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Customs Notice 22-04 - Arctic Shipping Electronic Commercial Clearance Pilot Program (Tue, 15 Mar 2022)
This notice has been updated to provide clarification on eligible participants, and cargo transported on vessels, approved for the Arctic Shipping Electronic Commercial Clearance (ASECC) Pilot Program.
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Customs Notice 22-01 - New Sanctions and Export Controls in Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine (Wed, 02 Mar 2022)
The purpose of this notice is to inform importers and exporters that the Special Economic Measures (Ukraine) Regulations (SOR/2014-60) under the Special Economic Measures Act were amended on February 24, 2022.
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Memorandum D10-14-55 (Revised): Tariff Classification of wood flooring products (including cork) (Mon, 07 Feb 2022)
This memorandum has been revised to provide clarification on current policies or procedures and reflect the guidance provided by existing World Customs Organization Compendium Classification Opinions and the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes.
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Memorandum D11-5-4 (Revised): Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) Rules of Origin (Wed, 19 Jan 2022)
This memorandum provides a link to the Department of Justice’s website for the official version of the CCFTA Rules of Origin Regulations.
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Memorandum D2-5-11 (Revised): Guidelines for commercial air carriers for the processing of prescribed traveller information (Mon, 20 Dec 2021)
This memorandum has been revised to provide more precise policy direction to commercial air carriers.
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Journal of Commerce | Maritime News › International Freight Shipping

Vessel delays costing shippers billions: Sea-Intelligence (Thu, 09 Jun 2022)
A new report is putting hard figures to the costs of high demand, port congestion, and the resulting increase in inventories.
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Capacity management will stabilize rates despite growing orderbook: carriers (Thu, 19 May 2022)
The container ship orderbook currently stands at 26.7 percent of the global fleet, with much of the new capacity to be delivered in 2023 and 2024, but carriers have no intention of allowing the additional supply to undermine rates and profitability.
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Europe–Asia reefers battling for space with returning empties (Mon, 16 May 2022)
Reefer equipment for European exporters is in short supply as the refrigerated shipments compete for carrier attention with less complex and higher-priced dry containers.
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