Skip to main content

Trade News

Welcome to CSCB Trade News!

You may search all CSCB articles here. Please note, articles with a dark blue background and the MEMBERS ONLY indicator are accessible only to logged-in employees of corporate member firms. Please click on the title link to access the article.

Your search found 42209 results
Displaying 9061 - 9080 of 42209
MEMBERS ONLY

Notes From National - November Update on CARM

Melanie Bedard, the CSCB Vice President, provides a quick audio update on CARM. This is the first of many such updates that Melanie will provide to our community on this multi-year CBSA project. Tune in to Notes from National!
MEMBERS ONLY

NRCan: Airbags no Longer Regulated

CBSA has advised that under Natural Resources Canada's (NRCan) Explosives legislation, airbags are no longer a regulated commodity. Questions regarding regulated and use of the IID can directed to Michelle Criger.

Exports grow as economy rebounds

Growth is increasingly hard to come by in this fractious world. Even so, Canadian exporters will manage to eke out gains in overall exports this year and next. That’s quite a feat, given that just a few weeks ago, world exports slid into a rare year-on-year decline. Pessimism is swirling, but Export…

Labour negotiations update - Advocating for voluntary binding arbitration

We would like to provide an update on CN’s collective bargaining with the Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference (TCRC-CTY), which represents approximately 3,200 of CN employees working as train conductors and railyard coordinators in Canada. For the last several months, CN has been working with the…

CFIA-AIRS Updates November 21st 2019

A) Chapter 03 was published to : i) add the miscellaneous codes “Wild marine origin” and “Cultured marine or cultured freshwater or wild freshwater origin” to the following HS code with the end uses “Live bait”, “Food service” “Further processing for human consumption” and “Retail use” originating…

2019 Cabinet Appointments

Following are the names and portfolios of the new liberal cabinet: Chrystia Freeland becomes Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Anita Anand becomes Minister of Public Services and Procurement Navdeep Bains becomes Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Carolyn…

D3-1-1, Policy Respecting the Importation and Transportation of Goods

In Brief This memorandum has been revised to: (a) Reflect additions and updates to the Definitions section (b) Clarify liabilities for carriers under Carrier Requirements section; removing Customs Notice 17-26 (c) Remove form A30, Diversion Notice, from Appendix E (d) Include updated information on…

Parts with passports: how free trade drives GM's engines

Long before the pistons for General Motors Co V-6 engines reach the U.S. No. 1 automaker’s Romulus, Michigan plant, they are seasoned international travelers. Powdered aluminum from Tennessee is shipped to Pennsylvania and forged at high temperatures into connecting rods for the pistons, which are…

Japan Regulation Amendments / Changement à la réglementation du Japon

On October 3, 2019 Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) issued a World Trade Organization (WTO) notification of a regulatory amendment under its Plant Protection Act to exempt certain plants and plant products from requiring phytosanitary certificates. At the same time…

CFIA-AIRS Updates November 20th 2019

Chapter 16 was published to remove a registration type from the following HS codes with the end uses “Human consumption”, “In transit through Canada” and “Other end uses” with the miscellaneous codes “Fully marked” and “Unstamped” originating from Mexico. NO VERSION CHANGE. 16.02.41.5519.05 -…

CFIA-AIRS Updates November 19th 2019

A) Chapter 06 was published to: i) change the release recommendation from “Refuse entry” to “Refer to CFIA-NISC” for the following HS codes with the end use “Other end uses” originating from Belarus, Guernsey and Russian Federation. 06.04.20.0045.44 - Foliage, branches - fresh - Ash (Fraxinus spp.)…

Thousands of CN Rail employees are on strike, but talks continue

About 3,200 Canadian National Railway conductors, trainpersons and yard workers are on strike after the union and company failed to reach a deal by the midnight ET deadline. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, the union representing the employees, gave the required 72-hour strike notice on the…

Union sets Nov. 19 strike date on Canadian National Railway if talks fail

Canada’s Teamsters labor union has given Canadian National Railway notice that it intends to strike starting Nov. 19, the two parties said on Saturday, following a stalemate in contract negotiations. The company, the largest Canadian railroad operator, offered the Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference…
MEMBERS ONLY

IMPORTANT MESSAGE: Release Prior to Payment Security and Surtax - UPDATE

The CSCB has received a formal response to our request to CBSA to adjust amounts of increased release prior to payment security which include amounts for the 2018-19 payment of surtax which is no longer in effect. We are happy to advise that the CBSA will entertain requests for adjustments from…

CBSA Message: TCC19-132 – EDI/Portal SCHEDULED Maintenance Outages

eManifest Portal Maintenance Start Date/Time End Date/Time Clients Affected: 2019-11-16 / 05:00 ET 2019-11-17 / 05:00 ET 2019-11-16 / 06:00 ET 2019-11-17 / 06:00 ET 2019-11-16 / 05:30 ET 2019-11-17 / 05:30 ET 2019-11-16 / 07:00 ET 2019-11-17 / 07:00 ET All clients who submit their trade data using…