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Safe Food for Canadians Licences now Available for Food Businesses

December 31, 2018
Food business owners across Canada can now apply for a licence under the new Safe Food for Canadians Regulations by accessing the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s online portal, My CFIA... Food business owners are encouraged to apply for a licence now in order to be ready when the regulations come…

Canada Gazette - Official Regulations

December 31, 2018
The following was published in Part II of the Canada Gazette on December 26, 2018. In-Transit Steel Goods Remission Order - Customs Tariff SOR/2018-288 17/12/18 Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Extension of a CPTPP Tariff to Australia, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore and Vietnam) — Order…

Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

December 31, 2018
The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on December 22 and 29, 2018. Canadian International Trade Tribunal Expiry review of order Structural tubing Finding Sucker rods Environment, Dept. of the, and Dept. of Health Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 Publication of final…
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Customs Notice 18-27 - Clarification

December 31, 2018
Further to the message posted earlier today, CBSA has advised that there will not be any specific Certificate of Origin form created for CPTPP and the certification of origin only needs to meet the minimum requirements of information contained in CPTPP Annex 3B. As form B239 was created to support…

CBSA Message (TCC18-174): SCHEDULED Maintenance Outages for 2019

December 31, 2018
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and eManifest Portal clients of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) are advised that they can expect scheduled maintenance outages on the following weekends, generally in the early morning: January 19-20 February 23-24 March 23-24 April 13-14 May 11-12 June 15…

CRA: Interest rates for the first calendar quarter

December 31, 2018
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has announced the prescribed annual interest rates that will apply to any amounts owed to the CRA and to any amounts owed by the CRA to individuals and corporations. These rates will be in effect from January 1, 2019, to March 31, 2019. Details are available on the…

Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) webinar recording

December 31, 2018
The Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) will be coming into force on January 15, 2019. To help food businesses and the industry prepare, the CFIA has been holding a series of SFCR webinars. If you were unable to join a recent live session, the pre-recorded webinar is now available online. The…

EDI Release Requests Received, November 2018

December 31, 2018
The EDI release requests received report for November 2018 is available on the CSCB website ( download). The national EDI percent was 98. The following indicates the IID transactions:

Tips for a smooth SFC licence application

December 24, 2018
The Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) come into force on January 15, 2019. At that time, most food businesses will need a Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) licence to import, export or send food across provincial and territorial borders. Here are some things you need to know that could slow…

Upcoming January 15, 2019 Safe Food For Canadians Regulations Licence (SFCR)

December 24, 2018
This notice is to inform importers and brokers that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will be updating the Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) to include the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) licence requirement for the food commodities that will require a SFCR licence on January 15…
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Corrections After an Audit - Update

December 21, 2018
On October 28, 2017, the CSCB sent a message to members regarding the submission of B2s after an audit. CBSA has now updated that message with the following amended information. On September 19, 2017, you asked my predecessor “If a final verification letter is issued in June of 2017 and advises the…

Surge in trade confidence short-lived

December 21, 2018
Canada’s exporters ended the year in a ho-hum mood. That’s maybe an achievement in a year filled with freak-out factors. What’s disappointing is that this latest movement in EDCs Trade Confidence Index erased the mid-year surge, which occurred in spite of the worries that North American free trade…
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CFIA Delays Explained

December 21, 2018
The CSCB spoke with senior management at CFIA today regarding recent lengthy delays in EDI processing. Other subjects, such as the use of IID for CFIA regulated goods, were also discussed. CFIA began by providing some interesting statistics – they receive 4.5 million declarations a year, 1.5 million…
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SWI IID stats - December 20, 2018

December 21, 2018
Members are reminded that two of the EDI service options currently used to declare regulated imports, OGD PARS (option 463) and OGD RMD (option 471), will be decommissioned for CFIA, Natural Resources Canada and Transport Canada clients on April 1, 2019. After April 1, 2019, the only service option…

EICS / EXCOL Bulletin – Seasonal Holidays

December 21, 2018
Global Affairs Canada Trade and Export Controls Bureau’s offices will be closed on December 25, 26 2018 and January 1 2019 (no officers or Help Desk staff will be available). The EICS and EXCOL systems will be available during normal hours.

CBSA Message (TCC18-172) – Holidays Schedule

December 21, 2018
Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and/or the eManifest Portal. The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) of the Canada Border Services Agency will be closed on the statutory holiday of Tuesday, December 25, 2018, Wednesday , December 26 2018 and…