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In addition to other economic measures, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has announced the removal of MFN status for Russia and Belarus. The following is an excerpt from CTV news. Canada is also revoking Russia and Belarus’ “most-favoured nation status” as trading…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced new sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations in response to Russia’s unprovoked and unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine. These new measures impose restrictions…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. This memorandum outlines and explains the legislation, regulations and general guidelines that apply to the importation of vehicles. In brief This memorandum has been updated to: a. provide a definition for “power-assisted bicycles” following recent changes…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. 1. The purpose of this notice is to inform importers and exporters that the Special Economic Measures (Ukraine) Regulations (SOR/2014-60) under the Special Economic Measures Act were amended on February 24, 2022. 2. Details on the amendments can be found in…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The Government of Canada is inviting stakeholders to provide their views regarding a proposed regulatory amendment that could result in the addition of North Macedonia and Qatar to the Automatic Firearms Country Control List (AFCCL). The proposal, if approved…

CARM Client Support (CCS) RE: Daily Notices for March 02, 2022 A technical issue occurred overnight resulting in the Daily Notices (DN) not being sent to external partners. The issue has been identified. Today’s DN will be distributed once the technical issues have been resolved. We apologize for…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The CBSA has today initiated a normal value review to determine the normal values and export prices applicable to certain carbon steel fasteners originating in or exported from the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese Taipei…

Maersk has now suspended bookings to/from both Russia and Ukraine until further notice. Exempted from the booking suspension to/from Russia is foodstuffs, medical and humanitarian supplies. Maersk, however, warn caution on still placing bookings for perishable cargo due to significant delays in key…

The Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, and the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Joyce Murray, announced that the Government of Canada intends to ban Russian-owned or registered…

(Le français suit) Update March 01, 2022: China Customs has confirmed that containers carrying pine wood (Pinus spp.), including lumber and logs, are not allowed to transship (be taken off an inbound vessel and loaded onto a second vessel) through unapproved ports, en route to an approved port…

(Le français suit) On May 2nd, 2022, new import requirements for simple pet chews will be published in the Automated Import Reference System. The conditions will be modernized and simplified to more clearly categorize imported products. One of the changes applying to all chews is a clarification…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. In brief 1. This new memorandum is created to describe the verification of origin procedures used in Canada’s free trade agreements with countries in Europe. It includes the verification procedures of the following trade agreements: Canada-European Free Trade…

Today, the Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, announced the Government of Canada will ban crude oil imports from Russia. According to the Canada Energy Regulator, Canada does not currently import any crude oil from Russia, and has not since 2019. The new ban will…

Chapter 06 was published to: i) remove the following OGD extension. 06.02.10.0115 - Star jasmine, confederate jasmine - Unrooted plants (Trachelospermum jasminoides) ii) add the following OGD extensions. 06.02.10.0016.53 - Salpichroa spp. - Unrooted plants 06.02.10.0023.23 - Star jasmine…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. Corded Window Coverings Regulations Quarterly mail-out: The Corded Window Coverings Regulations (CWCR) came into force on May 1, 2021 and replaced the previous Corded Window Covering Products Regulations. Due to the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had…

(Le français suit) The Canadian Food Inspection Agency would like to remind stakeholders that the Notice to Industry: Information regarding certain labelling and packaging requirements for certain pre-packaged foods due to extreme flooding in British Columbia will no longer be in effect after…

The CSCB has received the following message from the CBSA CARM Project Team: We would like to share that we have removed “May 2022” as the Release 2 date from the CBSA CARM website, as well as from the materials on Google Drive. We sharing this change with you to help reduce confusion in the broader…