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Canada's exports were up 2.9% in January, mainly on the strength of higher crude oil export prices. Imports rose 1.5%, led by higher aircraft imports. As a result, Canada's merchandise trade deficit with the world narrowed from $4.8 billion in December to $4.2 billion in January. First increase in…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) meat permissions issued to businesses, under the now-repealed Meat Inspection Regulations, will expire on March 31, 2019. These businesses will need a Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) licence commencing April 1, 2019 to continue to operate in compliance with…

The following communiqué was issued by the Market Access Secretariat, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Dear industry stakeholders, On March 29, 2017, the United Kingdom (UK) invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (EU), initiating a 2-year period to negotiate terms of its exit from the…

Chrystia Freeland left a meeting with United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer Monday sounding like a minister in no hurry to ratify the revised North American trade deal while American steel and aluminum tariffs still apply to Canada–U.S. trade. "The existence of these tariffs for many…

Notice received: Tuesday 2019-03-26 12:09 PM EDT Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is currently experiencing delays in processing import declarations. During this time clients are asked to continue sending all CFIA electronic declarations using the Electronic Data…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. Please note changes to the list of HS codes subject to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) requirements have been made. These changes will be effective in the ACROSS system on Monday, April 1, 2019, and the…

Reminder: Your 2019 imports/manufacture of products containing mercury will need to be reported in 2020. You are receiving this email as Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has reason to believe that you are involved in importing or manufacturing activities, or otherwise interested in the…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. Please note that the attached list of HS codes has been modified (HS code 8504401000 was removed). Please note that the list of HS codes for regulated energy-using products has been revised to reflect the…

Please be advised that as of April 15, 2019, all imports of live Koi carp ( Cyprinus carpio koi) for aquarium and outdoor holding unit end uses from the U.S. will require a valid CFIA import permit specific to live koi carp and the newly negotiated USDA-APHIS export certificate, titled, Veterinary…

Clients Affected: All importers, brokers and service providers. CBSA Accounts Receivable Ledger (ARL) RE: REMINDER: This bulletin is now in effect. Certain transactions to behave as importer tagged The following documents will behave as if they were “Importer Direct” tagged beginning with the…

One of our key impediments in Canada is that we seem to have a natural aversion to the risks, perceived or real, of dealing in Asian markets. Unheeded warnings have spelt disaster at various points in history. Past prophets of future events that actually occurred were tuned out, jeered, or much…

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 March 24, 2019 from 5:00am until 7:00am (EST). Consequently, the CFIA Digital Document Store Application (DDS) may not be available during…

40% of Canadian canola seed exports are bound for China, but not right now Chinese importers are unwilling to purchase Canadian canola seed at the moment, the group that represents the industry in Canada says. Earlier this month, Chinese customs authorities revoked the sales licence for a major…