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(Le français suit) Please be advised that that the following policy Procedures for the use of Official Meat Inspection Certificates (OMIC) has been updated on the CFIA web page. Changes have been made throughout the document to provide clearer guidance. Veuillez noter que la politique suivante…

The Port of Vancouver — the main gateway for consumer goods entering Canada from the manufacturing powerhouses in Asia — is among the worst performers, ranking 368th out of 370 ports around the world, according to a new report. Port efficiency has taken on a new level of urgency, given the extreme…

The EDI release requests received report for April 2022 is available on the CSCB website ( download). The national EDI percent was 98.47%. The following indicates the IID transactions:

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. TC - CBSA SW Matching Criteria The CBSA is pleased to announce that Trade Chain Partners can now use the SWI IID Regulated Commodities Data Element Matching Criteria to identify commodities regulated by a particular Participating Government Department or…

D-10-02: Canadian Grain Sampling Program (CGSP) and Canadian Grain Sampling Program Audit Manual have recently been updated. You can find a summary of the changes to D-10-02 and R-006 on the first page of respective documents. La D-10-02: Programme canadien d'échantillonnage des grains (PCEG) et…

Canada's small business confidence over the short and long-term dropped slightly in May. CFIB’s Business Barometer® Short-term Index, which is based on 3-month forward expectations for business performance, declined to 58.8, a monthly drop of almost two points. The long-term optimism index, which is…

The Biden administration is requesting that a second dispute settlement panel be formed under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) to review a trade dispute with Canada over dairy import quotas, it said on Wednesday. The U.S. alleges that Canada’s dairy tariff-rate quota allocations deny…

At our CARM Trade Chain Partner Working Group meeting yesterday the Executive Vice President of the CBSA, Ted Gallivan, opened the meeting with the following remarks: “The CBSA plans to present a revised project plan to the Treasury Board that shows the Go-live date (for CARM R2) as being 1 of 2…

Chapter 05 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS codes originating from all countries except Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary…

The Canadian Notification and Movement Tracking System: User guide (CNMTS guide) and the Cross-border Movement of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations: User guide (XBR guide) were published in March 2022. The CNMTS guide is designed as a reference document specific to the…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and Portal. The annual interest rate for the third quarter of 2022 (July 1st to September 30, 2022) will be 1.1985 Taux d'intérêt du troisième trimestre 2022 Les clients affectés : Tous les clients et fournisseurs…

The maximum bond amount of $10M applies to each surety bond secured for each of the RM (BN15) accounts associated with the BN9 business account. For example, if a legal entity (BN9) with 5 associated RM accounts currently holds a single bond for $10M covering the total accounts payable across all 5…

A) Chapter 02 was published to: i) remove two registration types from the following HS codes with end uses “Other end uses” and “In transit through Canada” with the miscellaneous codes “Unstamped” and “Fully marked” originating from Brazil. 02.07.11.5175 - Capon, eviscerated whole 02.07.11.5176 -…