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The Incoterms define the responsibilities of buyers and sellers for the delivery of goods. The Incoterms were first created by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in 1936 to help traders avoid misunderstandings by clarifying the costs, risks, and responsibilities of both buyers and sellers in the delivery of goods. The ICC recently launched the…

Memorandum D19-7-2 Requirements Concerning the Importation and Exportation of Ozone-depleting Substances and Halocarbon Alternatives and certain Products Containing or Designed to Contain these Substances CFIA Notice to Industry – Changes to plant and animal import permit application forms. As of November 4, 2019, it will be mandatory to use the new plant and animal health…

The CFIA will begin issuing export certificates for compliant pork and beef products. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced that pork and beef products from eligible establishments in Canada that are processed on or after November 5, 2019 may be exported to China. The CFIA says it will begin issuing export certificates for compliant…

Efforts are now focused on domestic ratification in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chrystia Freeland, met in Ottawa on Wednesday with a bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation. The meeting was an occasion to discuss the ratification process for the new NAFTA and the shared commitment between Canada and the United…

The International Air Transport Association says demand for air freight decreased by 4.5% in September. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reports that demand in global air freight markets decreased by 4.5% in September 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. This marks the eleventh consecutive month of year-on-year decline in freight volumes, the…

The federal agency says total exports fell 1.3% and total imports were down 1.7% Statistics Canada announced that the country’s merchandise trade deficit with the world narrowed narrowed from $1.2 billion in August to $978 million in September. The Federal agency says total exports fell 1.3% to $49.8 billion in September, largely offsetting the increase…

Commerce Department announces its determination in antidumping duty investigation. The U.S. Department of Commerce announced its affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of sodium sulfate anhydrous from Canada. The Department calculated preliminary dumping rate of 9.85 percent for the mandatory respondent and for all other producers/exporters in Canada. As a…

Intermodal freight loadings rose 3.4% and freight loadings from the U.S. were up 1% Statistics Canada announced that the country’s railways carried a total of 33.7 million tonnes of freight in August, up 1.1% from the same month a year earlier. The Federal agency reports that intermodal freight loadings were up 3.4% to 3.2 million…

Duty relief provisions are under the strict condition that imported goods be used in a specific way. The Government of Canada has issued over the years several conditional relief tariff items to reduce or eliminate the rates of duty that would otherwise apply to goods, provided the conditions of relief imposed under the tariff item…

Finding is scheduled to expire unless CBSA and Tribunal decide to maintain it. The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated an expiry review of its finding concerning the dumping and the subsidizing of certain carbon steel fasteners originating in or exported from China and Chinese Taipei (Taiwan). The Tribunal’s finding, issued in January 2010 and renewed…