Trade News

Italy will not ratify the European Union’s free trade agreement with Canada, Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Friday, although Canadian officials played down the threat to the accord, which mostly took effect last year. “Soon CETA (the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) will…

Last chance... today is the last day to take advantage of early bird pricing for the 2018 CSCB National Conference! This year’s conference theme is “A North American Perspective for Customs Brokers: Turning Expertise and Experience into Profit.” The challenges of trade within North American are…

Canada Revenue Agency has released the following publication: Excise and GST/HST News - No. 104

eManifest Portal Maintenance Clients Affected: All clients who submit their trade data using the eManifest portal. Saturday July 14, 2018 from 05:00 to 05:30 (ET) and Sunday July 15, 2018 from 05:00 to 05:30 (ET): eManifest Portal users will not be able to view or update business account details, or…

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: “Fret Internat Rapide Serv Tran” The updated list is available…

The International Federation of Customs Brokers Associations (IFCBA) has announced that Candace Sider, a representative of the Canadian Society of Customs Brokers (CSCB) and Livingston International’s Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs, North America has been appointed as Chair of…

Recreational marijuana is to be legalised in Canada on October 17, making Canada the first G7 country to allow the drug nationwide and the second in the world after Uruguay. However, shippers aiming to take advantage of the change in the law by airfreighting marijuana into the country are warned by…

CBSA has revised Customs Notice 18-08 to include the official regulations and links to the US Surtax Order for Steel and Aluminum and US Surtax Order for Other Goods.

We know that the ongoing surtax implementation is challenging and taking up much of members’ time. Therefore, we have decided to extend the early bird deadline for our 2018 national conference until July 13. Hope you are able to take advantage of this extra week to register! This year’s conference…

We are assisting CBSA with compiling a complete list of companies providing IT services to customs brokers. CBSA has published the following list of ARL service providers. If your service provider is not listed here, please send an email containing their contact details to [email protected]. Thank…

The tit-for-tat tariffs imposed by Canada and the United States will trim Canadian exports and imports by 0.6 percent and boost inflation by about 0.1 percentage point, the Bank of Canada said on Wednesday. The tariffs, along with related uncertainty about U.S. trade policy that hangs over Canada’s…

China slammed the U.S. threat to expand tariff hikes to imports including apples, fish sticks and French doors as a "totally unacceptable" escalation of their trade battle and vowed Wednesday to protect its "core interests." The government gave no details but the Commerce Ministry earlier threatened…

Concerning the final determinations with respect to the dumping and subsidizing of certain dry wheat pasta originating in or exported from the Republic of Turkey. The Statement of Reasons is available on the CBSA website.

The Department of Finance has just issued guidelines outlining a process for applying for a surtax exemption. The guidelines are available on the website of the Department of Finance Canada.

The following was published in Part II of the Canadian Gazette on July 11, 2018 http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2018/2018-07-11/html/sor-dors152-eng… United States Surtax Order (Steel and Aluminum): SOR/2018-152 P.C. 2018-961 June 28, 2018 http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2018/2018-07-11/html…

Chapter 06 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS codes with end use “Propagation (growing or sowing)” and miscellaneous code “Pure mushroom spawn with carrier material”. 06.02.90.0029.02 - Mushroom spawn - morel Armilaria (Armilaria spp., Armillariella spp.). 06.02.90…

We know that the ongoing surtax implementation is challenging and taking up much of members’ time. Therefore, we have decided to extend the early bird deadline for our 2018 national conference until July 13. Hope you are able to take advantage of this extra week to register! This year’s conference…