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ARL - Where We Are Today and What’s Next

Registration for the Toronto/Ontario regions' general meeting is now open. The session, led by Marc Séguin, CBSA, Director of Revenue Accounting and Reporting and Janice McBride, CSCB Vice President, will take place on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at the Four Points by Sheraton Toronto Airport in…

CFIA processing delays

Notice received: Tues 2018-03-12 5:59 PM EDT Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is currently experiencing delays in processing import declarations During this time clients are asked to continue sending all CFIA electronic declarations using the Electronic Data…
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Customs Brokers Licensing – CBSA Consultation

Members may have been contacted by CBSA regarding a review of the customs brokers licensing regime. The CSCB is aware of the consultation surrounding licensing, a result of recommendations made by the Auditor General of Canada in his spring report on customs duty. The CSCB will be responding to CBSA…

Designate Quiz schedule for 2018

CCS and CTCS Designates are advised that three free quizzes will be offered during 2018 on the following dates: Available Due Quiz 1 March 15 April 5 Quiz 2 June 7 June 28 Quiz 3 October 4 October 25 As always, each quiz is worth ten professional development points toward maintenance of the CCS…

Trade by Importer Characteristics – Goods, 2016

In 2016, 148,886 Canadian enterprises imported $497.2 billion worth of goods. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) accounted for 98.6% of all importing enterprises, but for less than half (46.7%) of total import values. By comparison, the number of Canadian enterprises exporting goods was 43,255 in…

CFIA Electronic Data Interchange

Notice received: Tues 2018-03-13 10:45 AM EDT Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is currently experiencing technical difficulties. During this time clients are instructed to send all CFIA electronic release requests to the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and fax…

CBSA Message (TCC18-028) - Canada Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) EDI

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit EDI trade data to CFIA. Notice received: Tues 2018-03-13 10:41 AM EDT Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is currently experiencing technical difficulties. During this time, clients are instructed to send…
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In Memoriam – Wendy Pickett

The CSCB was saddened to learn that Wendy Pickett passed away on March 9, 2018. Members will remember Wendy from her participation at CSCB annual national conferences and her activity in the Ontario region. Wendy was well-known and well-respected in the industry, having been the President of W…

Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on March 3 and 10, 2018. Canadian International Trade Tribunal Appeals: Notice No. HA-2017-023 Determination: Dry wheat pasta Environment, Dept. of the, and Dept. of Health Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 Publication of results…

Canada's steel town still nervous despite tariff reprieve

A temporary exemption from U.S. tariffs is little comfort to the Canadian steel city of Hamilton, coping with months of uncertainty as U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened a potentially devastating 25 percent duty unless the North American Free Trade Agreement is renegotiated. Canadian…

Brexit and NAFTA dispute making firms wary, says Canadian minister

There are parallels between the way companies in North America and Britain are holding back on investment as they wait for clarity on the re-negotiation of NAFTA and the outcome of talks on a Brexit deal, Canada’s finance minister said on Mon “Certainly anecdotally in North America there are some…

Canada's PM bids to reassure aluminum workers about U.S. tariffs

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday kicked off a tour of the nation’s steel and aluminum regions to reassure workers worried that the United States could still introduce tariffs on the imports of the metals. Trudeau’s first stop was the province of Quebec, the heart of Canada’s aluminum…

ARL - Where We Are Today and What’s Next

The Toronto/Ontario regions invite you to a general meeting where we will discuss ARL, where we are today and what’s next. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at the Four Points by Sheraton Toronto Airport in Mississauga. The session will be led by Marc Séguin, CBSA, Director of…

Canada and Mexico to be exempt from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum

Canada and Mexico will be exempt from tariffs on steel and aluminum imported into the United States, but there's no guarantee that will be the case forever. A little after 3:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump signed off on two proclamations taking aim at the imports of two metals…

Canada signs revised TPP with sights set on new deal in South America

Canada's minister of international trade marked an important step forward in Canada's trading relationship with one bloc of countries today, while looking to start a new deal with another. François-Philippe Champagne signed the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership, the reborn…