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CARM Client Support (CCS) RE: Planned CARM Outage Please be advised that all CARM Services, including the Client portal, will be unavailable Saturday, January 29, 2022 from 12 p.m. (Eastern Time) to 6 p.m. (Eastern Time) due to monthly maintenance of the servers. Thank you for your patience. Service…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. On October 31, 2021, the Cross-border Movement of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations (XBR) came into force. The XBR , as published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, on March 12, 2021, repeal and replace the following regulations…

Documents are now available from recent meetings of the CARM Trade Chain Partner Working Group: CARM Trade Chain Partner Working Group meeting information session January 2022 CARM Trade Chain Partner Working Group Record of Discussion December 2021

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. Are the consumer products you manufacture, import advertise or sell in Canada subject to the requirements under the Consumer Products Containing Lead Regulations? The Regulations were amended in 2018 to expand their scope to include: products intended for use…

A) Chapter 01 was published to change the release recommendation from “Refer to CFIA - veterinary inspection” to “Refuse entry” for the following HS codes originating from Switzerland. 01.05 - Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea…

According to the agency, scammers posing as CBSA officials are using emails, websites, text messages and telephone calls to ask for money and personal information such as social insurance numbers. “The methods and messages used by the scammers are varied and ever-changing, but always designed to…

January 26 marks International Customs Day around the world and both the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) recognize its significance. Each year on this date, the WCO chooses a theme for its focus in the coming months. The WCO is dedicating 2022 to scaling…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The CBSA’s Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) team is continuing monthly webinars. These webinars will continue to focus on the steps for CARM Client Portal Onboarding. Registration is required for these webinars. Please register using the link that…

(Le français suit) Please be advised that the guidance Preventive controls for eggs and processed egg products has been updated to include guidance on reducing the risk of Salmonella Enteritidis contamination in shell eggs. Contrôles préventifs pour les œufs et les produits d'œufs transformés Ceci…

The CBSA has published a guide intended for the commercial importing community. It provides information on how to classify goods imported into Canada. It provides: the main elements and role of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS); the Customs Tariff; the tariff classification…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today initiated a normal value review (review) to determine the normal values and export prices applicable to certain carbon steel fasteners (fasteners) originating in or exported from the Separate Customs…

CCS and CTCS Designates are advised that we are offering three free quizzes in 2022, on the following dates: Available Submission Deadline Quiz 1 March 10 March 31 at 2 pm ET Quiz 2 June 2 June 23 at 2 pm ET Quiz 3 September 29 October 20 at 2 pm ET As always, each quiz is worth ten professional…

Facial recognition, advance customs declarations, electronic gates are among the planned changes Zipping through the Canada-U.S. border in 15 seconds. Facial recognition cameras at the airport to open an electronic gate. Sending your declaration to customs before you even get off the plane. Those…

The CBSA has advised us that it is conducting user testing to improve the commercial exporting, l’exportation commerciale content on its website. Please take the time to complete this survey when next you visit that content. Here are links to the English and French versions of the survey itself…

A) Chapter 02 was published to: i) change the release recommendation from “Refuse Entry” to “Refer to CFIA-NISC” for the following HS codes with the end uses “Human Consumption”, “In Transit through Canada” and “Other end uses” and with the miscellaneous codes “ Fully marked” and “Unstamped”…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. 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 Agency (PGA) program. The Regulated…