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Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. The following is information concerning this year's civic holiday in Quebec on Saturday, June 24, 2017. All clients, will receive Daily Notices (DNs) on Saturday, June 24 and Tuesday, June 27. The Statement of…

U.S. Commerce department's preliminary anti-dumping duties expected Friday The other shoe is set to drop for softwood lumber producers Friday as the U.S. Commerce Department is expected to reveal preliminary anti-dumping duties on Canadian imports. Combine this with the retroactive countervailing…

Chapter 10 was published to add the new end use “Prepared for medicinal or therapeutic purposes” to the following HS code. 10.08.10.0104 – Cereal - Buckwheat - grain End use # 128 - Prepared for medicinal or therapeutic purposes Please verify your version numbers before submitting through EDI. If…

As you are aware, regulatory amendments published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, made eManifest requirements legally binding and a voluntary compliance period is in effect for freight forwarders to transmit advance electronic house bill (ehouse bill) data on consolidated freight. I am pleased to…

1. This notice updates Customs Notice 16-20 and provides information for freight forwarders, warehouse operators and terminal operators regarding the deconsolidation notice and the process by which warehouse operators may release goods from the warehouse to the freight forwarder. 2. On June 29 th…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and Portal. The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is committed to timely client support in resolving technical issues resulting from the use of Electronic Data…

Health Canada would like to inform you of a webinar organized by the UL Group (United States) on the evolution of lithium batteries Presenter: UL Group (United States) Day/Time: Friday, June 23, 2017, from 11-12 AM Eastern (10-11 AM Central) Register here: UL Hosted webinar For additional…

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, June 22, 2017 from 1:30-3:00pm ET. There will be various agenda…

This memorandum outlines and explains the interpretation of tariff item 9899.00.00, paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of the Schedule to the Customs Tariff . This document was reviewed to ensure accuracy and revised to make an editorial enhancement. This memorandum is available in its entirety on the CBSA…

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has updated the "List of Establishments Approved to Export Live or Raw Molluscan Shellfish from France to Canada". The following establishment has been added to the list: “EDB Marée” This document is available on the CFIA website at…

Please be advised that all Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) delays with Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) messages have been resolved. The CFIA National Import Service Centre (NISC) will continue to process requests. If you require assistance or have any questions please contact the National…

Designates are reminded the second free quiz of 2017 is now available and must be completed by 2 pm ET on June 29th. Available Due Quiz 2 June 8 June 29 Quiz 3 October 5 October 26 As always, each quiz is worth ten professional development points toward maintenance of the CCS designation and/or five…

Notice received: Mon 2017-06-19 2:44 PM EDT The system issue reported below has now been resolved. Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and Portal Please note that CBSA is receiving and processing EDI and Portal inbound data. However, there is a delay…

Please be advised that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is experiencing delays with Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). Please note there may be a delay in processing import release requests. If you require a release for a shipment that has already arrived, or about to arrive at the border…

Notice received: Mon 2017-06-19 11:50 AM EDT Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and Portal Please note that CBSA is receiving and processing EDI and Portal inbound data. However, there is a delay in sending outbound messages such as acknowledgements…

The ACROSS EDI release requests received report for May 2017 is available on the CSCB website ( download). The national EDI percent was 96.90.

A) Chapter 05 was published to add a registration type to the following HS codes originating from all countries except the United States. 05.11.99.1298.02 - Laboratory or tissue samples, fresh, frozen or fixed. - Bovine (cattle). 05.11.99.1298.03 - Caprine (goat). 05.11.99.1298.05 - Ovine (sheep)…

Importers with their own account security or those who are under the GST Direct Payment Option can now make their monthly payments online, for amounts owing on their monthly Statement of Accounts not that of a customs broker, through CIBC (in addition to Scotiabank, TD, Banque Nationale, RBC, BMO…