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CBSA has announced a changed in the hours of service at the Grand Falls and Milltown, New Brunswick ports of entry to align services on both sides of the border. Effective March 28, 2022 the new hours of service are: Grand Falls, NB – 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ADT, seven days a week, including holidays…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is committed to helping protect the Canadian economy and Canadian jobs by ensuring a fair playing field when faced with international competition. The CBSA announced today that it is launching investigations to…

The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, issued the following statement regarding the announcement that the United States will soon resume imports of Prince Edward Island (PEI) table stock potatoes into the continental U.S. with reasonable science-based conditions.…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The first Designate Quiz of 2022 is now available. You have until 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 31, 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. The material and recording from this week’s CBSA CARM registration webinar are now available on the CARM Google Drive (in the folder: Preparing for CARM Release 1 / Preparation pour la version 1 de la GCRA and then Release 1 webinars / webinaires de la…

On March 23, 2022, Canada further amended the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations to add 160 members of the Russian Federation Council, who are now subject to a broad dealings ban. With these names, all members of the Russian Federation Council are now sanctioned by Canada. On March 24…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. 1. The purpose of this notice is to advise that: (a) effective April 29th 2022 the company located at 10765 Cote-de-Liesse Road, Dorval, Quebec, H9P 2R9 will be surrendering their “BW” type highway sufferance warehouse licence. (b) the Canada Border Services…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The purpose of this email is to share with you that the Government of Canada announced that effective April 1, 2022 at 12:01 AM EDT, fully vaccinated travellers will no longer need to provide a pre-entry COVID-19 test result to enter Canada by air, land or…

CARM Client Support (CCS) RE: Planned CARM Outage Please be advised that all CARM Services, including the Client portal, will be unavailable Saturday, March 26, 2022 from 8 a.m. (Eastern Time) to 6 p.m. (Eastern Time) due to monthly maintenance of the servers. Thank you for your patience. Service à…

Following her trade promotion trip to India, Israel, the West Bank and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development Mary Ng said Canada and India have relaunched their negotiations for a Canada-India Comprehensive Economic…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. On March 4th, 2022, the Government of Canada launched national consultations on mandatory labelling for chemicals in consumer products and better supply chain transparency. The consultations are open to all Canadians. This is a notice that the registration…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has now closed the record of the normal value review of certain concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) exported to Canada from Turkey by Çolakoğlu Metalurji A.S. The normal value review is part of the CBSA’s enforcement of…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today concluded a normal value review to update the normal values and export prices applicable to certain concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) exported to Canada from Turkey by Kroman Çelik Sanayii A.Ş. (Kroman). The…

(Le français suit) As of December 31, 2020, export labelling requirements have changed for seed destined to Great Britain. Great Britain consists of the following countries England, Scotland and Wales. Seed exported to Great Britain (GB) shall now be labelled indicating the seed "Meets GB Rules and…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. Notice received: Tuesday 2022-03-22 7:47 PM ET Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) delays in processing have been resolved. If you require a release for a shipment that has already arrived, or about to arrive at the border please…

(Le français suit) Updated conditions of importation of meat products from Brazil and Official Meat Inspection Certificates (OMICs). The updated conditions are available at the following link: Food-specific import requirements - Canadian Food Inspection Agency (canada.ca) Please note: A transition…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. Notice received: Tuesday 2022-03-22 2:24 PM ET Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) National Import Service Centre (NISC) is currently experiencing delays in processing import declarations. All CFIA systems are functioning as…

(Le français suit) The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) adjusts its fees based annually on the Consumer Price Index in accordance with the Service Fees Act. This requirement ensures that CFIA service fees keep pace with inflation. The next annual adjustment will result in a decrease of the…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) would like to advise Single Window (SW) stakeholders that Electronic Commercial Client Requirements Document (ECCRD) Addendum version 2.2 is now available. This addendum replaces the changes communicated as part of…