Trade News

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has updated the List of establishments approved to export live or raw molluscan shellfish from France to Canada. The following establishment has been added to the list: Huitres Geay The updated list is available at: http://inspection…

Morneau says he wants financial aid to flow faster to steel industry but process must be followed The federal government has so far exempted 50 Canadian companies from surtaxes imposed last summer when Ottawa slapped retaliatory tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum imports, Finance Minister Bill…

Notice received: Wednesday 2018-10-17 11:07 AM EDT The problem outlined below is now resolved. ***** CFIA is currently experiencing a system outage. The CFIA is unable to receive all incoming data or send outbound messages such as reject messages and notices. We are working with CFIA to resolve this…

1. The purpose of this notice is to inform importers and customs brokers on the calculation of the amounts of cannabis duty and additional cannabis duty to be imposed on packaged cannabis products, as per legislative changes to the Excise Act, 2001, when importing these goods into Canada. 2…

The WCO has published the 87 th edition of WCO News, the Organization’s flagship magazine aimed at the Customs community, which provides a selection of informative articles that touch the international Customs and trade landscape. This edition features a special dossier on the 2018 WCO Council…

Notice received: Wednesday 2018-10-17 10:17 AM EDT Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit EDI trade data to CFIA. CFIA is currently experiencing a system outage. The CFIA is unable to receive all incoming data or send outbound messages such as reject messages and notices…

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers who use EDI to transmit their trade data. Further to Customs Notice CN18-16 pertaining to United States Surtax Remission Order please note the following for completion of the CADEX formatted records: Accounting for the relief of surtax where the United…

Returned quantities available for reallocation - Update This message is to inform industry stakeholders that, as of October 16, 2018, the CETA Industrial Cheese TRQ for 2018 is open to requests for allocations from resident of Canada further processors that are not allocation holders for 2018 or…

Liquid Natural Gas Modules including Pipe Rack Modules – Woodfibre LNG Limited The Statement of Essential Facts is available on the CBSA website.

The free trade deal between Canada, the United States and Mexico that leaders from all three countries agreed to in principle recently is a ways away from becoming law, as the man in charge of the U.S. Senate says there's no chance lawmakers will vote on the pact before next year. Senate majority…

Canada is open to doing more business with China now that a trading agreement with the United States and Mexico has been finalized, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. "Obviously, China is the world's second-largest economy and growing, and will remain an important place to do business and to look…

IN THE MATTER OF an expiry review, pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act, of the finding made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on December 11, 2012, in Inquiry No. NQ-2012-003, concerning: CARBON STEEL WELDED PIPE ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM CHINESE…

The third and last Designate Quiz of 2018 is now available. You have until 2 p.m. ET on 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 charge. To…

In three months, many businesses will require a licence when the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) come into force. In order to apply for a SFCR licence, businesses will need to attest that they have preventive controls in place. Food businesses can enrol now in My CFIA to apply for a…

A) Chapter 03 was published to add a registration type for the following HS code with end uses “Food Services” and “Retail use” originating from the states of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island destined to British Columbia and Yukon. NO VERSION CHANGE. 03.07.11.1888.75 –…

Reference: Message to Industry: Wheat Products Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) Prepared and Distributed by: Global Affairs Canada Please be advised that the wheat products tariff rate quota (TRQ) will be filled on October 19, 2018. Consequently, October 19, 2018 (at 11:59 pm local time) will be the cut-off…

Today, the Honourable Jim Carr, Minister of International Trade Diversification and Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South Centre, on behalf of the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, officially marked the completion of the expansion project at the Canada…