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The following memorandum has been updated and is available on the CBSA website: D11-4-6, Rules of Origin for the New Zealand and Australia Tariff Treatments https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d11/d11-4-6-eng.html

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 Saturday, February 17th, 2018 from 3:00am until 7:00am (ET). Consequently, the following services may not be available: Automated Import…

Effective April 3, 2018, the Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) database will be updated to distinguish between cheese manufactured from pasteurized and unpasteurized milk. The description of the following OGD extensions will be changed to identify pasteurized milk products: 04.06.10.3566 -…

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers who submit their B3s and AO notification of release queries using the CCS/CADEX system For maintenance purposes, the CCS/CADEX system will be unavailable on Saturday February 17, 2018 from 05:00 to 05:30 (ET) AND Sunday February 18, 2018 from 05:00 to 05…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. For maintenance purposes, all EDI applications will be unavailable on Sunday, February 18, 2018 from 04:30 to 06:00 (ET) AND from 07:00 to 08:30 (ET). This includes: all incoming data or outbound messages such as…

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers who submit their B3s and AO notification of release queries using the CCS/CADEX system. Family Day – February 19, 2018 in the provinces of Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba For the purposes of calculating the accounting period, February 19, 2018…

Chapter 20 was published to add an OGD extension. 20.05.99.3002- Vegetable preparations containing less than 20 % fish. Please verify your version numbers before submitting through EDI. If you have any questions, please contact your National Import Service Centre.

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers who submit their B3s and AO notification of release queries using the CCS/CADEX system. The annual interest rate for the second quarter of 2018 (April 1 st, 2018 – June 30 th, 2018) will be 1.1830.

The following form has been updated and is available on the CBSA website: B240 – Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement – Certificate of Origin https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/forms-formulaires/b240-eng.html

On February 14, 2018, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), pursuant to paragraph 41(1)(a) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), terminated the subsidy investigation in respect of certain polyethylene terephthalate resin (PET resin) exported to Canada from the Sultanate of Oman (Oman) by…

The ongoing effort to rescue and revamp NAFTA has made only limited progress because U.S. officials at the table find themselves hamstrung by the demands of the Trump White House and the talks are taking place too quickly, Canada's chief negotiator says. Tuesday's hard-hitting and sobering update…

Trade challenges from U.S. firms will continue to cause turbulence for Canada even if talks to modernize NAFTA are successful, a senior Canadian government official said on Tuesday. Canada sends 75 percent of its goods exports to the United States and is vulnerable to what Ottawa complains is…

Canada among 6 countries named in new U.S. trade investigation into whether prices are too low or subsidized The United States government has a new trade beef with Canada: claims that some pipe products are being dumped on the U.S. market at artificially low prices. Canada is one of six countries…

U.S. President Donald Trump is complaining about Canadian trade practices while threatening some as-yet-undefined international tax that has revived fears he might be contemplating new American import penalties. He made the remarks at the White House on Monday while unveiling a long-awaited…

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 Thursday, February 15 th, 2018 from 6:30am until 7:00am (ET). Consequently, the following services may not be available: Automated Import…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today initiated a re-investigation to update the normal values and export prices respecting certain certain gypsum board originating in or exported from the United States of America, imported into Canada for use or consumption in the provinces of British…

The WTO’s latest World Trade Outlook Indicator (WTOI), released on 12 February, suggests that the trade recovery of 2017 should continue, with solid trade volume growth in the first quarter of 2018. The WTOI’s current value of 102.3 is little changed from the 102.2 recorded last November, indicating…