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Simplified documentation requirements for pet food to the United States

(Le français suit) Effective January 21, 2025 the Importer's Statement of Compliance (ISC) for Shelf-Stable, Thermally Processed Pet Food, Chews, and Treats exported from Canada to the United States will no longer be required by USDA-APHIS for the entry or transit of these products. Each shipment of…
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Reason to Believe and communications with the Excise and Tax team

The CSCB advocates to the CBSA on behalf of our members on a daily basis. The issues and concerns that you bring forward to us are the basis for our advocacy. Our members have expressed a concern regarding the emails that are being sent to the Excise and Tax Team and whether they constitute “Reason…

TCC25-0006 -UPDATE- EDI/Portal SCHEDULED Maintenance Unavailability

La version française suit UPDATE - eManifest Portal Maintenance Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-01-18 08:00 ET 2025-01-19 08:00 ET 2025-01-18 09:00 ET 2025-01-19 09:00 ET All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using the eManifest Portal. Description…
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CARM Webinars - Mark the dates on your calendar

The CSCB will be hosting two members-only webinars with the CBSA on January 29th (Payment Process) and February 5th (everything Financial such as SOA, CBSS, DN, billing cycles, financial security). The first webinar will be a presentation by the CBSA followed by a Q/A period and the second webinar…

CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) Transition Measures

La version française suivra In alignment with the CARM release 3 implementation, the Canada Border Services Agency introduced a number of measures to aid in the transition to the CARM environment. Transition measures as described in item 34 of the Customs Notice 24-29: Preparing for the CARM October…
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CBSA seeks input on prioritization of HS review strategies

In late 2022, CSCB members were asked to provide input to a global survey of customs brokers on the subject of the WCO Harmonized System of Tariff Classification (HS). CSCB feedback was incorporated into a consolidated submission by the International Federation of Customs Broker Associations (IFCBA)…

Extension to interim procedure with the USDA for importation of casings

Extension to the interim procedure negotiated with the USDA for the importation of casings into Canada The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made a significant progress in developing the new Export Verification (EV) program for export of casings; however, they require additional…

Suspension of export certificate for mollusc from Chile

Suspension of export certificate for mollusc exports from Chile for culture The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has suspended the export certificate “ Aquatic Animal Health Export Certificate- Cultured molluscs intended for culture in British Columbia, Canada”. This certificate was primarily…

TCC25-0006 - EDI/Portal SCHEDULED Maintenance Unavailability

Commercial Client Bulletin TCC25-0006 EDI/Portal Scheduled Maintenance Unavailability eManifest Portal Maintenance Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-01-18 06:00 ET 2025-01-19 06:00 ET 2025-01-18 07:00 ET 2025-01-19 07:00 ET All clients and service providers who transmit trade…
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CARM Implementation Report January 16, 2025

NEW ITEMS CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) Transition Measures email from CARM Engagement - Please see our Trade News article published on January 15 with a note from the CSCB under CBSA's message. Customs Notice 24-29 has been updated to advise that the Transition measures noted in…

Part 2 of 2 – CFIA-AIRS Updates January 16, 2025

(Le français suit l’anglais) F) Chapter 19 Chapter 19 was published to: i) modify the import conditions for the following HS codes with the end uses “Human consumption”, “Other end uses”, “Research and educational use” and “Show or exhibition” with the miscellaneous code “Not commercially packed”…

Part 1 of 2 – CFIA-AIRS Updates January 16, 2025

(Le français suit l’anglais) A) Chapter 01 Chapter 01 was published to: i) change the release recommendation to “Refuse entry” for the following HS codes with the end uses “Breeding” and “In transit through Canada” originating from Germany: 01.03.10.1031 – Normal. 01.03.91.1031 – Normal. 01.03.92…
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CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) Transition Measures

Please see the note from the CSCB below this message from the CBSA. Email from the CBSA's CARM Engagement team: English Version (La version française suivra) In alignment with the CARM release 3 implementation, the Canada Border Services Agency introduced a number of measures to aid in the…
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CBSA Form B255 and GPTP Updates

We recently reached out to the CBSA and asked for updates regarding: Upcoming changes to Form B255 ; and, The new General Preferential Tariff Plus as discussed in Customs Notice 24-41: Canada’s unilateral tariff preference programs for imports from developing countries . They provided the CSCB with…

U.S. Department of Commerce Makes Revisions to the Entity List

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added 11 entities to the Entity List, under the destination of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), for activities contrary to U.S. national security and foreign policy interests. Additionally, after an interagency…
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Determining Member Value: Human Resources Toolkit

For many years, the CSCB has provided its members with access to a human resources (HR) toolkit maintained by Two Grey Suits: Human Resources Service | CSCB National Office (you must be logged in to access this page). We would like to assess the value of continuing to offer this service to members…

CFIA-AIRS Updates January 15, 2025

(Le français suit l’anglais) CFIA-AIRS Updates January 15, 2025 A) Chapter 06 Chapter 06 was published to: i) change the release recommendation from “Refer to CFIA-NISC” to “Refuse entry” for the following HS code with the end use “Propagation (growing or sowing)” originating from the States of…