Trade News

Canada and Mexico will not make counterproposals to U.S. demands for tougher NAFTA automotive content rules but instead will offer rebuttals and pepper American negotiators with technical questions on Monday, people familiar with the talks said. Canada will make a presentation arguing U.S. demands…

A) Chapter 01 was published to change the release recommendation from “CBSA Inspection” to “ Refer to CFIA – veterinary inspection” for the following HS codes with the end use “ Canadian Horses returning to Canada” originating from New Mexico. 01.01.21 - Horses: Pure-bred breeding animals. 01.01.29…

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 September 18, 2017 from 05:00 to 05:30 (ET) AND Sunday November 19, 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 November 19, 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…

On November 16, 2017, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), pursuant to subsection 38(1) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), made preliminary determinations of dumping and subsidizing with respect to certain polyethylene terephthalate resin (PET resin) originating in or exported from the…

Please be advised that the CFIA is revising the food export web pages to better assist Canadian industry with export guidance. Our aim is to align all export activities of our current food programs under a single food program. This will allow the CFIA to transition the export requirements easily to…

As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service please be advised that Shared Services Canada (SSC) will be performing network maintenance on Saturday, November 18th, 2017 from 8:00AM to 9:00PM and Sunday November 19th 5:00AM to 7:00AM (EST). Consequently, the following services may be…

Canada is launching a challenge under the North American Free Trade Agreement against recently announced U.S. duties against Canadian softwood lumber imports. The Canadian government filed a formal notice on Tuesday of intent to request the establishment of a binational panel under NAFTA to review…

The politicians overseeing the renegotiation of NAFTA won't be meeting face to face at the end of this round of talks, unlike the previous four rounds of discussions. According to a news release, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and…

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, November 19, 2017 from 04:30 to 06:00 and 07:00 to 08:30 (EST). The CFIA Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)…

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has published “Annex S: The Canadian Program for Certifying Freedom from Growth Enhancing Products (GEPs) for the Export of Beef to the EU” in Chapter 11 of the Meat Hygiene Manual of Procedures. Annex S is available at the following…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. This bulletin communicates upcoming changes to the Electronic Commerce Client Requirements Document (ECCRD) for Daily Notices (DN) and Statements of Account (SOA), which are outlined in the attached…

Notice received: Wed 2017-11-15 2:46 AM EDT CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) / Accounts Receivable Ledger (ARL) Please be advised that the DN for some clients scheduled to be issued on November 15, 2017 may be late and will be issued as soon as possible. We apologize for any…