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Construction of a new CBSA facility at the Aldergrove Port of Entry is about to begin. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has developed a commercial vehicle traffic management plan to mitigate the disruption this construction may cause to our clients. It is important to note that this traffic management plan applies only to the northbound traffic (into Canada). No disruption or change in process is taking place for southbound carriers. LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION

On February 17, 2010, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (Tribunal), pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act, initiated an expiry review of its orders made on November 2, 2005, in Review No.

a) Chapter 01 was published to add the end use "Canadian animals returning to Canada" to the following HS Codes. 01.06.19.2083.01 Commercial dogs - eight months of age or older 01.06.19.2083.02 Commercial dogs - less than eight months of age

a) Chapter 03 was published to add a new OGD extension. 03.04.99.9540 - Sushi, ready-to-eat This created requirement version changes for the following HS Codes. 03.04.11 - Fresh or chilled : Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) 03.04.12 - Fresh or chilled : Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) 03.04.19 - Fresh or chilled : Other 03.04.21 - Frozen fillets : Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) 03.04.22 - Frozen fillets : Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) 03.04.29 - Frozen fillets : Other

The following message is from CBSA (EDI10-048): Please note that there will be some changes to the list of HS codes subject to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency requirements. The ACROSS system and the CBSA website will be updated Monday, June 21, 2010. The spreadsheet with codes is available at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/CFIA_HS_CODES-2010-06-21.XLS

LA COOP FÉDÉRÉE Application No. EP-2010-002 Order issued Tuesday, June 8, 2010 IN THE MATTER OF an application made by La Coop Fédérée, pursuant to subsection 81.32(1) of the Excise Tax Act, for an order extending the time to serve a notice of objection pursuant to section 81.17 of the Excise Tax Act with respect to the Notice of Determination of the Minister of National Revenue dated November 6, 2009. ORDER

Registration for the second annual Northern Border Highway Carrier Conference (NBHCC) to be held in Niagara Falls, NY on Tuesday August 31 and Wednesday September 1, 2010 is now open! ( Northern Border Highway Carrier Conference (NBHCC) Registration)

The second quiz for CCS designates is now available, and must be submitted by 2 p.m. EST on July 15th. English French Those who successfully complete the quiz will have 10 CCS points added to their record for 2010.

CSCB members have asked several questions regarding the elimination of itinerant generic carrier code 77YY. Following are those questions, and CBSA's responses. CSCB: If a carrier arrives at the border without a unique carrier code, we understand he will no longer be allowed to proceed. However, will CBSA issue a penalty to that carrier? CBSA: No; the carrier will simply be refused entry into Canada.

Effective June 28, 2010, shipments of tomato fruit from Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic and Turkey will be required to be accompanied by a Phytosanitary Certificate with an additional declaration stating: “This consignment originated from a place where Tuta absoluta is known not to occur and was inspected and found free of Tuta absoluta”. Shipments not meeting this requirement will be refused entry to Canada.

Chapter 07 was published to change the release recommendation from "Approved" to "Refer to CFIA-ISC" for the following HS Codes for the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic and Turkey. 07.02.00.0001 - Tomatoes, field (fresh or chilled) 07.02.00.0002 - Tomatoes, greenhouse (fresh or chilled) This generated requirement version changes for the same SH Codes for all other countries except the United States.

Members may recall the recent outage which rendered CBSA unable to process outbound data for clients using the Customs Internet Gateway. A message sent to members on May 11 indicated that the CSCB had scheduled a call with CBSA to discuss this outage and associated issues, such as contingency plans and financial impacts. As a result of that call, and recommendations from the CSCB, the CBSA has provided the following contingency plan to be used in the case of a partial outage. The contingency plan, for partial outages, is as follows:

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has removed quarantines from two British Columbia farms. A thorough investigation did not confirm the presence of brucellosis. The CFIA launched the investigation after three beef cows from the two B.C. farms were classified as “reactors” (suspect) on brucellosis tests. These tests were done by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) during routine slaughter testing. Animals on both farms were tested for brucellosis, all with negative results.

File #: 4258-119 Case #: AD/1291 The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has initiated a re-investigation of the normal values and export prices, of certain carbon steel pipe fittings, originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China (China) pursuant to the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA).

This message is to advise you that due to scheduled CFIA maintenance work, CFIA’s External AIRS Web Site, will not be available on Saturday, June 19th, 2010 between 5:00 AM and 7:00 AM (ET). We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation and understanding. Should you have any questions please contact your Import Service Centre (ISC): Contact Times and Phone Numbers: Eastern ISC 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM Eastern Time: 877-493-0468 National ISC 7:00 AM to 3:00 AM Eastern Time: 800-835-4486

Advisory opinion: Goods and Technology requiring an export permit for the purposes of export or transfer, as required under s.13 of the Export and Import Permits Act, are included in the Export Control List, and published in A Guide to Canada’s Export Controls. In addition to self-assessment against the index of A Guide to Canada’s Export Controls, an exporter may also choose to obtain greater certainty in regard to the control status of a particular export by either applying for an advisory opinion or submitting an export permit application.

Please note the following changes to the Clothing and Textiles export commodity codes: Delete: Other: 6303.91.00.00.1.369 Of cotton......KGM 8.50 Replace with:

Dumping file #: 4214-21 Dumping case #: AD/1372 Subsidy file #: 4218-25 Subsidy case #: CV/121 The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today initiated a re-investigation, in accordance with the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), of the normal values, export prices and amounts of subsidy of certain thermoelectric coolers and warmers originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China.

CBSA launches pilot project In preparation for the busy summer tourist season, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has launched a three-month pilot project to broadcast via Twitter estimated border wait times for crossing the Canada-United States land border.