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Registration to challenge the Certified Customs Specialist (CCS) examination on September 19, 2020 is now open. The registration deadline is Friday, July 10, 2020. An individual may apply to challenge the CCS exam if the following criteria are met: is currently employed by a CSCB member firm and has…

As of April 1, 2020 the excise duty rates will increase on spirits, wine, beer, tobacco products and cannabis products based on changes to the Consumer Price Index. For details, please review CRA's Excise and GST/HST News - No. 107.

North American manufacturers and retailers haven't yet experienced widespread disruptions from the coronavirus outbreak. But contingency plans are in effect for industries that use Chinese suppliers — which, these days, means a lot of different businesses. China was Canada's second biggest source of…

A) Chapter 01 was published to remove a registration type for the following HS codes with the end use “Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution” originating from the United States. NO VERSION CHANGE. 01.06.32 - Psittaciformes (including parrots, parakeets, macaws and cockatoos)…

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…

Governments and businesses across the globe are attempting to quickly formulate an effective response to COVID-19, whose reach has quickly expanded to over 71 countries. Recent reports suggest that COVID-19 will continue to adversely impact businesses in many ways in the coming weeks and months…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency continues to make improvements to the systems and tools used by importers and brokers during the import declaration process. The CFIA has updated the Automated Import Reference System Verification Service (AVS), including the AVS Tech Specifications, which has a…

The extent of the damage to the global economy caused by novel coronavirus COVID-19 moved further into focus on Wednesday as UN economists announced a likely $50 billion drop in worldwide manufacturing exports in February alone... Preliminary economic data analysed by the UN Conference on Trade and…

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PUBLICATION PERTAINING TO THIS MESSAGE TOOK PLACE ON MARCH 5TH, 2020. DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, CFIA WAS ONLY ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE THE MESSAGE THIS MORNING, MARCH 6TH, 2020. THANK YOU. A) Chapter 07 was published to: i) remove a registration type from the following HS codes…

With the implementation of the Canada Border Services Agency’s Single Window Initiative to the commodities regulated by the Transportation Division of Environment and Climate Change Canada, the department wishes to share the following information. The purpose of this notice is to raise awareness…

Safe export markets are now a lot riskier than they were just four years ago. They haven’t been spared from the recent acceleration of global risks; in fact, in many ways they have been at the heart of it. The repercussions are tangible: trade flows are being interrupted and there’s a grand…

The organic import requirements in Part 13 of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations have been incorporated into the Automated Import Reference System (AIRS). This resulted in considerable updates to the AIRS database, and the addition of several OGD extensions to identify the organic seed and…

The CBSA would like to advise stakeholders that further systems enhancements to move towards fulsome electronic house bill functionality will be occurring in production in June 2020, impacting the following CBSA applications: ACI Air, ACI Marine, eManifest Highway, eManifest Rail, eManifest…

The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette in January and February 2020. Commissions Canada Border Services Agency Special Import Measures Act Certain corrosion-resistant steel sheet — Decision Canadian International Trade Tribunal Appeals Notice No. HA-2019-024 Notice No. HA-2019…