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As of September 23, 2024, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be making the following service change at the National Centre for Permissions : Charging service fees for processing Ministerial Exemption applications Applications for Ministerial Exemptions for fresh fruit and vegetables…

China said on Tuesday it plans to start an anti-dumping investigation into canola imports from Canada, after Ottawa moved to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, lifting prices of domestic rapeseed oil futures to a one-month peak. Canada has followed the lead of the United States and…

In June 2024 Bill C-59, the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act received royal assent. Division 8 of this legislation introduced various amendments to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, SC 2000, c 17 (PCMLTFA or the Act) and the Criminal Code (the Amendments…

CARM Client Support (CCS) RE: Daily Notices (DN) Schedule for Labour Day Due to the holiday weekend, the Daily Notices (DN) schedule will be as follows: Transactions submitted Saturday, August 31, 2024, to Tuesday, September 3, 2024, will appear on the Daily Notice of Wednesday, September 4, 2024…

The purpose of this notice is to advise that: 1. Effective September 30, 2024 the company located at 7800 Notre Dame Ouest, Montréal will be surrendering their “BW” type highway sufferance warehouse licence. 2. Consequently, the CBSA is soliciting applications for a licence to operate a public “BW”…

1. Effective October 21, 2024 the CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) system will become the official system for Customs Self-Assessment (CSA) importers and other trade chain partners (TCPs) to account for their goods and pay for their duties and taxes owed to the Canada Border Services…

Effective October 21, 2024 the CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) system will become the official system for importers and other trade chain partners (TCPs) to account for their goods and pay applicable duties and taxes owed to the Canada Border Services Agency. This notice provides TCPs…

As part of CFIA’s ongoing efforts to improve client service, please be advised that CFIA will be performing network maintenance on: September 4, 2024 from 5:00 am to 7:00 am (ET) Consequently, the following service may not be available for this period: Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is seeking feedback on a new directive D-24-01: Spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) – domestic and import phytosanitary requirements . The directive outlines phytosanitary requirements to prevent the importation and spread of spotted lanternfly…

CFIB’s Business Barometer® long-term index, which is based on 12-month forward expectations for business performance, inched forward at 56.8—the highest level in the past two years but still about 5 points below the historical average. The short-term optimism index, based on a 3-month outlook…

The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) office will be closed on September 2, 2024 , however, the TCCU production support will be operating on an “after hours” schedule during this time. The exchange rates from Saturday, August 31, 2024 to Tuesday, September 3, 2024 (inclusive) will remain…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today concluded an expedited review of certain photovoltaic modules and laminates originating in or exported from China by Ningbo Raytech New Energy Materials Co., Ltd. (Raytech), in accordance with the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA). This expedited…

CSCB National Office will be closed on Monday, September 2, 2024 in observance of Labour Day.

CARM Client Support (CCS) RE: Planned CARM Outage We will be performing planned maintenances in the CARM Production Environment and all systems will be unavailable Saturday August 31st, 2024 from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. (Eastern Time). We thank you for your patience and understanding. Soutien à la…

Please be advised that the issue indicated below has been resolved. Clients Affected All importers and brokers who submit their B3s and AO notification of release queries using the CCS/CADEX system. Description We are currently experiencing problems processing B3s and AO notification of release…

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The annual interest rate for the forth quarter of 2024 (October 1st to December 31st, 2024) will be 4.5317 TCC24– 0067 Taux d'intétêt du quatrième 2024 Le taux d'intérêt du quatrième trimestre de 2024 (1er octobre au 31 décembre, 2024) sera de 4.5317.

The CBSA is pleased to announce that Trade Chain Partners can now use the SWI IID Regulated Commodities Data Element Matching Criteria to identify commodities regulated by a particular Participating Government Department or Agency (PGA) program. The Regulated Commodities Data Element Matching…