The following is excerpted from a June 2012 report by The Conference Board of Canada. Using value-added trade measures, this briefing sheds light on Canada’s trade strengths and explores ways to maintain those as trade patterns are being transformed by global value chains. Document Highlights

The following is excerpted from a 22 June 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 the conclusion of the third round of negotiations toward a free trade agreement with Morocco. Negotiations took place in Ottawa from June 18 to 22, 2012.

The following is excerpted from the 24 June 2012 edition of The Globe and Mail. Greaves Jams & Marmalades in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., buys about 120 tonnes of sugar a year – enough to make 1 million jars of preserves. Suffice to say, production manager Rudy Doerwald keeps close tabs on the price of the sweetener, but with just two suppliers to choose from, he has no choice but to take what’s offered.

Members may be interested in the following, published on 23 June 2012 in Part I of the Canada Gazette. 1. Canadian International Trade Tribunal, under the Customs Act. Appeal Nos.: AP-2011-040 and AP-2011-041, La Sagesse de l’eau v. President of the Canada Border Services Agency. Goods in Issue: Certain Smith & Wesson knives. http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2012/2012-06-23/html/commis-eng.html#…

The following is excerpted from the 25 June 2012 edition of The Globe and Mail. The Detroit Free Press was fulsome the other day in its praise of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s adroit handling of the Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC), the formal designation of the new bridge that will – perhaps by 2016 – connect Detroit and Windsor four kilometres downstream from the gridlocked Ambassador Bridge. The Michigan legislature wouldn’t pay for its up-front share of $500-million? Not to worry. Mr. Harper has taken care of it.

The following is excerpted from a 21 June 2012 news release by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada.

Chapter 29 was published to; i) add the following OGD extensions for the end use "Livestock feed" 29.05.12.6320 - Propan-2-ol (isopropyl alcohol) 29.05.49.9990 - Other 29.14.12.6201 - Butanone (methyl ethyl ketone) 29.15.31.6201 - Ethyl acetate 29.15.39.6202 - Glyceryl monoacetate (monoacetin) 29.17.19.9990 - Other 29.18.13.9990 - Other 29.18.15.6516 - Calcium citrate 29.18.15.9990 - Other 29.18.16.9990 - Other 29.18.19.6201 - Malic acid

The following is excerpted from a 22 June 2012 news release by Transport Canada.

a) Chapter 03 was published to streamline the import conditions for the end use "Human consumption" for the following HS codes. 03.07.60.0164.05 - Snails - Terrestrial snail (escargot) species - dried - Cepaea nemoralis L., Otala lactea Müller , Eobania vermiculata Müller (syn. Otala vermiculata Müller) 03.07.60.0164.06 - Snails - Terrestrial snail (escargot) species - salted or in brine - Cepaea nemoralis L., Otala lactea Müller , Eobania vermiculata Müller (syn. Otala vermiculata Müller)

Please find attached the proposed revisions to the CFIA policy directive D-01-12, “Phytosanitary requirements for the Importation and Domestic Movement of Firewood”.

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.