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Ottawa shifts gears, now seeks smaller sectoral trade deals with China

The Canadian government has shifted its focus from a comprehensive trade agreement with China to instead concentrate on achieving a sector-by-sector deal with the world’s second-largest economy. Ottawa has settled on four individual sectors where it wants to sign smaller trade deals in hopes it can…

What a Democrat-controlled House means for the new NAFTA deal

Senior Canadian government officials are throwing cold water on speculation that the shift in Washington’s complex power structure as a result of the United States midterm congressional elections might put the painstakingly renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement in jeopardy. A government…

CBSA Message (TCC18-156): First Quarter Interest Rate 2019

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers who submit their B3s and AO notification of release queries using the CCS/CADEX system. The annual interest rate for the first quarter of 2019 (January 1st, 2019 - March 31st, 2019) will be 1.6748.

EICS/EXCOL Bulletin – Remembrance Day

Monday, November 12 th, 2018 is a holiday for Federal institutions due to Remembrance Day. Offices will be closed (no officers or Help Desk staff will be available). The EICS and EXCOL systems will be available during normal hours.
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Steel Safeguard Tariff Rate Quotas - Update

The following message is from Global Affairs Canada. The CSCB had contacted Global Affairs for clarification of Notice to Importers No. 911. Following is the response to our enquiries and those of our members. This message indicates that a permit may be requested prior to the release of goods…

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: Acanthopagrus schlegelii Clarias gariepinus Crangon crangon Heterocarpus reedi Hippoglossoides platessoides Holothuria scabra Konosirus…

CSCB Webinar: Cannabis in the Workplace

As of October 17, 2018 recreational cannabis use was legalized in Canada. Employers are concerned about how this will affect the workplace and more importantly what they can or should be doing about it now and in the future. Join us for a webinar session with Ron Guest, a Senior Partner at…

CBSA Message (TCC18-155) - Remembrance Day Holiday

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and/or eManifest Portal. The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) of the Canada Border Services Agency Client service support will be available on the Remembrance Day holiday, Monday, November 12, 2018 between…

CBSA Message (TCC18-154) - Remembrance Day Holiday

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) of the Canada Border Services Agency Client service support will be available on the Remembrance Day holiday, Monday, November 12, 2018 between 08:00 and 16:00 (Eastern…

CBSA Message (TCC18-131) - TCCU Client Survey (Revised)

Clients Affected: All clients who transmit data electronically and/or using the eManifest portal. Since October 22 and up until November 19 (the survey will be available for one extra week), the TCCU has posted a client survey on the TCCU pages of the CBSA. This is the second annual survey issued by…

CBSA Message (TCC18-153) - RESOLVED - Delays in Processing All EDI

Notice received: Thursday 2018-11-08 3:38 PM EST The problem outlined below is now resolved. Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using ED. Please note that CBSA is receiving and processing EDI data. However, there is a delay in sending outbound messages such…

CBSA Message (TCC18-153) - Delays in Processing All EDI

Notice received: Thursday 2018-11-08 1:58 PM EST Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using ED. Please note that CBSA is receiving and processing EDI data. However, there is a delay in sending outbound messages such as acknowledgements, reject messages and…
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Notice to Importers No. 911 – Clarification 2

Although paragraph 4.2.4 of Notice to Importers No. 911 states that: For a shipment to be free of the surtax, the importer must present a valid shipment-specific import permit to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) at the time of final accounting, and CBSA has confirmed that permit need not be…

Canada’s provincial-industrial export outlook

Canada’s exports are caught between global mega-shifts in both opportunities and risks. On the positive side, global growth is strong, and the primary driver is our top customer. In addition, our US sales now enjoy more certainty, with the signing of the USMCA agreement. A further plus is the steady…

CFIA Delays

The CSCB has been advised by a member that CFIA has been taking an extraordinarily long time to advise that goods have been released. Given the sensitivity of goods regulated by the CFIA, this is certainly an issue that needs addressing. Before approaching the CFIA, it would be helpful if we heard…

CBSA Message (TCC18-045) - REMINDER - Accessing ECCRDs on line

Clients Affected: All clients who transmit data electronically The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is happy to announce that we are undertaking a pilot test of a new Government of Canada offering called “GCcollab”. By design, it is intended as an…