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CBSA Message (TCC17-243) - CBSA System Outage Contingency Plan

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and/or the CBSA eManifest Portal The Canada Border Services Agency System Outage Contingency Plan has recently been updated. While the procedures remain relatively the same the document itself has been shortened…
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IID Statistics - Update

CBSA has provided the CSCB with updated statistics on IID uptake. Previous statistics were posted on November 20 and these, plus those just received, are shown below. Members are reminded that as of April 1, 2018, two service options, EDI OGD PARS (463) and EDI OGD RMD (471), will no longer be…

U.S. auto-content NAFTA demands based on faulty data

U.S. demands in NAFTA negotiations for higher levels of U.S. and North American content in automobiles are based on faulty data, the Bank of Nova Scotia says. The share of North American parts in vehicles assembled in Canada and Mexico has grown since 2011, a new study by the bank says, disputing U…

Canada adds Ukraine to Automatic Firearms Country Control List

...[On December 13, 2017] The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, ...announced that Canada will include Ukraine in the Automatic Firearms Country Control List (AFCCL). This change, announced in the Canada Gazette, will enable Canadian companies and individuals to apply for a…

Canada Gazette - Official Regulations

The following was published in Part II of the Canada Gazette on December 13, 2017. Automatic Firearms Country Control List — Order Amending Export and Imports Permits Act SOR/2017-248 24/11/17 Fees in Respect of Drugs and Medical Devices Regulations (DIN Requirements for Drugs Listed in Schedule C…

Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on December 16, 2017. Canada Border Services Agency Special Import Measures Act Certain carbon and alloy steel line pipe — Decision Canadian International Trade Tribunal Appeals: Notice No. HA-2017-017 Expiry review of finding: Carbon steel…

New from Health Canada's Consumer Product Safety Program

NEW from Health Canada's Consumer Product Safety Program: Consumer Product Enforcement Summary Reports Children’s Sleepwear Regulations Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001 Pacifiers Regulations Toys Regulations

CFIA-AIRS Updates December 19th, 2017

A) Chapter 03 was published to: i) remove the end uses; « Aquarium – commercial», « Aquarium – private», « Ceremonial or religious use», « Culture», « Diagnostic testing», « Display in a zoo or public aquarium», « Feeding aquatic animals to aquatic animals», « Impoundment», « Manufacturing feed for…

Bank of Canada sticks with rate hike bias despite NAFTA uncertainty

The Bank of Canada is leaving the door open to further interest rate hikes in early 2018, making it clear that a number of uncertainties that could derail the economy, such as NAFTA renegotiation, are a reason for caution but not inaction. Investors worry that terminating the North American Free…

Rising pessimism has Mexico exploring world of post-NAFTA possibilities

"There is no need for a Plan B," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in June, when asked what Canada would do if NAFTA renegotiations failed. Canada, Trudeau told the New York Times, was confident the free trade deal could be salvaged. That is Mexico's preferred option as well, but fears the Trump…

CFIA-AIRS Updates December 18th, 2017

08.05.10.4038.02 - Oranges - with leaves and branches (fresh). 08.05.21.4038.02 - Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); with leaves and branches (fresh). 08.05.22.4038.02 - Clementines; with leaves and branches (fresh). 08.05.29.4038.02 - Other; with leaves and branches (fresh). 08.05.40…

CBSA Message (TCC17-240) - TCCU Client Survey

Clients Affected: All clients who transmit data electronically and/or using the eManifest portal. We want to thank all of our clients who took the time to complete the recent TCCU client survey. Your feedback is important to ensure we continue to provide quality client service in the areas of client…

CFIA Message: UPDATED - CBSA Scheduled Maintenance, 16-17 December

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…

Trade Confidence Holding its Ground

2017 has not been international trade’s best year. Oh, growth is having a good run alright; the problem is political. Election after election in Western Europe had significantly negative trade overtones, and at one point it looked like globalization’s number could be up. Thankfully, those elections…