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Change of Tariff Classification and Refund of Surtax

The CSCB has received clarification from CBSA on the B2 format when there is a change in tariff classification that also results in a refund of surtax. CBSA has advised that since the issue is one of tariff classification, Example 3 in Appendix B of D17-2-1 would be more applicable than Example 8…

CFIA-AIRS Updates October 24th, 2018

CFIA APOLOGIZES FOR THE DELAY IN SENDING THIS MESSAGE AS THEY WERE EXPERIENCING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES A) Chapter 02 was published to: i) remove a registration type and modify the import conditions for the following HS codes. NO VERSION CHANGE 02.01 - Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled. 02.02…

Final Designate Quiz of 2018 due Thursday

The third and last Designate Quiz of 2018 is now available. You have until 2 p.m. ET on Thursday, October 25, 2018 to submit your responses to the CSCB. The quiz must be completed online. The quiz is worth 10 professional development points towards maintenance of the CCS designation, and is free of…

CFIA Permits and rotating disruptions in mail service

Due to the rotating service disruptions at Canada Post, the CFIA's Centre of Administration would like to remind clients that your permission will be sent to you by the method you used to submit it. Permissions sent by mail may be delayed. Please use your My CFIA account to obtain your permits…

CBSA Message (TCC18-136) - Delays in Processing ALL EDI and Portal Messages

Notice received: Wednesday 2018-10-24 12:36 AM EDT 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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Updated Customs Notice 18-17

CBSA has updated Customs Notice 18-17, Order Imposing a Surtax on the Importation of Certain Steel Goods. The following changes have been made to this notice: 1. Paragraph 14, Instructions for field 26. A note has been added. 2. Paragraph 14, Instructions for field 39. The last sentence has been…

Steel tariffs may lift when USMCA signed, new Mexican foreign minister says

The U.S. is expected to lift its steel and aluminum tariffs when a new North American trade deal is signed, Mexico's incoming foreign minister said Monday. Marcelo Ebrard spoke to reporters following talks today with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland in Ottawa. Seven secretaries-designates…
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October Update from the CSCB President

Get a quick update on the surtax, the USMCA, ARL, and cannabis from the CSCB’s president, Carol West, in a short audio update for October 2018.

Structural Tubing, Expiry No. LE-2018-006

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal hereby gives notice, pursuant to subsection 76.03(2) of the Special Import Measures Act( SIMA) that its order made on December 20, 2013, in Expiry Review No. RR‑2013‑001, is scheduled to expire on December 19, 2018, unless the Tribunal has initiated an…

Third Designate Quiz of 2018 due Thursday

The third and last Designate Quiz of 2018 is now available. You have until 2 p.m. ET on Thursday, October 25, 2018 to submit your responses to the CSCB. The quiz must be completed online. The quiz is worth 10 professional development points towards maintenance of the CCS designation, and is free of…

CFIA Permits and Mail Service

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has issued a strike notice and would be in a legal position to strike as early as Monday October 22, 2018. Please check with Canada Post for the latest developments. The CFIA strongly encourages industry to apply, pay for, and track the status of their permission…

CBSA Message (TCC18-131) - TCCU Client Survey

Clients Affected: All clients who transmit data electronically and/or using the eManifest portal. The TCCU will be posting a client survey on the TCCU pages of the CBSA website beginning October 22, 2018. This survey will be posted for 3 weeks with the purpose of collecting feedback directly from…
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Programming Required for OIC 18-1272

Customs Notice 18-16 and TCCU 18-125 provide information on how to account for goods for which the surtax is remitted under OIC 18-1272. The CSCB would like to hear from members who will require additional programming to account for these goods in the manner described in these notices. If additional…

Don't Miss the CSCB Webinar on SIMA and Scope Proceedings!

Refresh your Special Import Measures Act (SIMA) knowledge and learn more about the new Scope Proceedings at the upcoming CSCB webinar! In the spring of 2018, changes were made to SIMA and, among other things, Scope Proceedings were introduced. The first scope ruling is expected to be published in…

The pressure is on for Senate to pass a massive Asia-Pacific trade deal quickly

The push is on for Parliament to quickly ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade agreement so that Canada can reap the benefits that come from being an early adopter of the deal — and there's a race on now to beat other countries to the punch. The agreement…

Carr, Morneau off to China next month to deepen commerce, but no free trade yet

Two senior Liberal cabinet ministers are off to Beijing next month to co-chair a high-level business conference and to push Canada's trade interests with China. International Trade Minister Jim Carr said he and Finance Minister Bill Morneau will be in the Chinese capital for two days starting on Nov…