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Canada reveals final trade safeguards for heavy plate, stainless steel wire

The Canada Border Services Agency announced Friday the final "safeguard" surtaxes meant to shield the domestic steel industry from competition from cheaper foreign imports of heavy plate and stainless steel wire. Canada's steel producers had been hoping the federal government would protect its…

Trade by exporter and importer characteristics: Goods, 2018

Almost 180,000 Canadian enterprises imported or exported over $1 trillion in goods in 2018. Nearly 90% of this activity was attributable to a relatively small number of enterprises (30,369) that both export and import goods. In 2018, 45,081 Canadian enterprises or 0.7% of the total Canadian business…

U.S. targets another $300B of Chinese goods for possible tariff hikes

Officials in Washington are targeting a $300 billion US list of additional Chinese imports including laptop computers for tariff hikes, ratcheting up a trade fight that is shaking financial markets and fuelling fears about global economic growth. The release followed Beijing's announcement Monday of…

Import of repackaged Brazilian dried beef jerky from the US

The shipments of imported dried beef jerky from Brazil, repackaged in US establishment for export to Canada, must have an additional declaration. The shipments will initially be exported in bulk to the U.S. The bulk shipment will then be packaged and labelled in the U.S. for re-export to Canada…

Don't Miss the Designate Day and Regional Seminar in Calgary!

The Designate Day in Calgary will be held on Sunday, June 2, and the Calgary Regional Seminar will be held on Monday, June 3! The Designate Day is a professional development day for CCS and CTCS designates featuring three separate hours of case studies on HS classification, valuation and origin, and…

Don't Miss the Regional Seminar and Designate Day in Winnipeg!

This year's Regional Seminar in Winnipeg will be held on Friday, May 31, followed by a Designate Day (Winnipeg) on Saturday, June 1. The Winnipeg Regional Seminar will focus on CARM. While much of the CARM “nitty-gritty” is not yet known, we do know for certain that its implementation will…

Book Your Room for the 2019 CSCB Ontario/Toronto Regions Annual Conference!

If you're planning on staying the night of June 11th at the Sheraton Hamilton Hotel during the 2019 CSCB Ontario/Toronto Regions Annual Conference, please book your room as soon as possible! The rate is $159 per night for a room with a king size bed or two queen size beds. You may book your room…

Chief Mountain re-opens for the season, Wild Horse extending hours

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is pleased to announce that the Chief Mountain port of entry is re-opening for the season, beginning Wednesday, May 15, 2019. Additionally, the Wild Horse port of entry will be extending its hours for the season on May 15. Chief Mountain is located along…

China pushes back at U.S. tariffs with new 25% levy of its own

China says it will impose tariffs on another $60 billion US worth of U.S. goods, a predictable retaliation after the United States escalated a bitter trade war by raising tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese products on Friday. China will slap import surcharges on 5,140 U.S. products starting on…
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Customs Notice 19-05 – Clarification

Customs Notice 19-05 advised of increases to specific AMPS contraventions, taking effect on April 1, 2019. CBSA has since clarified that any penalty that is issued on or after April 1, 2019, regardless of when the contravention took place, will be assessed at the new rate. The CSCB will be following…
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CFIA - Transitioning to the IID

The CSCB recently spoke with Peter DeSouza, CFIA’s Acting Director of the National Import Service Centre, regarding use of the IID for goods regulated by CFIA. During that call, Mr. DeSouza advised of the significant increase in the use of the IID and their goal of seeing the IID used 99% of the…

Comprehensive Review of Tariff Rate Quota Administration

Global Affairs Canada (GAC) would like to inform you of the official launch of its public stakeholder consultation regarding the tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for supply managed products established under the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)…
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Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ) for Certain Steel Goods

This message pertains to imports of certain steel goods (heavy plate and stainless steel wire) subject to the Order Imposing a Surtax on the Importation of Certain Steel Goods. The purpose of this message is to inform importers that a new Notice to Importers has been published reflecting amendments…

Notice to Importers No. 945

Further to information posted in Customs 19-08, Global Affairs Canada has now issued Notice to Importers No. 945. This notice includes details regarding the imposition of final safeguards on imports of heavy plate and stainless steel wire, effective May 13, 2019. The safeguard measures are imposed…
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Continuation of Safeguards on Heavy Plate and Stainless Steel Wire

The following is a message from CBSA This email is to provide you with an update that final safeguards on heavy plate and stainless steel wire will take effect on May 13, 2019, pursuant to the Order Amending the Order Imposing a Surtax on the Importation of Certain Steel Goods (Final Safeguards)…

Trump claims China tariffs help U.S., trade talks 'congenial'

U.S. President Donald Trump says trade talks between China and the United States are continuing in a "very congenial manner" despite new tariffs the U.S. imposed Friday on $200 billion US in Chinese imports. Trump tweeted Friday that the increased tariffs will bring "FAR MORE wealth" to the U.S…

What's the U.S.-China trade war all about?

U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Beijing's top trade negotiator to Washington on Thursday for trade talks between the world's two largest economies, as market-rattling tariff threats and warnings about counter-measures continue to smoulder. Ahead of the talks, there were sharp swings in global…