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Review of the TRQ administration for all products

In one of the recent notices, Global Affairs Canada has referred to a complete review of the TRQ administration for all products, as follows: Given the significant increase in Canada’s tariff rate quotas commitments in recent years, the Government of Canada will undertake a broad-based stakeholder…

Opening of the application period for the new CPTPP tariff rate quotas (TRQ)

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Implementation Act received Royal Assent on October 25 th, 2018. As per Canada’s commitments under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) the Minister of International Trade…

Romaine lettuce E. coli O157 outbreak

The Government of Canada's food safety partners (Canadian Food Inspection Agency [CFIA], Public Health Agency of Canada [PHAC], Health Canada [HC]) are aware of the new information shared by the United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) and the United States Centers for Disease Control…

Canada Gazette - Official Regulations

The following was published in Part II of the Canada Gazette on November 28, 2018. Firearms Marking Regulations — Regulations Amending Firearms Act SOR/2018-239 09/11/18
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In Memoriam - Charles Robert Riess

We are deeply saddened to learn that Charlie Riess, a past Chair and a long standing supporter and friend of the CSCB passed away on November 21, 2018. Charlie is survived by his sons Rick and Rob, six grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Charlie was born in Winnipeg and resided there his…

Resolved - CFIA Processing Delays

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) delays in processing have been resolved. If you require a release for a shipment that has already arrived, or about to arrive at the border please fax documents to (613) 773-9999. The National Import Service Centre (NISC) will…

CFIA-AIRS Updates November 29th, 2018

A) Chapter 02 was published to add a Registration Type to the following HS codes with the end use “Other end uses” originating from Belgium and Hungary. 02.03.11 - Fresh or chilled: carcasses and half-carcasses. 02.03.12 - Fresh or chilled: hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in. 02.03.19 -…

CFIA processing delays

Message received on November 28 at 5:22 pm. 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…

With three days to go until signing ceremony, USMCA text still not final

Three days away from the target date for all three countries to officially sign the revised North American trade agreement, Canada and the United States are still haggling over what the deal actually says. An annex on duties Canada imposes on U.S. dairy, egg and poultry products that was posted…

Release of pan-Canadian industry survey on food fraud

A study outlining industry's perceptions and practices around food fraud was released by Le Conseil de la transformation alimentaire du Québec (CTAQ). The study, Perceptions et préoccupations de l'industrie agroalimentaire canadienne face aux défis de la fraude alimentaire, was conducted by l…
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Ace Trade & Customs Service Inc - CSCB Membership Application

The CSCB has received an application for membership from Ace Trade & Customs Service Inc. The CSCB contact is Bo Zheng, Director. Angels Zhang is the qualified officer. The licence was issued in September 2016 for port 0497. The contact information follows: Ace Trade & Customs Service Inc. 102 Holly…
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Notice to Importers No. 911 – Clarification 3

Global Affairs Canada has clarified paragraph 1.3 of Notice to Importers No. 911 with the following: For this notice to not apply, goods must originate in and be imported from the same country named in the list of exceptions. For example, goods that originate in a country other than the United…

D14-1-3, Re-determinations and Appeals Under the Special Import Measures Act

This memorandum explains the procedures to request re-determinations and file appeals under the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA). This memorandum has been revised to add re-determinations for the purpose of applying a scope ruling. Given the nature of a scope ruling, it could be applied to a…

D2-1-4, Casual Donations – Tariff Item No. 9816.00.00

This memorandum outlines and explains the interpretation of tariff item No. 9816.00.00 set out in the Schedule to the Customs Tariff. This memorandum has been updated as the result of a technical review. This memorandum is available in its entirety on the CBSA website.

Certain Fabricated Industrial Steel Components

Pursuant to subsection 66(1) of the Special Import Measures Act, the Canada Border Services Agency made a scope ruling on November 23, 2018, that the fabricated industrial steel components (FISC) portion of Woodfibre LNG Limited’s LNG modules including pipe rack modules are subject to the Canadian…

CBSA Message (TCC18-163) - RESOLVED - Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Outage

Notice received: Monday 2018-11-26 7:55 PM EST The outage noted below is resolved and clients can revert to normal procedures. ***** Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. We are currently experiencing a full EDI system outage. The CBSA is unable to…

CBSA Message (TCC18-163) - UPDATE - Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Outage

Notice received: Monday 2018-11-26 3:37 PM EST Further to the message reported below, we are now processing incoming data but there is a delay in processing all outbound messages. ***** Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. We are currently…