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Update to CFIA AIRS Website

a) Chapter 01 was published to streamline the import requirements for the following HS codes.

01.05.11.1010 - Day old chicks.
01.05.11.1012 - Less than 3 days old
01.05.12.1010 - Day old poults.

This created a requirement version change to the following HS codes.

01.05.15.1021 - Less than 3 days old.
01.06.39.2091 - Game birds other than guinea fowl less than 3 days old.

b) Chapter 03 was published to streamline the import requirements for the end use “Stocking, Enhancement or Refresh” originating from the United States for the following HS codes.

03.01.91 - Other live fish: Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aquabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)
03.01.92 - Other live fish: Eels (Anguilla spp.)
03.01.99 - Other live fish: Other

c) Chapter 08 was published to streamline the import requirements for the end use "Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution" for the following HS codes.

08.01 - Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled.
08.02.11 - Almonds: In shell
08.02.12 - Almonds: Shelled
08.02.21 - Hazelnuts or filberts: In shell
08.02.22 - Hazelnuts or filberts : Shelled
08.02.51 - Pistachios: In shell
08.02.52 - Pistachios: Shelled
08.02.90 - Other
08.03 - Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried.
08.04 - Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried.
08.05 - Citrus fruit, fresh or dried
08.06 - Grapes, fresh or dried
08.07 - Melons (including watermelons) and papaws (papayas), fresh
08.10.50 - Kiwi fruit (fresh)
08.10.60 - Durians (fresh)
08.10.70 - Persimmons
08.10.90 - Other
08.12 - Fruit and nuts, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption
08.13 - Fruit, dried, other than that of heading Nos. 08.01 to 08.06; mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this Chapter
08.14 - Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions

d) Chapter 23 was published to add a registration type for the following HS code.

23.09.90.6271 - Fish by-products with ground cereal grain dehydrated.

e) Chapter 41 was published to;

i) add the following OGD extension.

41.02.29.1917 - Green, raw, ovine (sheep) hides or skins, (not hard dried, nor pickled, nor limed)

ii) change the release recommendation from "Refer to CFIA_NISC" to "Refer to CFIA - veterinary inspection" for the following HS codes.

41.01.20.1910 - Green, raw, bovine hides (not hard dried, nor pickled, nor limed)
41.01.20.1912 - Hard dried, pickled or limed bovine hides
41.01.50.1910 - Green, raw bovine hides, (not hard dried, nor pickled, nor limed)
41.01.50.1912 - Hard dried, pickled or limed bovine hides
41.01.90.1910 - Green, raw bovine hides, (not hard dried, nor pickled, nor limed)
41.01.90.1912 - Hard dried, pickled or limed bovine hides
41.02.10.1917 - Green, raw, ovine (sheep) hides or skins, (not hard dried, nor pickled, nor limed)
41.02.21.1918 - Pickled ovine (sheep) hides or skins
41.02.29.1919 - Hard dried or limed ovine (sheep) hides or skins
41.03.30.1923.01 - Green, raw, porcine (pig) skins
41.03.30.1923.02 - Hard dried, pickled or limed porcine (pig) skins
41.03.90.1926 - Of goats or kids, (not hard dried, nor pickled, nor limed)

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Release
System Updates/Outages & Delays at the Border

Information source

Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
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