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CARM Client Support (CCS) RE: Planned CARM Outage Update We will be performing planned maintenances in the CARM Production Environment and all systems will be unavailable Saturday, March 2, 2024 from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. (Eastern Time). We thank you for your patience and understanding. Soutien à la…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The CBSA is seeking feedback on updated Customs D-Memoranda ahead of the launch of the CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management System (CARM) on May 13, 2024. We are using our Trade Chain Partner Google Drive to facilitate these consultations. We invite you to…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2024-02-27 10:30 ET 2024-02-29 14:30 ET All clients and service providers who transmit EDI trade data to the CFIA. Description The problem reported below has now been resolved. All systems are functioning…

(La version française suit la version anglaise) The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) delays in processing have been resolved. Thank you for your cooperation. Les retards dans le traitement des déclarations d’importation de l’Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments (ACIA) sont réglés. Nous…

CFIB’s Business Barometer® long-term index, which is based on 12-month forward expectations for business performance, has seen a healthy gain of six points in February, to reach 54.9. The short-term optimism index, based on a 3-month outlook, also jumped by eight points, and reached 51.1. Both…

A) Chapter 2 Chapter 2 was published to: i) modify the import conditions and add a registration type to the following HS code with the end uses “Human Consumption” and “Other End Uses” originating from Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, and Sweden…

(Le français suit) The European Union (EU) export requirements library webpage for fish and seafood has been updated. The main updates include: Minor updates to the pre-export approvals by competent authority of importing country (registration information for reefer vessels and freezer vessels)…

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, March 2, 2024 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Eastern Time). We thank you for your patience and understanding. Soutien à la clientèle…

Please be advised that the CFIA has resolved their systems outage and that all EDI transactions are being received by CFIA’s system, however, the CFIA is currently experiencing delays in processing EDI data. The CFIA is working to resolve this problem and currently do not have an estimated time of…

Preparing your Customs Bonded Warehouse for CARM Webinar The Government of Canada is modernizing and streamlining the collection of duties and taxes for goods imported into Canada via the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) project. On May 13th, 2024, CARM…

CFIA has contacted the CSCB and advised that the previously catastrophic outage has been resolved. There is a significant backlog at the NISC which they are diligently addressing, please do not contact the NISC at this time for status inquiries. For shipments that do not require NISC processing, the…

La version française suit la version anglaise Update: The CFIA is working on resolving some technical issues as quickly as possible An update will be provided as soon as the issue is resolved. Please refrain from contacting the NISC for status updates during this time as it will create further…

U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) has published a new guide outlining the various aspects of how bond amounts are set. This publication (Publication # 3569-0224) replaces the previously issued Directive 3510-004 dated 1991. The new publication can be found here. CBP has also published a…

La version française suit la version anglaise Please be advised that the following services are experiencing technical issues: Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) Automated Import Reference System Verification Service (AVS) CFIA Shipment Tracker for Food, Plant and Animal products Electronic…