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The third Designate Quiz of 2020 is now available. The deadline to submit is 2 p.m. ET on Thursday, October 29, 2020. Due to the unprecedented events of 2020, the CSCB is pleased to be offering an additional free CCS/CTCS designate quiz to support your professional development. Available Submission…

Melanie Bedard, CSCB Vice President, provides a quick audio update on CARM in today's Notes from National!

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data through Direct Connects. For maintenance purposes, there will be an outage for clients who use a Direct Connect communication method with the CBSA of 15 to 30 minutes between 04:00 ET and 07:00 ET on Monday October 26, 2020…

REMINDER: Effective November 1, 2020, clients will longer be able to submit version 4.00 of the Integrated Import Declaration (IID). On this date, the default IID version code will become 4.01, which aligns with ECCRD Addendum v1.1 (published October 2019). Submission of version 4.00 IIDs after…

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers using IID 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 EDI release requests received report for September 2020 is available on the CSCB website ( download). The national EDI percent was 98.09. The following indicates the IID transactions:

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The third Designate Quiz of 2020 is now available. You have until 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, October 29, 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…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today concluded a normal value review to update the normal values and export prices applicable to certain hot-rolled steel plate exported to Canada from Ukraine by the Metinvest Group of Companies (Metinvest Group), which includes Metinvest International…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) would like to remind clients of the requirements for associating an document to a Single Window (SW) Integrated Import Declaration (IID) (SO911). Please be advised that only one (1) document or image should be attached per License, Permit, Certificate, and…

Border will remain closed until at least Nov. 21 Although Canada and the U.S. have agreed to close their shared land border to non-essential travel, they don't appear to agree on several related issues — including what to do next. More than seven months after the border closed due to the COVID-19…

Health Canada has issued a notice pertaining to the new Corded Window Coverings Regulations (CWCR) which will come into effect May 1, 2021. The CWCR will help eliminate the strangulation hazard associated with corded window coverings and help protect the health and safety of children. More…

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers using IID 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 CSCB is planning a webinar with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and we’d like some feedback from you. As you are aware, ECCC regulations must be met when importing goods such as diesel engines, spark ignition engines, vessels, and off-road recreational vehicles. If you have a…

On May 21, 2020, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), initiated an expiry review of its finding made on July 3, 2015, in Inquiry No. NQ‑2014‑003, concerning the dumping and subsidizing of certain photovoltaic…

On October 16, 2020, the Canada Border Services Agency terminated the dumping investigation with respect to certain corrosion‑resistant steel sheet originating in or exported from Turkey by Borçelik Sanayi Ticaret A.Ş (Borçelik), and originating in or exported from the United Arab Emirates by Al…

CFIA has updated the Food export requirements library to include the export of seal oil to Norway. The required document is the Health Certificate Covering Raw and Refine Seal Oil, and Seal Oil in Gelatin Capsules Intended for Human Consumption for Import to Norway (CFIA/ACIA 5899). This certificate…