Bay Brokerage offers comprehensive logistic services to the Kingston Ontario region. Our fleet serves to companies located in the Gananoque, Belleville and greater Napanee areas for same day cross border clearance.

Together with Bay Brokerage, Bay International Trade Solutions, Bay Consulting, and Bay Logistics ensure that more than 2500 daily shipments from around the world will arrive at their destination via air, sea, truck or rail with minimal delays and the lowest duty, freight and storage costs.

Whether you are shipping full containers, less than container load or small parcels through our Section 321 entry program, Bay provides comprehensive international service here and across the globe.

Bay Brokerage is proud to announce that we now offer complete transportation services in the Province of Quebec! Our fleet will now namely offer services to companies located in the Aylmer, Gatineau and Hull Quebec areas for same day cross border clearance.

This new traffic lane complements our complete EDI brokerage processes, Section 321 entry services, and distribution through our US-Canada border warehouse facilities.

The U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement (“SLA” or “the Agreement”) entered into force on October 12, 2006 and is currently scheduled to expire on October 12, 2013. The SLA includes a provision for extension of the Agreement for an additional two years.

The United States is considering extending the SLA through October 12, 2015. Interested persons are invited to submit comments on the possible extension of the Agreement.

DATES: To ensure consideration, comments should be submitted no later than 30 days after
publication of the notice.

ADDRESS: Comments should be submitted electronically via the Internet at www.regulations.gov, docket number USTR-2011-0011. If you are unable to provide submissions by www.regulations.gov, please contact Mary Sullivan Smith at (202) 395-9404 to arrange for an alternative method of transmission.

Pembina, N.D.—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is enforcing a federal quarantine order that began on July 30, 2011 that restricts the importation of rice into the U.S. from countries with known Khapra beetle infestations.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is restricting the importation of rice from countries known to have Khapra beetle due to an increasing number of detections at U.S. ports of entry of infested shipments of rice from these countries. The introduction and establishment of Khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium) into the U.S. poses a serious threat to stored agricultural products, including spices, grains and packaged foods.

Noncommercial quantities of rice from countries where Khapra beetle is known to occur will be prohibited from entering the U.S. Noncommercial quantities are defined as amounts of rice for personal use and not for resale, including those transported in international passenger baggage, by mail or by courier.

In addition, commercial shipments of rice originating from countries where Khapra beetle is known to occur must be inspected and must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that the shipment was inspected and found free of Khapra beetle. A phytosanitary certificate or phytosanitary certificate of re-export with the same additional declaration will also be required for commercial shipments of rice originating from countries known to have Khapra beetle that make entry into another country before re-exportation to the U.S.

These restrictions apply to all countries where Khapra beetle is known to occur, including Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cyprus, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and United Arab Emirates.

According to APHIS, previous detections of Khapra beetle have resulted in massive, long term-control and eradication efforts at great cost to the American taxpayer. Established infestations are difficult to control because the beetle can survive without food for long periods of time, requires little moisture, hides in tin

This year, CBP agriculture specialists have made 100 Khapra beetle interceptions at U.S. ports of entry compared to three to six per year in 2005 and 2006, and averaging about 15 per year from 2007 to 2009.

Infestation affects grain quality as well as quantity. Infestation of commodities with Khapra beetle can lead to the following consequences:

• Economic loss of valuable grain or other domestic or export products
• Lowered quality of products due to contamination
• Costs associated with prevention and treatment
• Consumer health risks when exposed to products contaminated with insect parts

In the U.S., infestation can result in the loss of export markets. If the Khapra beetle became established in the United States, other countries would likely place restrictions on imports of U.S. grain, cereal products, or seed.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have announced that part of the San Ysidro, Calif. port of entry has reopened for vehicle processing.

At midnight Pacific time, CBP officers anticipated being able to use 13 vehicle lanes to process travelers. Depending on traffic volume, CBP would normally operate about this many traffic lanes, or fewer, at this time in the evening. To accommodate the expected traffic, all 13 available lanes were operational starting at midnight. ( Southern California Port to Reopen to Pedestrians Following Construction Accident )

CBP re-opened the bus lane at the port to process buses only. The passenger-only processing area reopened yesterday evening.

SENTRI members will have access to a dedicated SENTRI lane that and they will be redirected to the open lanes when they arrive at the port.

General traffic must use the approaches in Mexico that lead to the western side of the port of entry, or to the left as you approach the border crossing from Mexico. The approaches on the eastern side of the border crossing remain closed.

As of early hours of Sept. 15, CBP does not expect to be cleared to open more vehicle lanes today. Updates will be provided as soon as available and local Southern California media are monitoring the situation.

Vehicle traffic can still cross at either the Otay Mesa passenger and cargo port of entry or the Tecate passenger and cargo port of entry.

(Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services, Inc.) Following are summaries of current antidumping actions taken by the International Trade Administration.

Commodity: Magnesium metal, classifiable under HTSUS 8104.11.00, 8104.19.00, 8104.30.00 and 8104.90.00.
Country: Russia.
Nature of Notice: Final results of administrative review of AD duty order, effective Sept. 13. One company was assigned a dumping margin of 2.24%. This rate will be used to assess AD duties on entries made during the period April 1, 2009, through March 31, 2010. Because this order was revoked effective April 15, 2010, no AD cash deposits for future entries of subject merchandise will be required.

Commodity: Small diameter graphite electrodes, classifiable under HTSUS 8545.11.0000.
Country: China.
Nature of Notice: Final results of administrative review of AD duty order. Dumping margins range from 2.75% to 159.64% and will be used to (a) assess AD duties on entries of subject merchandise during the period of review (Aug. 21, 2008, through Jan. 31, 2010) and (b) determine cash deposit requirements for entries of subject merchandise on and after Sept. 13, 2011.

Commodity: Stainless steel bar, classifiable under HTSUS 7222.11, 7222.19, 7222.20 and 7222.30.
Country: India.
Nature of Notice: Final results of administrative review of AD duty order. Dumping margins range from 0.07% (de minimis) to 21.02% and will be used to (a) assess AD duties on entries of subject merchandise during the period of review (Feb. 1, 2009, through Jan. 31, 2010) and (b) determine cash deposit requirements for entries of subject merchandise on and after Sept. 13, 2011, except for one exporter for which the AD duty order is being revoked effective Feb. 1, 2010.

Commodity: Large diameter line pipe and tube.
Country: Mexico.
Nature of Notice: NAFTA binational panel decision affirming International Trade Commission’s affirmative final AD injury determination.

Commodity: Welded carbon steel pipe and tube.
Country: Turkey.
Nature of Notice: Extension from Oct. 6 to Dec. 5 of time limit for final results of administrative review of AD duty order

(NWFA) On Oct. 12, the International Trade Commission (ITC) will hold a second hearing for testimony in the U.S.’s antidumping and countervailing investigation of engineered wood flooring from China.

During this hearing, both sides in the investigation will make their last plea in an attempt to sway the ITC in its final decision on whether to give the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) a green light to institute tariffs on engineered wood flooring from China. The matter was originally brought to the ITC by the Coalition for American Hardwood Parity (CAHP), whose members feel this product from China is being unfairly traded in the U.S. and that it is costing their businesses material damage. However, these petitioners are not unopposed.

On the other side of the matter are select importers, distributors and retailers that feel their business in China is threatened by increased tariffs sought by the CAHP. Some of these companies have banded together to form the Alliance for Free Choice & Jobs in Flooring (AFCJF).

It’s expected that the ITC will make a final ruling in the case in November. If the ITC rules for the CAHP, the DOC will institute antidumping and countervailing duties that will stay in effect for the next 30 years. Also, import duties in the U.S. are primarily retroactive, meaning that if DOC does end up imposing duties, an importer could face a sudden jump in the amount owed a year or two after making a shipment of engineered wood flooring from China. But there is a chance the ITC will rule in favor of the AFCJF and other importers, in which case the antidumping and countervailing duties will be dropped.

Until then, the wood flooring industry will look ahead to Oct. 12. Also on that date, the DOC will hand down another revised determination for antidumping and countervailing duties. Wood flooring importers of record will pay these tariffs until the ITC makes a final determination in November.

Right now, the majority of engineered wood flooring imported from China is subject to a preliminary countervailing duty of about 2.25 percent or lower and a preliminary antidumping duty of about 6.78 percent or lower, figures that have been in effect since March and June, respectively.

The hearing at the ITC (500 E. Street Southwest, Washington, D.C.) will begin at 9:30 a.m. and is open to the public. Both the petitioners and respondents will provide testimony and then answer questions offered by the ITC. The DOC is expected to announce its final duties after noon, according to the AFCJF.

(Business and Industry) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a new document that offers guidance to companies importing electronic devices into the U.S. that emit radiation.

The guidance covers both non-medical and medical products, including diagnostic x-ray systems such as fluoroscopy units. The document’s goal is to provide specific recommendations that will facilitate the FDA’s import entry review process for device manufacturers.

The guidance covers the agency’s affirmation of compliance AOC codes that vendors can provide at the time of import entry to expedite the import process. By using the proper AOC codes and their appropriate qualifiers, companies can ensure that their shipments won’t be held up for further review by the FDA

WASHINGTON, (MMD Newswire) August 29, 2011 – – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that sugar entering the United States under the fiscal year 2011 raw sugar import tariff-rate quota (TRQ) will be permitted to enter U.S. Customs territory until Oct. 31, 2011, a month later than the usual last entry date.

Additional U.S. Note 5(a) (iv) of Chapter 17 of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to permit sugar allocated under a given quota period to be entered in a previous or subsequent quota year period. This action is expected to reduce the TRQ shortfall and provide additional flexibility for U.S. refiners.

The Department previously announced, on Aug. 1, 2011, that sugar entering under the FY 2012 raw sugar TRQ will be permitted to enter U.S. Customs territory beginning Sept. 1, 2011, a month earlier than the usual first entry date of Oct. 1. This announcement does not change the level of any U.S. sugar import TRQs, and applies only to raw cane sugar (not refined sugar).