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The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport along with Roxanne James, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, announced new initiatives aimed at making air travel to the United States even easier for NEXUS members and other low-risk Trusted…

This memorandum refers to the application of anti-dumping and countervailing duty in accordance with section 3 of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA) to importations of certain thermoelectric containers originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China. The duty is applied as a…

This memorandum refers to the application of anti-dumping duty to importations of whole potatoes originating in or exported from the United States of America (U.S.) for use or consumption in the province of British Columbia (British Columbia), pursuant to section 3 of the Special Import Measures Act…

1. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) wishes to advise that the files for the annual January 1st update of the Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff are now available. 2. In addition to the scheduled rate reductions under other free trade agreements that were all previously…

The purpose of this Notice is to advise exporters that, pursuant to the Export and Import Permits Act, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has issued a General Export Permit (GEP) relating to the export or transfer of cryptography for development or production of a product. This notice is available on…

Subscribers may be interested in the following, published on 17 December 2014 in Part II of the Canada Gazette. Certain Regulations Made under the Customs Act (CJFTA) — Regulations Amending Customs Act SOR/2014-282 28/11/14 CJFTA Verification of Origin Regulations Customs Act SOR/2014-283 28/11/14…

Subscribers may be interested in the following, published on 13 December 2014 in Part I of the Canada Gazette. Canada Border Services Agency Special Import Measures Act Certain oil country tubular goods — Decisions Certain photovoltaic modules and laminates — Decisions Canadian International Trade…

For system maintenance purposes, all EDI applications will be unavailable on Sunday December 14, 2014 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 acknowledgements, reject messages and notices, e.g. RNS, Completeness Notices. We…

For maintenance purposes, the CCS/CADEX system will be unavailable on Saturday December 13, 2014 from 05:00 to 05:30 (ET) AND Sunday December 14, 2014 from 05:00 to 05:30 (ET). B3 declarations (CADEX, Customs Declaration Message (CUSDEC)) and AO notification of release queries transmitted to the…

Price movements have grabbed the headlines in recent weeks. Commodity prices are falling, and as always, there are various arguments about the reasons this time. The implications are serious, so the debates are warranted. But the more pressing issue is recent movement in the general price level…

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Digital Document Store (DDS) is no longer experiencing delays in processing documents. During this time clients are instructed to send requests to (613) 773-9999. Clients are not to send requests via email unless advised by The…

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Digital Document Store (DDS) is experiencing delays. Please note there may be a significant delay in processing import documentation. During this time clients are instructed to send requests to (905) 795-9658 or (514) 493-4103. The…

On December 10, 2014, the President of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) made a final determination of dumping pursuant to paragraph 41(1)(a) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), in respect of certain concrete reinforcing bar originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of…