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CSCB CARM webinars continue in January 2023! Mark your calendars as we begin the new year with a webinar on Payments on January 26 th and one on Billing Cycles on February 22 nd. Join us as the CBSA provides the CARM perspective and walks us through these two very important topics. CSCB Webinar…

Let’s start 2023 on the right Road to CARM! Join us on January 11 th as we roll out our latest CARM tool; our interactive process maps. Trade will need a reliable roadmap to navigate the twists and turns on the Road to CARM as we head towards our final destination: CARM Release 2 in October 2023…

(Le français suit) Consultation on spotted lanternfly risk management options The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is seeking feedback on a risk management document (RMD) RMD-22-03 Pest risk management document: risk management proposal for spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula). The RMD…

CARM Client Support (CCS) RE: Daily Notices (DN) Schedule for Christmas Day Due to the holiday weekend, the Daily Notices (DN) schedule will be as follows: Transactions submitted Saturday, December 24, 2022, to Wednesday, December 28, 2022, will appear on the Daily Notice of Thursday, December 29…

(Le français suit) Renewal of SFCR licences and Work Shift Documents and Work Shift Documents Renewal of SFC licences Many Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) licences will expire January 15, 2023, if they are not renewed before then. Others will expire in the days and weeks that follow, and will need to…

Please find the revised Memorandum D19-6-1 - Import, export and in transit requirements of the Explosives Act and Regulations In Brief This memorandum has been updated as follows: a) Updated the definition of explosive to include UN 3375 ammonium nitrate

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) office will be closed on Monday, December 26, 2022, Tuesday, December 27, 2022 and Monday, January 2, 2023, however, the TCCU production support will be operating on an “after hours” schedule during this time. For…

(Le français suit) The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is seeking comments on Plant protection policy directive D-22-04 Box tree moth ( Cydalima perspectalis) – domestic and import phytosanitary requirements. This directive describes import and domestic phytosanitary requirements to prevent…

As the central purchasing entity for the Government of Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) plays a key role in preventing the use of human trafficking, forced labour, and child labour in the production of federally procured goods. PSPC understands that to achieve this goal, we must…

The EDI release requests received report for November 2022 is available on the CSCB website ( download). The national EDI percent was 98.60%. The following indicates the IID transactions:

A) Chapter 07 was published to: i) change the release recommendation from “Refer to CFIA-NISC” to “Approved” for the following HS codes with the end uses “Human consumption” and “Further processing” and the miscellaneous codes “Without soil” and “Rooted, grown in soil-free media” originating from…

The following were published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 156, Number 26 on December 21, 2022: Special Economic Measures (Burma) Regulations — Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures Act Special Economic Measures (Haiti) Regulations — Regulations Amending the Special Economic…

le français suit New from Health Canada's Consumer Product Safety Program: The Consumer Product Safety Program would like to inform you that the Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (Surface Coating Materials) (SOR/2022-122) came into force on…

How are you feeling about being a customs broker these days? Do you feel appreciated by customers and the CBSA for all you do to facilitate trade? Take a few minutes to listen to the following message from Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General of the World Customs Organization, about the importance…