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Time and Date updated by CBSA Please note that as part of the Canada Border Services Agency's (CBSA) ongoing efforts to improve client service, a maintenance window of the production database is scheduled for Saturday, December 16, 2017 from 05:00 to 05:30 (ET) and Sunday, December 17, 2017 from 04…

Ensuring an efficient, secure border is important to Canadians and our economy. Almost $2.5 billion dollars’ worth of two-way trade passes between Canada and the United States every day, in addition to more than 400,000 travellers. Today, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced that radio…

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced today the prescribed annual interest rates that will apply to any amounts owed to the CRA and to any amounts owed by the CRA to individuals and corporations. These rates will be in effect from January 1, 2018, to March 31, 2018. There have been no changes to…

Expanding preclearance will enable faster travel between Canada and the United States, provide access to more American airports, bolster trade, better protect our rights and increase security. Today, the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, highlighted the…

The CBSA has posted a revised System Outage Contingency Plan on their website. This plan sets out the procedures for the importation of commercial goods in all modes of transportation during a CBSA systems outage. Please note that an outage is defined as a “temporary suspension of operations to the…

Please note that as part of the Canada Border Services Agency's (CBSA) ongoing efforts to improve client service, a maintenance window of the production database is scheduled for Sunday, December 17, 2017 from 04:30 to 06:00 (ET) and from 07:00 to 08:30 (ET). The CFIA Electronic Data Interchange…

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 December 16, 2017 from 05:00 to 05:30 (ET) and Sunday December 17, 2017 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 December 17, 2017 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…

A) Chapter 01 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS codes. NO VERSION CHANGE. 01.02 - Live bovine animals. 01.04 - Live sheep and goats. 01.06.13 - Camels and other camelids (Camelidae). 01.06.19.2061 - Cervidae. B) Chapter 03 was published to change the release…

Following public consultations launched earlier this year, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is pleased to announce a number of changes to our administration of the Special Important Measures Act (SIMA) that will make our services more secure, efficient and responsive to stakeholder needs…

The Canadian Export Classification number is based on an international six-digit 'root' with an additional two digits for Canadian domestic purposes for a total of eight digits. Statistics Canada has released the 2018 Canadian Export Classification.

The head of Canada's largest private-sector union is set to talk NAFTA with one of Donald Trump's most trusted cabinet members. Jerry Dias, the president of Unifor, will meet with U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, in Washington, on Thursday. It will be the fourth meeting this year between the…

The broad economic categories (BEC) classification provides data users with a new perspective on Canada's imports and exports. A key feature of the BECclassification is an end-use aggregating structure that is consistent with the three basic classes of goods in the System of National Accounts (SNA)…

The 2017 version of CAED will expire on January 31, 2018 after which time only the 2018 version will be valid. The 2018 version will be the last update to CAED and will be valid until it is retired in January 2020. The CAED program will be replaced by a new export reporting system, the Canadian…

Canada's NAFTA negotiators are on a fact-finding mission this week in Washington, seeking places where compromises might be found in the new year when the talks enter a critical, potentially do-or-die phase. Officials from the three NAFTA countries began gathering Monday at a downtown hotel for a…

U.S. President Donald Trump regaled a rally of supporters Friday night with a story about a disagreement with Canada's prime minister, then sprinkled his tale with some questionable statistics about international trade. Trump told a partisan crowd in Florida that he and Justin Trudeau had a closed…