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Congratulations to the students who successfully completed the CCS (Certified Customs Specialist) course in 2013 and are now entitled to use the CCS designation. The passing grade for the CCS course is 65%. The final grade is based on the results of the final examination plus the results of four…

The ACROSS EDI release requests received report for January 2014 is available on the CSCB website at: http://cscb.ca/sites/cscb.ca/files/uploads/EDI_Monthly_Report_Jan_2014… The national EDI percent was 95%.

Chapter 6 was published to modify the release recommendation from "Approved" to "Refer to CFIA-NISC" for the following HS code originating from New-Zealand and the state of Hawaii, and from "Approved" to "Refuse entry" for the same HS code originating from Australia and New Caledonia. 06.04.20.0047…

The annual interest rate for the second quarter of 2014 (April 01 – June 30) will be 0.8897.

Chapter 3 was published to; i) modify the import conditions for the following HS codes originating from Croatia, with the end uses "Food Service"and "Retail use". 03.01.91 - Other live fish: Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae…

Please note that as part of the Canada Border Services Agency's (CBSA) ongoing efforts to improve client service, a maintenance window of the production database is scheduled for Sunday February 16, 2014. The CFIA Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) system will be affected by this maintenance window…

For maintenance purposes, all EDI applications will be unavailable on 2014-02-16 from 05:30 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 time. We will update this message if the…

A U.S. Congressman has introduced legislation designed to clear a path to construct a new international bridge between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, Mich. U.S. Representative Gary Peters introduced the Customs Plaza Construction Act of 2014 on Wednesday. It's legislation he hopes will facilitate the…

Please be advised that as the prevailing monthly price for March 2014 exceeds US $355. Charges and volume restraints under the Softwood Lumber Agreement will not be applicable during the month of March 2014. Pursuant to Article VII of the Agreement, when the prevailing monthly price for any given…

Ongoing stakeholder engagement is an important part of the Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council’s (RCC) work. Canada and U.S. working group leads will be holding jointly-planned and executed webinars to allow stakeholders more opportunities to simultaneously interact on RCC issues…

Family Day – February 17, 2014 in the provinces of Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba: For the purposes of calculating the accounting period, February 17, 2014 will be considered a holiday for these provinces and any late accounting penalties will be waived without the client having to…

If you receive a reject message on your EDI release transaction for “invalid status of request/cargo control number” or “ccn in history” (error code 464 and T36) there is no need to contact the EDI hotline during regular hours or after hours. These reject messages mean the Cargo Control Number (CCN)…

a) Chapter 6 was published to modify the release recommendation from "Refuse entry" to "Approved" for the following HS code originating from all origins with the exception of countries of the European Union, Norway, Switzerland and the United States. 06.04.20.0047.17 - Foliage, branches - fresh -…

On February 11, 2014, the Government of Canada announced in its Budget that it proposes to amend the Excise Act, 2001. As a result, the following forms are available on the Canada Revenue Agency website: EDN35 Changes to Excise Duty Rates on Tobacco Products http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/em/edn35…