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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…

A) Chapter 04 was published to remove a registration type for the following HS codes. NO VERSION CHANGE 04.07.21.0271 - Shell eggs from chicken. 04.07.21.0285 - Shell eggs from chicken, cooked or boiled. 04.08.11.0273 - Egg yolk from chicken (Gallus domesticus) and/or turkey. 04.08.19.0275 - Egg…

Canada’s move to drop a 10 percent duty on U.S.-made aluminum cans is good news for Canadian beer makers battling a shortage of tall cans, according to brewing industry executives. The aluminum products excluded from tariffs last week include cans that brewers have been struggling to keep in stock…

A prominent Canadian steel executive told MPs this week that Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland​'s "ego" is getting in the way of ending American tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. Barry Zekelman, the chairman and CEO of Zekelman Industries, delivered a scathing assessment Thursday of…

While cannabis (marijuana) has recently been legalized and strictly regulated domestically in Canada, it is still illegal to cross the border with cannabis or any products containing it. You cannot take cannabis across the border, even if it is a small quantity. You cannot take cannabis across the…

Update to Message sent on October 11, 2018 This message pertains to imports of certain steel goods as listed in the Order Imposing a Surtax on the Importation of Certain Steel Goods. The purpose of this message is to inform importers that online shipment-specific permits may only be requested as of…

Notice received: Friday 2018-10-19 5:50 PM EDT The outbound messaging problem noted below has now been resolved. All systems are functioning normally. ***** Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. Please note, you may experience problems with outbound…

Notice received: Friday 2018-10-19 3:25 PM EDT Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. Please note, you may experience problems with outbound processing of EDI messages. Therefore trade data is being received and processed by the CBSA but unable to send…

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…

As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be performing network maintenance on Sunday, October 21st, 2018 from 3:00 am until 7:00 am (ET). Consequently, the following services may not be available: Digital Document…

eManifest Portal Maintenance Start Date/Time End Date/Time Clients Affected: 2018-10-20 / 05 :00 ET 2018-10-20 / 08 :00 ET 2018-10-20 / 05 :40 ET 2018-10-20 / 16 :00 ET All clients who submit their trade data using the eManifest portal. Description: Saturday October 20, 2018 from 05:00 to 05:40 (ET)…

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers who use EDI to transmit their trade data. Further to Customs Notice CN18-19 pertaining to Cannabis Customs Excise Duty Procedures please note the following for completion of the CADEX formatted records: 3. The table below is a list of the province…

Notice received: Thursday 2018-10-18 1130 AM EDT The problem outlined below is now resolved. ***** Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI Please note that CBSA is receiving and processing EDI inbound data. However, there is a delay in sending outbound…

The United States announced Wednesday that it is preparing to pull out of an international postal treaty that allows China to ship packages to America at discounted rates. The move would escalate a trade dispute with China. President Donald Trump argues that the 144-year-old Universal Post Union…

Notice received: Thursday 2018-10-18 7:57 AM EDT Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI Please note that CBSA is receiving and processing EDI inbound data. However, there is a delay in sending outbound messages such as acknowledgements, reject messages…

1. The Cannabis Act and its regulations (not pertaining to police enforcement) are administered by Health Canada, and establish a legislative framework to provide restricted access to cannabis and control its production, distribution, sale, import, export and possession. Under the Cannabis Act, it…

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 finding made on November 19, 2013, in Inquiry No. NQ‑2013-003, concerning the dumping and subsidizing of silicon…

Government decides not to exempt artistic works from 20-year copyright extension The broad cultural exemption Canada fought to keep in the renegotiated North American free trade deal will allow for Canadian content rules in digital media. But government sources say the Trudeau government will not…