The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has extended a fee remission for certain animal health export certificates. The remission will continue a cap of $75 on export certification fees for certain live animals including swine, cattle, flightless birds, poultry, hatching eggs, horses, sheep and goats, as well as mammalian embryos until September 30, 2017.
Exports
Meet the new ‘fragile six’ of global trade
New analysis has identified the six riskiest economies in global trade, based on their exposure to the commodity price slump, the slowdown in China and the US Federal Reserve rate rise.
Researchers at ABN Amro have singled out Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa and Turkey as those emerging markets set to feel the heat of the coming months the most.
Worries Rise Over Global Trade Slump
A sharp drop in global trade growth this year is underscoring a disturbing legacy of the financial crisis: Exports and imports of goods are lagging far behind their pace of past expansions, threatening future productivity and living standards.
International trade in polar bear trophies okay: CITES
The trade in trophies from legally-hunted and sustainably-managed polar bears is not detrimental to the survival of the species in the wild.
D8-2-4, Canadian Goods Abroad Program – Emergency Repairs
The conditions for obtaining full relief of duties and taxes, including the Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax, under the Canadian Goods Abroad provisions in subsection 101(2) of the Customs Tariff, are explained in this Memorandum.