Trade News

Canada Revenue Agency has released the following publication: Excise and GST/HST News – No. 103

Canada has agreed to a revised version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and will sign on to the deal, according to government sources. The deal comes after talks in Japan this week with the 11 countries still committed to the deal. Canada was seen as the main holdout during talks in Vietnam last…

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice that it will, pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act ( SIMA), initiate an expiry review of its order made on March 11, 2013, in Expiry Review No. RR-2012-002, continuing, with amendment, its…

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, concerning the dumping and subsidizing of certain…

CSCB is excited to announce a searchable public listing of current CCS designates. It includes all CCS designates who are in good standing and who have agreed to publish their information. This means you will need to update your privacy settings if you wish to be included. All you have to do is…

Reasons issued Thursday, January 11, 2018 IN THE MATTER OF a preliminary injury inquiry, pursuant to subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: COPPER PIPE FITTINGS The Statement of Reasons is avaliable on the CITT website.

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, January 21st, 2018 from 04:30 to 06:00 (ET) and from 07:00 to 08:30 (ET). The CFIA Electronic Data Interchange…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. For maintenance purposes, all Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) applications will be unavailable on Sunday January 21, 2018 from 04:30 to 06:00 (ET) and from 07:00 to 08:30 (ET). This includes: all incoming data…

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 January 20, 2018 from 05:00 to 05:30 (ET) and Sunday January 21, 2018 from 05:00 to 05:30…

It will likely be a hard sell for Canadians pinched by another increase in debt payments, but the Bank of Canada says yesterday's interest rate hike was a cheerful sign for the economy. Inevitably, the quarter point increase had an immediate and significant impact on Canadians with variable rate…

As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be performing network maintenance Saturday, January 20th, between 2018 12:00 am (ET) and 4:00 am (ET). Consequently, the following services may not be available: Automated…

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that terminating the North American Free Trade Agreement would result in the “best deal” to revamp the 24-year-old trade pact with Canada and Mexico in favor of U.S. interests. Lawmakers as well as agricultural and industrial groups have warned Trump not…

The Bank of Canada raised interest rates on Wednesday, as expected, as job growth and firmer inflation outweighed the cloud of NAFTA uncertainty, but the head of the central bank admitted the decision was not a no-brainer. In sounding a cautious tone on the future of the North American Free Trade…

The ACROSS EDI release requests received report for December 2017 is available on the CSCB website ( download). The national EDI percent was 97.5.

Decision and reasons issued Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Corrigendum issued Friday, December 1, 2017 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on August 24-25, 2017, pursuant to subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (2nd Supp.); AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the President of the Canada…