ABC - Archived Industry News

2010-08-31 - Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, announced yesterday that Canada and Costa Rica have agreed to work toward modernizing the existing bilateral free trade agreement.

2010-08-27 - Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association Health Canada is conducting a consultation on options for the proposed Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations.

2010-08-26 - Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association The volume of cargo carried by Canadian railways increased in June, as both commodity loadings in Canada and traffic received from the United States increased. Total freight traffic originating in Canada and received from the United States increased by 11.2% from June 2009 to 24.4 million metric tonnes in June. Compared with June 2009, freight loaded in Canada rose 8.2% to 21.8 million metric tonnes in June. The Canadian railway industry's core transportation systems, non-intermodal and intermodal, both contributed to the rise in cargo loaded.

2010-08-26 - Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association The lawyers at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade are not bragging about it - at least not to date - but they've just won an impressive victory in an $80 million-plus NAFTA lawsuit reports "Embassy". Earlier this month, a panel of three arbitrators dismissed claims filed by the U.S. chemical company Chemtura under Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

2010-08-26 - Canadian Society of Customs Brokers A number of directives have been revised.

2010-08-25 - Canadian Society of Customs Brokers CBSA Members may not be aware that CBSA has recently started to publish rulings on their website

2010-08-25 - Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association The purpose of this notice is to provide exporters of softwood lumber products under the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006 with information on an additional 10% export charge applying to exports of softwood lumber products having a region of origin of Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba or Saskatchewan.

2010-08-25 - International Trade Today by Broker Power The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has posted an announcement, background information, and a Q&A on its proposal to enhance import controls on food and food ingredients in the Non Federally Registered Sector (NFRS) that are regulated solely under Canada's Food and Drugs Act.

2010-08-24 - Canada Border Services Agency On August 20, 2010, the President of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) received undertaking proposals from exporters of greenhouse bell peppers originating in or exported from the Netherlands.

2010-08-23 - Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Softwood Lumber interim quota allocations for SEPTEMBER 2010 are now available in EICS.