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On June 23, 2022, amendments to the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA) and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act (CITT Act) came into force. SIMA With respect to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal’s mandate under SIMA, the Act has been amended to: provide that assessments of injury…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), on behalf of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), would like to advise IID Trade Chain Partners of the changes to be made to the Single Window IID Data Element Matching Criteria Table for CFIA regulated…

Clients Affected: All clients and services providers who use EDI, the eManifest Portal and the CERS Portal to transmit their data. With the summer months and vacation time well underway, the TCCU remains committed to timely client support to resolve electronic commerce and portal systems technical…

Strong partnerships between customs organizations and businesses enhance the security and integrity of our global supply chain. Today, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced the signing of a Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) with the National Superintendency of Customs and Tax…

More than 1,000 members of British Columbia’s United Truckers Association are planning to vote on a “work stoppage” next month over incoming regulations at the Port of Vancouver. On Sept. 15, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s revised Rolling Truck Age Program takes effect, banning diesel-powered…

A) Chapter 06 was published to: i) add the miscellaneous codes “From an area regulated for Asian Long-horned Beetle” and “From an area not regulated for Asian Long-horned Beetle” to the following HS codes originating from the state of South Carolina. 06.04.90.0046.37 - Poplar (Populus spp.) - Dried…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The second Designate Quiz of 2022 is now available. You have until 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, June 23, 2022 to submit your responses. The quiz must be completed online. The quiz is worth 10 professional development points towards maintenance of the CCS…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. As part of CFIA's ongoing efforts to improve client service please be advised that CFIA will be performing network maintenance June 26, 2022 from 3:00 am to 5:30 am (EDT). Consequently, the following services may not be available for this period: Electronic…

1. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) wishes to advise of amendments to the March 2, 2022, version of the Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff and eliminating excise duty on non-alcoholic beer, as per Budget announcement dated April 7, 2022. 2. Rate of duty reductions included in…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. TARGET AUDIENCE: All importers, brokers, service providers, and internal services. 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…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. Goods being released on Friday, June 24, 2022 in the province of Québec will be deemed to be released Monday, June 27, 2022. Goods released in other provinces on Friday…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2022-06-26/ 03:00 ET 2022-06-26 / 08:30 ET All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and Portal. Description Please note that for maintenance purposes, all EDI and eManifest Portal services will be unavailable for a period…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. As part of CFIA's ongoing efforts to improve client service, please be advised that CFIA will be performing network maintenance June 22, 2022 from 9:00 pm to 9:30 pm (EDT). Consequently, the following services may not be available for this period: CFIA…

The Export Permits Regulations (the Regulations) establish requirements on the information that permit applicants must provide as part of the export permit application process, and the procedures governing the issuance and use of exports permits for “Strategic and Military Goods and Technology” and…

No one wants to see plastic litter in their local park or hiking trail, or on the shoreline where their kids play. That’s why the Government of Canada has moved forward a comprehensive plan to ban harmful single-use plastics and keep them out of the environment. Today, after working with Canadians…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has updated its external website with important information for Canadian establishments that manufacture, process, and store food products for export to China. What has been updated: Summary of changes to the China establishment eligibility listing process Decree…

The EDI release requests received report for May 2022 is available on the CSCB website ( download). The national EDI percent was 98.42%. The following indicates the IID transactions:

Notice received: Monday, June 20, 2022 9:12 AM Le texte français suit le texte anglais. Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) has now been restored and is now available. *** Notice received: Sunday, June 19, 2022 11:43 AM Please be…