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Conclusion of normal value review: Steel Piling Pipe (PP 2024 UP1)

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today concluded a normal value review (review) to determine normal values, export prices and an amount of subsidy applicable to steel piling pipe (piling pipe) originating in or exported from China by Qingdao Geo Solar Co., Ltd (GEO). The review follows a…

EDI Release Requests Received, September 2024

The EDI release requests received report for September 2024 is available on the CSCB website ( download). The national EDI percent was 98.91%. The following indicates the IID transactions:
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CARM implementation Day 6 Report and Updates

CARM implementation Day 6 report of concerns as well as updates on previous days concerns/issues. New items: The CBSA started sending nudges today for RPP financial security. The CBSA have advised that the ‘nudges’ or financial security notifications that your clients have begun receiving are for…

Port of Montreal Job Action Beginning Thursday October 31

The Port of Montreal dockworkers union has voted in favour of more job action beginning at 11am this Thursday October 31, 2024. "The dockworkers, who were on strike on Sunday for one day, voted to hold another strike on Thursday. This time, the strike will be unlimited and it will affect the two…
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Public consultations - Canada’s import ban

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. On Thursday, October 17, Global Affairs Canada launched the Public consultations on measures to strengthen Canada’s import ban on all goods mined, manufactured, or produced wholly or in part, by forced labour. The consultation process closes on November 15…
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CBSA requests certain Help Desk tickets be addressed a different way

On Friday afternoon, the CBSA Help Desk started asking customs brokers to communicate with them in a different way for certain kinds of issues. We communicated with the CBSA to find out what is expected of you in this regard and we have been informed of the following: There are a high number of…

CFIA-AIRS Updates October 28, 2024

A) Chapter 02 Chapter 02 was published to modify the registration type list and import conditions of the following HS codes with the end uses “Human consumption”, “In transit through Canada” and “Other end uses” originating from Croatia and Slovakia: 02.07 – Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of…
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CARM Implementation Day 5

CARM implementation Day 5 report of concerns as well as updates on previous days concerns/issues. New items: Importer SOAs are incomplete and not accurate. In some cases DN’s from September 26th have not been applied. It is a known problem. In addition, the CBSA has advised that September payments…

TCC24– 0100 - High-volume e-commerce shipments validation rules

La version française suit Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-01-26 N/A All clients and service providers who transmit data using EDI and the eManifest Portal Description This is to inform commercial clients submitting high-volume e-commerce shipments that starting on January…
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The first Statement of Account (SOA) following the external launch of CARM

Please see below message received from the CBSA. There are many overlapping changes that are coming into play and they are at different stages of completion. For example, the CBSA has not completely reconciled the September payments paid by PAD or even some customs broker payments. The debits and…
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CARM issue updates

The CBSA has advised of the following fixes on issues that we reported to you on our daily report: Extraordinary payment amounts showing as last payment in the financials on the CCP Past SOAs not visible in the Portal We will update our list at day’s end. The CBSA has a running list of known issues…
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CARM Implementation Day 4 Report and Updates

CARM Implementation Day 4 report of concerns as well as updates on previous days concerns/issues. New items: Transactions with tariff code 9993 are being rejected. CBSA has been asked to look at this as a priority. SIMA calculations are reported to be incorrect for some transactions. Transactions…
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Non-Resident Businesses Registering for a Business Number

La version française suit For your awareness, non-resident businesses requiring a Business Number (BN9), must first follow the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) business number registration process and then use the CARM Client Portal to register for a CBSA RM importer program account. Non-resident…

Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 158, Number 22

The following was published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 158, Number 22 on October, 23 2024: China Surtax Order (2024) — Order Amending the Customs Tariff Customs Act (Low Value Shipment Threshold) — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Customs Act Order Fixing January 1…

Update on the export of non-salmonid finfish to Australia

(Le français suit) Following successful negotiations with Australia, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is pleased to announce that a new joint health certificate has been finalized for the export of eviscerated, de-headed and de-gilled non-salmonid finfish to Australia: Aquatic Animal…

Published - Memorandum D17-2-5: Duty Liability of Importer of Record

Memorandum D17-2-5: Duty Liability of Importer of Record has been published today, October 23, 2024. This memorandum comes into effect January 1, 2026. "Section 17(3) of the Customs Act states the “importer of record” on the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) accounting documents is jointly liable…