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We’re Number 1!

Don’t miss this year’s CSCB National Conference scheduled for September 24-26, 2017 in St. Andrews By-The-Sea! REGISTER TODAY! Sorry, Banff. Don’t take it personally, Montreal. You’re still beautiful, Niagara. A small New Brunswick town with fewer than 2,000 residents beat out some of Canada’s best…
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Time is running out …. Scholarship applications are now available!

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The CSCB is pleased to announce that two scholarships will be awarded to students pursuing post-secondary education, the CSCB National and the CSCB Guy Graveline scholarships. Each scholarship is worth $3,500 and is awarded on the basis of academic…

Freight Forwarder Implementation Webinar, 20 July

As part of an ongoing commitment to communicate eManifest information, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is continuing with our regular eManifest Freight Forwarder Implementation Webinars. The next Webinar will be held Thursday, July 20, 2017 from 1:30-3:00pm ET. There will be a couple of…

CN 17-24, Highway Sufferance Warehouse Closure (Sydney, Nova Scotia)

1. The purpose of this notice is to advise that: a) effective August 22, 2017 the company located at 104 Marine Drive, Suite D, Edwardsville, Nova Scotia will be surrendering their "BW" type highway sufferance warehouse licence; b) the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is advertising for a new…

NAFTA Review

The NAFTA review is well underway, with the United States government announcing yesterday its objectives for the upcoming negotiations. The deadline for providing comments to the Canadian government is today, July 18. The CSCB has provided comments to the Government of Canada on behalf of members…

Use of Most Recent Version of CFIA/ACIA 4159 for Meat Exports to China

CFIA has been informed by Chinese authorities that an older version of form CFIA/ACIA 4159 "Certificate of Inspection Covering Meat & Poultry Meat Products - for China" is being used by exporters. It is important that only the most recent version of form CFIA/ACIA 4159 be used for the export of…

CFIA Digital Document Store (DDS)

Notice received: Fri 2017-05-10 4:00 PM EDT 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 and therefore will be unavailable from Thursday, July 13 th, 2017 at 5:00pm…

CFIA AIRS Updates, 17 July

A) Chapter 02 was published to change the release recommendation from "Refuse entry" to "Approved" for the following HS codes with the end use "Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution" originating from the States of California, Idaho, Oregon, Washington. 02.10.99.5297 - Turkey…

IMF gives Trudeau government passing grade, but warns of longer term challenges

The International Monetary Fund has given the Trudeau government a passing mark for its handling of the economy since coming to power, but warns that “more difficult challenges lie ahead.” The comments are contained in an annual report released by the Washington-based organization [on July 13, 2017]…

CN 17-23, Implementation of the Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA)

Ottawa, July 12, 2017 Implementation 1. This customs notice is to inform you that the Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) will be implemented on August 1, 2017. With the exception of a few agricultural goods, the CUFTA will essentially eliminate the customs duties on all imports from Ukraine…

Bank of Canada raises interest rate for 1st time in 7 years to 0.75%

The Bank of Canada has raised its key interest rate as expected to 0.75 per cent — the central bank's first move upward in the cost of borrowing in seven years. The bank's target for the overnight rate — at which major financial institutions make one-day loans to each other — moved up by one-quarter…

CBSA Mesage (TCC17- 147): CCS / CADEX Scheduled Maintenance Outage

For maintenance purposes, the CCS/CADEX system will be unavailable on Saturday July 15, 2017 from 05:00 to 05:30 (ET) AND Sunday July 16, 2017 from 05:00 to 05:30 (ET). CADEX, Customs Declaration Message (CUSDEC) B3s and AO notification of release queries transmitted to the CADEX system will be…

CBSA Message (TCC17-146) EDI Scheduled Maintenance Outage

For maintenance purposes, all EDI applications will be unavailable on Sunday July 16, 2017 from 04:30 to 06:15 (ET) AND from 08:00 to 09:30 (ET). This includes: all incoming data or outbound messages such as acknowledgements, reject messages and notices, e.g. RNS, Completeness Notices during this…

Is Inflation Back?

Prices are rising again in a way we haven’t seen for years. That’s usually enough to set off groans all over. After all, inflation is one of the two ingredients of the ‘misery index’, generally regarded as an economic no-no. We’ve been without it for so long that the word itself had all but dropped…