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Members may have already received notice TCC15-029 regarding CBSA’s Low Value Payment (LVP) Initiative. Please note that the CSCB has requested clarification from CBSA and expect to be able to provide additional information to members later this week. The LVP initiative supports the waiving of…

DFATD is scheduling a system maintenance to the EICS system between 21:00 and midnight ET Tuesday, March 24, 2015. The system will be unavailable during this period. Any transactions submitted during this time will be lost and any active sessions will be terminated.

Memorandum D8-2-25, Canadian Vessels Repaired or Altered in the United States, Mexico, Chile, Israel or Another CIFTA Beneficiary, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, Jordan, Panama, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland or Norway This memorandum outlines the conditions under which vessels may be imported…

The first Designate Quiz of 2015 is now available. You have until 2 p.m. EDT on the 9th of April, 2015 to submit your responses to the CSCB. Please note, in question 25 there may be more than one correct response. You will be given credit for selecting any one of the correct responses. To access the…

1. The purpose of this notice is to provide information on how to claim the benefits of the 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games Remission Order (hereafter referred to as the Order) for temporarily imported goods. The current notice should be read in conjunction with the Order. 2. The Order…

1. The purpose of this notice is to provide information on how to claim the benefits of the 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games Remission Order (hereafter referred to as the Order) when importing goods that will remain in Canada after the Games. The current notice should be read in…

1. The purpose of this notice is to advise that: (a) Effective April 10, 2015, the company located at 1600 Prince Rupert Blvd., Prince Rupert, British Columbia will be surrendering their “BW” type highway sufferance warehouse licence. (b) The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is advertising for a…

This memorandum outlines the Canadian Inspection Service’s guidelines to assist Canadian airport authorities and air carriers in the design and operation of international transit facilities. The requirements are meant to ensure that facilities are designed and operated in a manner that is consistent…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is implementing a new approach to issuing import permits for commonly traded plants intended for planting and propagation. Importers may now apply for permission to import all the plants on a new Horticulture Plant List (HPL) from all countries with a…

Train U70451-02 derailed along the Ruel subdivision of the CN main line, near Gogama, ON. The incident, which occurred at 0246hrs EST on Saturday, March 07, is currently impacting rail traffic running between Toronto, ON, and Winnipeg, MB. Repairs were completed as of 1200hrs EDT on Wednesday, March…

a) Chapter 01 was published to change the release recommendation from "Refuse entry" to for day old of poultry species: "CBSA Inspection" (must be accompanied by the following documents\registrations): and for all live avian species: "Refer to CFIA - veterinary inspection:" for the following HS…

CLARIFICATION IN BOLD - NO VERSION CHANGES a) Chapter 01 was published to change the release recommendation from "Refuse entry" to for day old of poultry species: "CBSA Inspection" (must be accompanied by the following documents\registrations): and for all live avian species: "Refer to CFIA -…

This message concerns shipments that have been removed from a Courier LVS Program participant’s Cargo Release List by a CBSA office, through a paper Y50 Reject Document Control. A paper Cargo Control Document (CCD) must be issued by the courier and a paper RMD accounting package is being requested…

For maintenance purposes, the CCS/CADEX system will be unavailable on Saturday March 21, 2015 from 05:00 to 05:30 (ET) AND Sunday March 22, 2015 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…

For system maintenance purposes, all Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) applications will be unavailable on Sunday March 22, 2015 from 04:30 to 06:00 (ET) AND from 09:00 to 11:00 (ET). This includes: all incoming data or outbound messages such as acknowledgements, reject messages and notices, e.g…

The first Designate Quiz of 2015 is now available. You have until 2 p.m. EDT on the 9th of April, 2015 to submit your responses to the CSCB. Please note, in question 25 there may be more than one correct response. You will be given credit for selecting any one of the correct responses. To access the…

a) Chapter 01 was published to change the release recommendation from "Refuse entry" to "for day old of poultry species: CBSA Inspection (must be accompanied by the following documents\registrations): and for all live avian species: "Refer to CFIA - veterinary inspection:" for the following HS codes…