Trade News

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…

In alignment with CP’s operational improvements, CP has updated its Product and Services and Transload tariffs with changes, effective September 15th 2012. This notice is available in its entirety on the Canadian Pacific website at: http://www.cpr.ca/en/customer-centre/customer-bulletins/Pages…

The ACROSS EDI release requests received report for July 2012 is available on the CSCB website at: http://cscb.ca/sites/cscb.ca/files/uploads/Monthly_EDI_Release_Report_J… The national EDI percent was 94.30 %.

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. We understand that the conference hotel, The Hilton Quebec is very busy during our conference period. And it is almost sold out! We…

This issue features three articles that present research and analysis by Bank of Canada staff. The first updates previous Bank estimates of measurement bias in the Canadian consumer price index; the second uses a new term-structure model to analyze the relationship between the short-term policy rate…

The following is excerpted from the 15 August 2012 edition of Reuters Canada. A stubbornly fragile global economy could throw Canada's steadfast growth and job creation off track, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday, although he highlighted a slowing housing market and increased…

The following is excerpted from a 16 August 2012 news release by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. Mark Adler, Member of Parliament for York Centre, on behalf of the Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today attended a…