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eManifest Portal Maintenance Start Date/Time End Date/Time Clients Affected: 2019-04-13 / 05 :00 ET 2019-04-13 / 06 :00 ET 2019-04-14 / 05 :00 ET 2019-04-14 / 06 :00 ET 2019-04-13 / 05 :30 ET 2019-04-13 / 07 :00 ET 2019-04-14 / 05 :30 ET 2019-04-14 / 07 :00 ET All clients who submit their trade data…

A) Chapter 05 was published to add the following OGD extensions. 05.10.00.1287.01 - Dried bovine (cattle), ovine (sheep), or caprine (goat) bile or any combination thereof. 05.10.00.1288 - Dried animal bile - other species. This created a requirement version change for the following HS codes with…

Apart from cheaper wine, it's hard to say whether Canada will win or lose from a Europe-U.S. trade war It's always hard to be sure whether U.S. President Donald Trump's trade tweets are fits of pique or official policy. But a brand new attack on trade with Europe, including threats by the U.S. trade…

A World Trade Organization ruling approved a long-outlawed U.S. trade policy on Tuesday, when a panel of adjudicators said Washington's use of "zeroing" to calculate anti-dumping tariffs was permissible in the case of Canadian softwood lumber. The WTO's long-running row over zeroing is a technical…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today extended the re-investigation to update 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. The CBSA…

Concerning the final determination with respect to the dumping of certain nitisinone capsules from Sweden. Decision On March 20, 2019, pursuant to paragraph 41(1)(b) of the Special Import Measures Act, the Canada Border Services Agency made a final determination respecting the dumping of certain…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today initiated a re-investigation to update the normal values and export prices, in accordance with the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), respecting certain carbon steel fasteners originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China (China)…

Notice received: Tuesday 2019-04-09 9:08 AM EDT Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) web services have now been restored. Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) services are now available. If you require assistance or have any questions please contact the National…

Notice received: Tuesday 2019-04-09 8:50 AM EDT Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) web services are down. At the moment, we are unable to predict when service will be restored, however, we will keep you informed as information…

Electoral politics, metals tariffs holding up Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade deal More than six months after the United States, Mexico and Canada agreed on a new deal to govern more than $1 trillion in regional trade, the chances of the countries ratifying the pact this year are receding. The three…

A) Chapter 02 was published to: i) change the release recommendation from “Refer to CFIA-NISC” to “Refuse entry” for the following HS codes with the end use “Human consumption” originating from Thailand. 02.06 - Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies…

As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service, please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be performing maintenance on Monday April 8th , 2019 from 3:00pm until 4:00pm (EST). Consequently, the following services may not be available during this time. AIRS…

The EICS and EXCOL systems will be temporarily unavailable between the hours of 00:01 am April 13 2019 and 10:00 am April 14 2019 (ET) for a major systems upgrade. Any transactions submitted during this time will be lost. We will send a Bulletin should the EICS and EXCOL maintenance be completed…