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Canada and Costa Rica will work on adding services, procurement to FTA. Existing agreement focuses mainly on trade in goods and excludes some substantive provisions. More...

World airlines are back to profitability in second quarter. International Air Transport Association says second quarter results show a global profit of US$3.9 billion. More...

Sharp increase in world trade value in the first half of 2010. The value of world merchandise trade rose around 25% in the first six months of the year. More...

European Union will be auditing Canadian fish inspection program. Audits are performed regularly between trade partners to ensure international compliance to sanitary norms. More...

Technical documents: Government memorandums, notices and decisions

• Message from CBSA re Labour Day Holiday.
• Message from CBSA re: 1/60th and 1/120th type entries.
• Message from CBSA re: Exchange rate for Myanmar (Burma) Kyat (MMK).
• EICS Bulletin - Civic Holiday for 6 September.
• EICB Bulletin: Correction Period for AUGUST Softwood Lumber Permits.
• DFAIT Handbook of Export and Import Commodity Codes - 2010. List of Chapters with Changes.
• DFAIT / EICB Imports: Textiles and clothing - NAFTA Tariff Preference Level Utilization.
• CFIA- Changes to Import Notification Requirements for Products in the Non-Federally Registered Food Sector - Phase 3.
• CFIA - Fish & Seafood - Vietnam certificate.
• CFIA - Fish & Seafood - Certification Requirements - Taiwan.
• CFIA Policy TAHD-DSAT-IE-2002-10-5 Terrestrial Animal Health Import Requirements for Rendered and Inedible Products, August 12, 2010.
• CFIA Policy TAHD-DSAT-IE-2005-9-2 BSE Import Policy for Bovine Animals and Their Products and By-Products, August 23, 2010.
• CFIA Directive D-99-04 Systems Approach Based Oriental Fruit Moth Certification Program.
• CFIA Directive D-96-15 Phytosanitary requirements to prevent the spread of Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica, in Canada and the United States.
• CITT Appeal Nos. AP-2010-007 and AP-2010-008 Bacon bits. Change to the origin declared. Tribunal's jurisdiction to hear these appeals.
• U.S. CBP Guidance: Discontinuation of the 10 percent duties imposed by the Section 301 action on softwood lumber imports from Canada.
• U.S. CBP CSMS# 10-000208 - FSIS PHIS Import Industry Information Session and Webinar Schedule. Food Safety Inspection Service, USDA.
• U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security - Best Practices for Transit, Transshipment, and Reexport of Items Subject to the Export Administration Regulations.
• USDA Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses for the 2011 Tariff-Rate Import Quota Year. Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
• U.S. New Export Control System to strengthen national security and the competitiveness of key U.S. manufacturing and technology sectors.
• U.S. Administration strengthens enforcement of U.S. trade laws in support of President's National Export Initiative.