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Business Barometer: Clear skies for small business confidence in June

Small businesses had a sunnier outlook in June, with confidence levels going up nearly two index points to 61.5 on the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)’s Business Barometer®, the highest level since August 2018. “We saw confidence increases in nearly all provinces this month,” said…

Canada Gazette - Official Regulations

The following was published in Part II of the Canada Gazette on June 12, 26, 2019. Benzodiazepines and Other Targeted Substances Regulations (Licences and Permits) — Regulations Amending Controlled Drugs and Substances Act - Food and Drugs Act SOR/2019-170 03/06/19 Energy Efficiency Regulations…

Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on June 8, 15, 22, 29, 2019. Canadian International Trade Tribunal Appeals Notice No. HA-2019-006 Notice No. HA-2019-007 Notice No. HA-2019-008 Notice No. HA-2019-009 Environment, Dept. of the, and Dept. of Health Canadian Environmental…
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IID and Steel Imports

Global Affairs Canada (GAC) has advised that steel shipments, even those subject to safeguard measures, may be processed using the SWI IID. This is a change to information previously posted on GCCollab. Note that: 1. For goods that are subject to safeguards and require a shipment specific permit…

WTO issues new edition of World Tariff Profiles

The WTO issued today (2 July) the latest edition of World Tariff Profiles, an annual publication jointly produced with the International Trade Centre and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The new edition provides comprehensive information on the tariffs and non-tariff measures…

Certain Copper Pipe Fittings, Notice of Conclusion of Re-investigation

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today concluded a re-investigation of the normal values and export prices respecting certain copper pipe fittings from the United States, South Korea and China and the amounts of subsidy of certain copper pipe fittings from China, in accordance with the…

CBSA Signs Mutual Recognition Arrangements with Hong Kong and New Zealand

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) today announced the signing of two Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs) with the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department and with the New Zealand Customs Service regarding their respective Trusted Trader programs. The signings took place on the margins of…

Dairy imports off to a slow start in Pacific Rim trade deal

As dairy, egg and poultry farmers wait for the Liberal government to explain the details of a $3.9 billion compensation package promised in this spring's federal budget, a serious threat from imports under the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) has yet to emerge. Tariff…

CFIA-AIRS Updates, 2 July

A) Chapter 07 was published to: i) remove a registration type for the following HS codes with the end uses “Human Consumption” and “Further Processing”. 07.09.51.3028.01 - Wild mushroom. 07.09.51.3028.10 - Wild mushroom - Organic. 07.09.59.3024.02 - Wild Truffles. 07.09.59.3024.12 - Wild Truffles -…

Goods Subject to a Remission of Surtax - Update

On June 27, the CSCB sent a message about an update to the list of goods subject to the general surtax remission. As a result of the update, there are items that were on the previous list posted in April have been significantly changed. We questioned Finance about the goods that are no longer on the…

CFIA Scheduled System Maintenance, 30 June

As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service, please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be performing maintenance on Sunday June 30th, 2019 from 3:00am until 7:00am (EST). Consequently, the following services may not be available during this time. AIRS…

Tell us how you feel about your job – and your prospects!

We'd really appreciate your help. You may have completed a HR survey for us a few months back. If you did, thanks very much. While we received a lot of useful data from that survey, some problems “got in the way” and did not allow us to gather the full range of data that we need to meet our…
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Memorial Service for Al Rutherford

Al Rutherford, the former owner of A.D. Rutherford & Co. and a long time member of the CSCB, passed away in January of this year. At that time, we let members know that a memorial service would take place at a later date. The memorial service for Al has now been announced and it will take place at…

CBSA Message (TCC19-065) - UPDATE - Canada Day Holiday

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and/or eManifest Portal The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) office will be closed on Monday, July 1st, 2019, however, the TCCU production support will be operating on an “after hours” schedule during this…

CBSA Message (TCC19-064) - UPDATE - Canada Day Holiday

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and/or eManifest Portal The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) office will be closed on Monday, July 1st, 2019, however, the TCCU production support will be operating on an “after hours” schedule during this…

CBSA Message (ARL19-0627) – Payment Due Date – July 2nd 2019

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers. The payment due date for the June 2019 Statement of Account has been deferred to Tuesday July 2nd 2019, 16:00 Eastern Time (ET). This also applies to Customs Self-Assessment importers. Please ensure to pay the total amount on your SOA total payable…

CBSA Message (TCC19-064) - Canada Day Holiday

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and/or eManifest Portal Due to the Canada Day statutory holiday, the Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) of the Canada Border Services Agency will be closed on Monday, July 01, 2019. The exchange rates from…

CBSA Message (TCC19-065) - Canada Day Holiday

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and/or eManifest Portal Due to the Canada Day statutory holiday, the Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) of the Canada Border Services Agency will be closed on Monday, July 01st, 2019. For urgent client service…