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Registration to challenge the Certified Customs Specialist (CCS) examination on September 9, 2023 is open. The registration deadline is Monday, July 24, 2023. An individual may apply to challenge the CCS exam if the following criteria are met: is currently employed by a CSCB member firm and has…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. Normal operations resume at the Woodstock Road port of entry The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is pleased to report normal operations have now resumed at the Woodstock Road port of entry, which recently experienced a service disruption. We thank you…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The Woodstock Road port of entry is experiencing a service disruption This port of entry is currently experiencing a service disruption and border users may encounter delays. Until further notice, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) encourages you to…

The CBSA is proposing amendments to the Valuation for Duty Regulations. These proposed regulatory amendments were published in the Canada Gazette on May 27, 2023 with a 30 day consultation period until June 26, 2023. If you recall, a preliminary consultation was launched in July 2021, providing all…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. Please note the Bank of Canada did not publish exchange rates on their website on May 23, 2023 at 4:30 pm. They deferred the publishing of the May 23, 2023 exchange rates…

Chapter 02 Chapter 02 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS codes with the end uses “Human consumption”, “In transit through Canada” and “Other end uses” and with the miscellaneous codes “Fully marked” and “Unstamped” originating from Belgium. 02.07.11 – Of fowls of the…

CCS and CTCS Designates are advised that there will be three free quizzes in 2023, on the following dates: Available Submission Deadline Quiz 1 March 9 March 30 at 2 pm ET Quiz 2 June 1 June 22 at 2 pm ET Quiz 3 October 5 October 26 at 2 pm ET As always, each quiz is worth ten professional…

Notice received: Thursday 2023-05-25 3:39 PM ET Daily Notices (DN) and Statement of Accounts (SOA) for May 25, 2023 A technical issue occurred overnight, resulting in the Daily Notice (DN) and Statement of Accounts (SOA) not being sent to external partners for Thursday, May 25, 2023. The issue has…

eManifest Portal Maintenance Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2023-05-27/ 05:00 ET 2023-05-27/ 06:00 ET 2023-05-28 / 05:00 ET 2023-05-28 / 06:00 ET 2023-05-27/ 05:30 ET 2023-05-27/ 07:00 ET 2023-05-28 / 05:30 ET 2023-05-28 / 07:00 ET All clients and service providers who transmit…

Canada's small business optimism index has now been on the rise for seven months in a row and is at the highest level in almost a year. Labour shortages and their side effects are still one of the biggest headaches for small businesses. Provincial picture All but two provinces report optimism levels…

CARM Client Support (CCS) RE: Daily Notices (DN) and Statement of Accounts (SOA) for May 25, 2023 A technical issue occurred overnight resulting in Daily Notices (DN) and Statement of Accounts (SOA) not being generated. The issue has been identified and it is currently being investigated. The DN and…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. Environment and Climate Change Canada are pleased to invite you to a webinar regarding the outcomes of the recent meetings of the Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, which took place in Geneva, Switzerland from…

Chapter 06 Chapter 06 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS codes with the end use “Propagation (growing or sowing)” and with the miscellaneous code “Without soil, related matter or growing media” originating from the Netherlands. 06.02.20.0017.90 – Other (producing…

Kerri-Anne Whittaker, Vlad Omazic and Eric Trudel from the CBSA CARM Team will be travelling across Canada during the month of June to join the CSCB in presenting a series of in-person sessions on the key changes coming with the full implementation of CARM this October 2023. These sessions, held in…