Trade News

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers using the IID The CBSA is pleased to announce that Trade Chain Partners can now use the SWI IID Regulated Commodities Data Element Matching Criteria to identify commodities regulated by a particular Participating Government Department or Agency (PGA)…

Health Canada has posted four new Consumer Product Enforcement Summary Reports: Cribs, Cradles and Bassinets Report: the purpose of this Cyclical Enforcement (CE) project was to verify industry's compliance of bassinets which are subject to the Cribs, Cradles and Bassinets Regulations. Toys Report…

A) Chapter 03 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS codes. NO VERSION CHANGE 03.01 - Live fish. 03.02 - Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading No. 03.04. 03.03 - Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading No…

Clients Affected: All importers, brokers and Service Providers A new Chapter for the CBSA’s Electronic Commerce Client Requirements Document has been released: Chapter 24, containing the Accounts Receivable Ledger Daily Notice and Statement of Account maps, version 3.6, dated May 2018 (which were…

The second Designate Quiz of 2018 is currently available. You have until 2 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 28, 2018 to submit your answers online. To access the quiz, you must login to your CSCB account, then click on 1. My CCS -> 2. My CCS Quizzes -> 3. Select the quiz. 2018 Quiz Schedule Available Due…

The second Designate Quiz of 2018 is currently available. You have until 2 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 28, 2018 to submit your answers online. To access the quiz, you must login to your CSCB account, then click on 1. My CCS -> 2. My CCS Quizzes -> 3. Select the quiz. 2018 Quiz Schedule Available Due…

States will be able to force more people to pay sales tax when they make online purchases under a Supreme Court decision Thursday that will leave shoppers with lighter wallets but is a big financial win for states. Consumers can expect to see sales tax charged on more online purchases — likely over…

Harley-Davidson, up against spiralling costs from tariffs, will begin shifting the production of motorcycles headed for Europe from the U.S. to factories overseas. The European Union on Friday began rolling out tariffs on American imports like bourbon, peanut butter and orange juice. The EU tariffs…

The European Union is enforcing $3.4 billion US in tariffs on U.S. products as of Friday in retaliation to duties the Trump administration has put on European steel and aluminum. The goods targeted include typical American products like bourbon, peanut butter, and orange juice, in a way that seems…

The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) has been pushing the Treasury Board to sign our new collective agreement for the Border Services (FB) group this month. While there has been some dialogue with the employer, we do not yet have a firm date committed to by the government. If we do not have…

Today, on behalf of the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Mark Holland, Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, officially opened the newly constructed Canada Border Services Agency…

The Notice of Initiation of Investigations and associated news release are available on the CBSA website. Notice of Initiation of Investigations https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima-lmsi/i-e/gb22018/gb22018-ni-eng.html The CBSA launches investigation into certain 54-inch gypsum board from the United…

On January 19, 2018, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), initiated an expiry review of its order made on March 11, 2013, in Expiry Review No. RR-2012-002, continuing its finding made on March 10, 2008, in…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI As we approach the summer months and vacation time, the TCCU remains committed to timely client support to resolve electronic commerce and portal systems technical issues. To ensure our officers are available for…

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, June 24th, 2018 from 12:00am until 7:00am (ET). Consequently, the following services may not be available: AIRS Verification…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using the Integrated Import Declaration (IID) and Document Image Functionality (DIF) For maintenance purposes, clients may experience delays on Tuesday , June 26th 2018 from 04:00 to 06:10 (ET) when submitting the Document…