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The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada is imposing sanctions against 9 individuals and 7 entities under the Special Economic Measures Act. These sanctions are part of the Special Economic Measures (Belarus) Regulations and are being imposed in response…

The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada is imposing new sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations. This is the 13th package of sanctions imposed by Canada against the Iranian regime since October 2022. It builds on Canada’s efforts…

To further assist air transport regulators and operators in their mitigation of security threats associated with air cargo activities, ICAO and the World Customs Organization (WCO) have released a revised supply chain and secure mail publication. The highly complex nature of the air cargo and mail…

The CSCB is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2023-2024 CCS (Certified Customs Specialist) course. This interactive online course emphasizes the four major customs processes in Canada: reporting, release, accounting, and payment of duties and taxes. Available in either…

A) Chapter 03 Chapter 03 was published to add the end use “Further processing for human consumption” and the miscellaneous code “Eviscerated (head on or head off)” to the following HS code originating from all countries except the United States. 03.03.51.1704.06 – Clupea pallasii – TSN 551209 –…

La version française suit Clients Affected: All importers and brokers who submit their B3s and AO notification of release queries using the CCS/CADEX system. Please be advised that on August 8, 2023, between the hours of 0001 and 0900 ET, CBSA experienced system issues which resulted in the…

CARM Client Support (CCS) RE: Daily Notices (DN) Schedule for Civic Holiday Due to the Civic holiday weekend, the Daily Notices (DN) schedule will be as follows: Transactions submitted Saturday, August 5, 2023 to Tuesday, August 8, 2023 will appear on the Daily Notice of Wednesday, August 9, 2023…

Concerning the preliminary determinations with respect to the dumping and subsidizing of certain steel utility wind towers and sections originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China. Decision Ottawa, August 4, 2023 Pursuant to subsection 38(1) of the Special Import Measures Act, the…

Following is a message from Emily Stockwell, Project Coordinator, IT Modernization - Pest Management Regulatory Agency at Health Canada: I am writing to notify you of an update to the Pest Management Regulatory Agency's Registrant and Applicants forms. As part of PMRA's Transformation, the IT…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today concluded an expedited review of certain carbon and alloy steel line pipe (line pipe) exported to Canada by Histeel Co. Ltd. (Histeel), in accordance with the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA). This expedited review was initiated on October 26…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) office will be closed on Monday, August 7th, 2023, however, the TCCU production support will be operating on an “after hours”…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and/or eManifest Portal and/or CERS portal. The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) office will be closed on Monday, August 7th, 2023, however, the TCCU production…

This email is to inform you of a delay in the publication of the final Order Amending Schedule 3 to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (the final Order). The final Order, initially expected to be published in late 2023, is now expected to be published in summer 2024, at the earliest…

The following was published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 157, Number 16 on August 2, 2023: GST/HST Regulations, No. 12 — Regulations Amending Various Excise Tax Act Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations — Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures Act Special Economic…

This message pertains to imports of wheat, barley, wheat products and barley products covered by Items 161 to 191 of the Import Control List (ICL). The purpose of this message is to inform you that the 2023-2024 tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for wheat, barley and their products will become accessible on…

Chapter 07 Chapter 07 was published to: i) remove the miscellaneous codes “With soil / container weighing less than 50 kg”, “With soil / container weighing more than 50 kg”, “Without soil / container weighing less than 50 kg” and “Without soil / container weighing more than 50 kg” from the following…

A) Chapter 02 Chapter 02 was published to: i) add a registration type and modify the import conditions for the following HS codes with the end use “Human consumption” originating from all countries. 02.01.20.5007.02 – Other bone in 02.01.20.5007.04 – Other bone in – Organic 02.01.20.5008.02 – Other…