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BREXIT Update from Agriculture Canada

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…

Tariffs raise 'serious questions' about NAFTA ratification, Freeland says

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…

CFIA processing delays

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…
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SWI Update

The CSCB participated in a Single Window Initiative Working Group conference call on March 25 and would like to bring the following to members’ attention. Some of this information was relayed last week. On April 1, all service options for release will be available. OGD service options 463 & 471 will…

CBSA Message (TCC19-027) - Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) HS Codes

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…
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Questions for the Quebec CBSA Panel

During the 2019 CSCB Quebec Regional Seminar, the Quebec Regional committee will be hosting a regional panel with representatives of Canada Border Services Agency to discuss local and regional programs and operations. The committee has asked for members to send their questions for the panelists…

ECCC: Information on Reporting for Products Containing Mercury

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…
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ARL Update

The March 25, 2019 SOA marks another change to the posting of commercial transactions. The following explanation was provided by CBSA as a result of a request for clarification made by the CSCB. Non-B3 transactions behaving like « I » transactions February was a regular SOA where Payable by the…

Changes to Canada’s import requirements for live Koi carp from the U.S.

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…

2019 CSCB Regional Seminar Series – Registration Now Open!

We are excited to announce that the registration for the regional seminars is now open. The seminars will focus on CARM as well as CBSA local and regional operations. Seminar programs are available on respective registration pages. 2019 CSCB Quebec Regional Seminar: April 26, 2019, Sheraton Montreal…

Canada’s Asian Bonanza

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…

CFIA Scheduled System Maintenance, 24 March

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…
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IID and Phased Decommissioning – UPDATE

The CSCB recently participated in a conference call with CBSA where we were advised that all release options will continue to be available on April 1, 2019. In other words, service options OGD PARS (option 463) and OGD RMD (option 471) will not be decommissioned on that date. The planned date for…

China has stopped buying Canadian canola seed

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…

CFIA-AIRS Updates, 22 March

A) Chapter 04 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 "Other end uses" and "Show and Exhibition" and the miscellaneous code "Shipment 20kg or less" and "Shipment of more than 20 kg" originating…
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SWI IID and Import Permits

CBSA has advised that they believe many clients are under the impression that as of April 1, 2019 permit applications for all goods regulated by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) will be available via the SWI IID. This is not the case. Currently, the SWI IID can only be used to apply for beef and veal…

Updates to the CFIA Fish List

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has added or modified the common names for the following fish species within the CFIA Fish List: Bathynomus giganteus Bohadschia vitiensis Cheilopogon unicolor Chloroscombrus chrysurus Clarias macrocephalus Etelis coruscans Hypostomus…

Budget includes watchdog agency for border officers

Canadians will soon be able to lodge complaints with an independent watchdog if they feel they were mistreated by a border officer. Tucked away in the Liberals' 2019 budget, tabled Tuesday, was an announcement that Ottawa will assign an independent review agency to the Canada Border Services Agency…