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Clients Affected: All importers and brokers who use EDI to transmit their trade data Prepared and Distributed by: Global Affairs Canada Please be advised that the barley products tariff rate quota (TRQ) will be filled on December 21, 2020. Consequently, December 21, 2020 (at 11:59 pm local time)…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The final Designate Quiz of 2020 is now available. You have until 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, December 10, 2020 to submit your responses to the CSCB. The quiz must be completed online. The quiz is worth 10 professional development points towards maintenance of…

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…

Key Issue Canada is extending non-essential travel restrictions with the United States until December 21st , 2020. COVID-19 Commercial Update to Industry Stakeholders, November 20, 2020 COVID-19 Rapport commercial aux intervenants de l’industrie Le 20 novembre 2020 Question clé Le Canada prolonge…

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…

Canada and the United Kingdom have reached an interim post-Brexit trade agreement, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Saturday. "Now we get to continue to work on a bespoke agreement, a comprehensive agreement, over the coming years that will really…

Start Date / Time: 2020-11-12 End Date / Time: 2020-11-20 The problem reported below has now been resolved. However, if the WACM was submitted prior to 2020-11-20, and prior to a capture of a paper cargo document, please contact the Port of Release and request that an officer manually arrive the…

On November 24, 2020, we will be hosting Designate Day, an interactive event for all CCS and CTCS designates to have some fun while learning. While 2020 has prevented us from meeting in person, we have leveraged technology to recreate an in-person experience as much as possible, knowing that this…

Message from the Minister As Canada’s Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, I am pleased to present the Canada’s State of Trade 2020 report on behalf of the Government of Canada. This report gives Canadians a snapshot of our economic activities in 2019 while…

The WTO’s latest Trade Monitoring Report on G20 trade measures shows a slowdown in the number and coverage of trade-restrictive and trade-facilitating measures on goods implemented by G20 countries between mid-May and mid-October 2020, primarily as a result of the sharp decline in overall global…

Failure to strike a post-Brexit trade deal would cut the UK’s economic growth rate by more than half next year, delaying a full recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report. The accountancy firm KPMG said the economy would suffer heavily should the UK fail to secure a trade deal…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is updating the animal health policy regarding import of milk and milk products. I am writing to inform you and your members regarding the upcoming changes. The current animal health import policy for milk AIED-DIEA-IE-2001-4-7 Milk and Regulated Milk…

This message pertains to imports of barley products classified under Customs Tariff headings: 11.02, 11.03, 11.04, 11.07, 11.08, 19.01, 19.04 and 23.02. The purpose of this message is to inform you that the 2020-2021 Barley Products Tariff Rate Quota will be filled as of 11:59 pm local time on…

eManifest Portal Maintenance Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2020-11-21 / 05:00 ET 2020-11-21 / 06:00 ET 2020-11-22 / 05:00 ET 2020-11-22 / 06:00 ET 2020-11-21 / 05:30 ET 2020-11-21 / 07:00 ET 2020-11-22 / 05:30 ET 2020-11-22 / 07:00 ET All clients and service providers who…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and Portal. The annual interest rate for the first quarter of 2021 (January 1st to March 31, 2021) will be 0.0964. Taux d'intérêt du premier trimestre 2021 Les clients affectés: Tous les clients et fournisseurs de…

Start Date / Time: 2020-11-12 End Date / Time: NA Clients Affected: ALL Please note that we are currently experiencing a problem with the Warehouse Arrival Certification Message (WACM) (transmitted by the warehouse to certify the arrival of goods at the warehouse) which serves as one of the triggers…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The final Designate Quiz of 2020 is now available. You have until 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, December 10, 2020 to submit your responses to the CSCB. The quiz must be completed online. The quiz is worth 10 professional development points towards maintenance of…