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(Le français suit) Please be advised that the information for importers to understand feed controls to prevent African swine fever has been updated: The addition of the reference to the Order for: ‘Order Amending the Order Imposing Conditions in Relation to Secondary Control Zones in Respect of…

The CBSA updated the January 2024 Trade Compliance Verification priorities on January 6th. The updated Trade Compliance Verification priorities can be found below: Tariff verification priorities are: Bags - Harmonized System Number(s): Heading 42.02 Spent fowl - Harmonized System Number(s): Headings…

The CBSA has released the January 2024 Trade Compliance Verification priorities. Tariff verification priorities are: Freezers and other freezing equipment – Harmonized System Number(s): Headings 84.18 Washer and Dryers - Harmonized System Number(s): Headings 84.50 and 84.51 Spent fowl - Harmonized…

The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, today issued the following statement regarding the United States’ final anti-dumping determination on steel imports from Canada: “Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced a final anti-dumping…

(Le français suit) Effective January 12th, 2024, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is implementing Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) service fees. Please refer to the notice to industry issued by the CFIA. More information on service fees can be found on CFIA’s Fees Notice webpage or by contacting…

Following is a message from Public Safety Canada (Le français suit l’anglais.) You are receiving this message because you have submitted an inquiry regarding the Act to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and to amend the Customs Tariff (the Supply Chains…

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, January 6, 2024 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Eastern Time). We thank you for your patience and understanding. Soutien à la clientèle…

Scheduled maintenance outages for 2024 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), eManifest Portal and Canadian Export Reporting System (CERS) Portal clients of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) are advised that they can expect scheduled maintenance outages on the following weekends, generally in the…

A) Chapter 01 Chapter 01 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS code with the end uses “Show or Exhibition” and “Temporary stay in Canada” originating from the United States: 01.06.11 – Primates B) Chapter 12 Chapter 12 was published to: i) remove the miscellaneous codes…

Ah, January – the time of year to make resolutions and start planning for the year ahead. Make sure you mark these important dates on your 2024 calendar! EDUCATION First up, the three free CCS/CTCS quizzes, our most popular way to retain your designation. As reminder, those who successfully attained…

Small business optimism in Canada CFIB’s Business Barometer® long-term index, which is based on 12-month forward expectations for business performance, gained one point to reach 47.0. The short-term optimism index, based on a 3-month outlook, also increased by two points, and reached 39.8. Both…

La version française suit Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. This notice is being issued to advise trade chain partners (TCPs) (i.e. importers and brokers) that as of January 10th, 2024 the word “Trailer” in the Model field (SG117, qualifier 221)…

The EDI release requests received report for November 2023 is available on the CSCB website ( download). The national EDI percent was 98.80%. The following indicates the IID transactions:

A) Chapter 02 Chapter 02 was published to: i) change the release recommendation from “Refer to CFIA-NISC” to “Refuse Entry” for the following HS codes with the end use “Human consumption” originating from Romania: 02.07.13.5195.01 – Portions – bone in 02.07.13.5195.02 – Breasts – bone in 02.07.13…

HEURES DE SERVICE CAMIONNAGE 2024 / TRUCK SERVICE HOURS 2024 Veuillez noter les changements suivants, qui entreront en vigueur le 4 janvier 2024. « Trouble shooting » - Toutes les transactions 05h00 - 22h30 Activité des camions à la barrière - non reefers ( inbound et outbound) 06h00 - 23h00…

CARM Client Support (CCS) RE: Daily Notices (DN) Schedule for New Year’s Day Due to the holiday weekend, the Daily Notices (DN) schedule will be as follows: Transactions submitted Saturday, December 30, 2023 to Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 will appear on the Daily Notice of Wednesday, January 3rd…

Please note update below. Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) office will be closed on Monday, December 25, 2023, Tuesday, December 26, 2023 and Monday, January 1, 2024, however, the TCCU production…