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English Version La version française suit Commercial Client Bulletin TCC25–002 RESOLVED- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Processing Delay Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-01-09 15:30 (ET) 2025-01-09 17:30 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using…

English Version La version française suit Commercial Client Bulletin TCC25–002 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Processing Delay Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-01-09 15:30 (ET) Initial investigation underway All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using…

(Le français suit l’anglais) CFIA-AIRS Updates January 9, 2025 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 Portugal…

Yesterday, ahead of the January 15 deadline, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) came to an agreement yesterday on a new six-year contract, ensuring there would be no work stoppage next week for the U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports. For…

The CBSA has created an interactive tool to find answers to the most common questions about registering your business in the CARM Client Portal. Please take a look and share with your clients if beneficial. https://www.canada.ca/en/border-services-agency/services/carm-portal-he…

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…

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 2025 calendar! EDUCATION First up, the three free CCS/CTCS quizzes, our most popular way to retain your designation. As a reminder, those who successfully…

Thank you to a member for pointing out the typo in the dates for upcoming CARM Scheduled Outages, found in Bulletin 5384 here on the CARM Client Portal homepage. CBSA has advised " This will be corrected to reflect the portal outage ending on January 18th." Scheduled outages for 2025 The CARM Client…

The CBSA has announced the latest Trade compliance verification priorities as of January 2025, please click here for the full list: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/import/verification/menu-eng.html Listed below are some of the new compliance priorities: Verifications on the classification of frozen…

The CBSA has published the conclusions to their normal value review for mattresses for three companies based in China. Please review the information in the links below for full details. Conclusion of normal value review: Mattresses (MAT 2024 UP1) - As the CBSA did not receive a response to the…

(Le français suit l’anglais) CFIA-AIRS Updates January 7, 2025 A) Chapter 02 Chapter 02 was published to modify the import conditions and the registration type list of the following HS codes with the end use “Canadian goods returning to Canada” originating from the United States: 02.01 – Meat of…

As found in Bulletin 5384 - Scheduled Outages and CARM Client Support Helpdesk Holiday Table https://ccp-pcc.cbsa-asfc.cloud-nuage.canada.ca/en/public-bulletins Scheduled outages for 2025 The CARM Client Portal will not be available on the following dates to implement product fixes and/or…

American Dock workers’ International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and port employers the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) are continuing their negotiations ahead of the contract expiry date of January 15, 2025. If a new contract has not been accepted by that deadline it's expected that job…

Terminal operator Termont, located at the Port of Montreal, has posted the following message: January 6, 2025 – Our appointment system is currently unavailable. In the meantime, if you have an appointment, transactions will be processed directly at the pregate lanes. Ask drivers to not present…

PM Trudeau will step down as the Liberal Party leader once a new successor has been chosen. He has also asked for Parliament to be prorogued until March 24, that request has been granted. Please see this news link for more information: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-news-conference-1…