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British Columbia Wildfires Impacting Canadian Exports and Imports

Hundreds of rail cars have been halted by wildfires that damaged tracks in western Canada during the region’s severe heat wave, creating a bottleneck of exports and delaying imports. A fire that burned down a village in British Columbia last week damaged two nearby tracks operated by Canadian…
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CN Network Update

Following is an update from CN on network operations in Western Canada in relation to the wildfires in the Lytton, BC area. All intermodal and carload traffic northbound and eastbound from Vancouver, as well as traffic inbound to Vancouver from east/north of Kamloops continues to be affected by this…
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CBSA Trade Compliance Verification Priorities July 2021

CBSA has released the July 2021 Trade Compliance Verification priorities. Appearing for the first time under tariff classification are: LED lamps of heading 85.39 Parts of machines and mechanical appliances of heading 84.79 Other chemical products of heading 38.24 Other items lists under tariff…

CFIA-AIRS Updates July 6th, 2021

CFIA APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY IN SENDING THIS MESSAGE AS THEY WERE EXPERIENCING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. Chapter 06 was published to: i) modify the import conditions for the following HS codes with the end use “Propagation (growing or sowing)” origination from the Continental United States. 06.02.10…
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Engine Parts and ECCC Regulations

A recent posting by CBSA in GC Collab stated that under ECCC's On-Road Vehicle and Engine Emission Regulations and the Heavy-duty Vehicle and Engine Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations, individual parts of an engine (i.e. fuel pumps, turbochargers, etc.) are not applicable under any of the ECCC…

Second Designate Quiz of 2021 due Thursday!

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The second Designate Quiz of 2021 is now available. You have until 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 8, 2021 to submit your responses. The quiz must be completed online. The quiz is worth 10 professional development points towards maintenance of the CCS…
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Status of Vote on Strike Mandate, CBSA

Members have asked about the status of the vote on a strike mandate for CBSA’s Border Services Officers (BSOs). The union requires that members attend an information session before they can vote. Although these sessions were first planned to be completed by June 28, additional sessions have been…

EDI Release Requests Received, May 2021

The EDI release requests received report for May 2021 is available on the CSCB website ( download). The national EDI percent was 98.48. The following indicates the IID transactions:

To immunity and beyond!

New economic forecast paints rosy picture of global growth It’s an appropriate moment to adapt Buzz Lightyear’s signature cry to the economy and to declare: “To immunity and beyond!” The statistics on vaccine distribution seem to be improving just about everywhere, and as a more generalized…

CSCB Webinar: Container Examination

Are you experiencing long delays when containers are called for examination? Are you aware of the process and parties that are involved when a container is put on customs examination? Join us for a webinar session on July 22 at 1 pm ET to learn about container examinations. Register today! If you…

CARM Client Portal onboarding webinars

If you were unable to participate in the CBSA CARM webinars on CARM Client Portal onboarding and delegation of authority, please see the material that was presented as well as the recording on the CARM Google Drive in the folder: Preparing for CARM Release 1 / Preparation pour la version 1 de la…
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CARM Client Portal Updates

CARM Client Portal Updates and reminders: SOA affinity question: The CBSA previously reported that an update was being made on June 19th to allow zero and negative amounts. The CBSA has since advised us that although negative (credit) amounts will be accepted, they will NOT allow .00 amounts. Some…