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Final Designate Quiz of 2017 is due October 26!

CCS and CTCS Designates are reminded that the third and final designate quiz for 2017 is currently open. Available Due Quiz 3 October 5 October 26 As always, the quiz is worth ten professional development points toward maintenance of the CCS designation and/or five credits toward maintenance of the…

Canada Gazette - Official Regulations

The following was published in Part II of the Canada Gazette on October 18, 2017. Domestic Substances List — Order 2017-66-08-01 Amending Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 SOR/2017-210 28/09/17 Domestic Substances List — Order 2017-87-08-01 Amending Canadian Environmental Protection Act…

Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on October 14 and 21, 2017. Canada Border Services Agency Special Import Measures Act Certain silicon metal — Decisions Environment, Dept. of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 Ministerial Condition No. 19124 Ministerial…
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CETA: Origin Declaration

Several members have asked if the CETA Origin Declaration can include only words such as “Canada”, “Norwegian”, or “EU” in field 3 of the declaration. CBSA has responded with the following: The short answer is no. The purpose of the origin declaration is to certify that the goods are of CETA…

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During the redesign of our website, we updated our email categories to make them more meaningful. That means that you need to update your email preferences to receive individual emails from categories of interest. To do so, please login to your CSCB account and access the Email Preferences section…

Windsor-Detroit Tunnel to close completely for 10 days

The Detroit-Windsor tunnel will completely shut down for 10 days for repairs. The crossing will close on October 20 at 8 p.m. and will reopen on October 30 at 5:30 a.m. This is in addition to weeknight closures beginning October 30th, for an estimated seven-month period. "We met with the folks at…

CBSA Message (TCC17-203) - CCS / CADEX Maintenance Outage, 22 October

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 Sunday October 22, 2017 from 08:00 to 16:00 (ET). CADEX, Customs Declaration Message (CUSDEC) B3s…

CFIA Digital Document Store scheduled maintenance, 22 October

As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be performing Digital Document Store (DDS) maintenance from Sunday, October 22nd, 2017 from 5:00AM (EST) to 12:00PM (EST). If you require assistance or have any questions…

CFIA Message: Scheduled System Maintenance, 21 October

As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service please be advised that Shared Services Canada (SSC) will be performing network maintenance on Saturday, October 21st, 2017 from 8:00AM to 9:00AM (EST). Consequently, the following services may be unavailable: Automated Import Reference System…
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CETA: Originating Status

The following question was sent to CBSA: If EU originating goods are shipped to Canada from Italy, then are subsequently exported from Canada to France in the same condition, do the goods “originate” upon their entry into France? Or did the goods lose their originating status once they entered…

eManifest and the benefits of electronic notices for highway carriers

As part of our ongoing commitment to communicate information and support clients with their implementation of eManifest requirements, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is inviting you to a webinar presentation on the benefits of electronic eManifest notices for highway carriers on Thursday…

RONA Inc. vs. CBSA, Appeal No. AP-2016-026, Appeal No. AP-2016-031

Decision and reasons issued Monday, September 11, 2017 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on May 18, 2017, pursuant to section 67 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 Border Services Agency, dated September 1, 2016, with…
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Corrections After an Audit

The CSCB posed this question to CSBA: If a final verification letter is issued in June of 2017 and advises the importer they must go back four years and make corrections, by the time the corrections are made, the four years in which there is an obligation to correct has passed. Since an importer is…

CW Sufferance Warehouses Webinar Presentations

Further to the CW Warehouse Webinar that took place on October 12, 2017, please find attached a revised copy of the presentation for your records and a link to the audio recording of that call. In addition, we are including the list of questions from the chat box that were answered during the call…

CBSA Message (TCC17-202) Late Daily Notice (DN)

Notice received: Wed 2017-10-18 7:17 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 October 18, 017 may be late and will be issued as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience…
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New D17-5-1 and Related CN 17-33

As expected, CBSA has issued D17-5-1, a new D-Memo, along with Customs Notice 17-33. These are guidance documents that explain CBSA payment policies and procedures and provide effective dates for implementation. There are members who have advised us that their financial institution is not ready to…