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

Notice received: Monday 2018-11-26 2:47 PM EST 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 receive all incoming data or send outbound messages such as acknowledgements, reject…

Opening of the application period for the new CPTPP tariff rate quotas

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

Costly USMCA rules ‘may prove unworkable’ for supply chains

Complying with the proposed US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that replaces Nafta will be expensive for those in the automotive supply chain and could prove unworkable for some, according to John Bozzella (pictured), president and CEO of the Association of Global Automakers in the US. Details in…
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Late Accounting Penalties

The CSCB has asked CBSA to consider waiving late accounting penalties that are issued as a result of the new import permit requirements described in Customs Notice 18-17 and Notice to Importers No. 911. CBSA has advised the following; the circumstances referred to below are those associated with…

CPTPP Implementation Notices

CBSA has advised that they hope to have CPTPP Implementation Customs Notice published in the next few weeks. The CPTPP Proposed Regulatory Amendments and Proposed New Regulations Customs Notice will follow soon after. Both notices will be published prior to the December 30 implementation date.

Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on November 24, 2018. Canada Border Services Agency Special Import Measures Act Certain sucker rods — Decisions NAFTA Secretariat Request for panel review Certain uncoated groundwood paper from Canada Environment, Dept. of the Canadian…

China at the crossroads

It seems more than ever, China is grabbing headlines: there are growth concerns, worries about its financial sector, bubbles in parts of its economy and fears about the effects of tariffs, among other issues. How do we add up all this concern? And where is China actually headed at the moment…

New hub for CFIA's policies on importation of soil and soil-related matter

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has published a new web page that provides an overview of the CFIA's policies and standards relating to the importation and domestic movement of soil and soil-related matter. These measures are intended to prevent the introduction and spread of soil-borne…

AIRS Registration types list update

In preparation for the coming into force of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR), the list of Registration Types found in the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) has been updated. The list now includes the following new Registration Types. #65…

Now that the USMCA dust has settled, Canada should join Team America

A week has passed and armchair quarterbacking the U.S. midterms is no longer Canada’s favourite pastime. So what’s next? A Democratic majority in the House suggests some of the content of the final United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) might change but the deal as a whole will be grudgingly…

Business Barometer: Confidence steadies in October

After four straight months of decline, small business optimism improved slightly in October, according to the latest Business Barometer® survey, released ...by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). The monthly index—based on a national survey which asks business owners how they…

CBSA Message (TCC18-162) - Delays in Processing All EDI and Portal Messages

Notice received: Thursday 2018-11-22 2:22 AM EST Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and Portal. Please note that CBSA is receiving and processing EDI and Portal inbound data. However, there is a delay in sending outbound messages such as…
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CPTPP Details Available

The details of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) have been posted in the Canada Gazette. The CSCB has asked CBSA for CPTPP codes to be used on B3 transactions. CPTPP Rules of Origin for Casual Goods Regulations - Customs Tariff CPTPP Rules of Origin…

The CFIA Chronicle - Fall 2018

For the latest on CFIA initiatives, services, research and other news – check out the latest edition of The CFIA Chronicle. It includes the following articles: Message from the President and Executive Vice-President: Securing and Maintaining Market Access Your food business may need a licence this…

Canada Gazette - Official Regulations

The following was published in Part II of the Canada Gazette on November 14, 2018. CPTPP Rules of Origin for Casual Goods Regulations - Customs Tariff SOR/2018-222 30/10/18 CPTPP Rules of Origin Regulations - Customs Tariff SOR/2018-221 30/10/18 CPTPP Tariff Preference Regulations - Customs Tariff…

Circular Copper Tube, Expiry Review No. RR‑2018‑005

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal hereby gives notice that it will, pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), initiate an expiry review of its findings made on December 18, 2013, in Inquiry No. NQ‑2013‑004, concerning the dumping of circular copper tube with…