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Guidance regarding Submission of Appeals

In response to CSCB questions regarding the processing of Trade Appeals, the CBSA Trade Appeals and Litigation Directorate has provided us with the following information regarding the more common gaps in submissions received by them. If complete appeal submissions are not initially received, appeals…
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GTA Electronic Filing Pilot – Additional Information

Further to questions and comments submitted by the CSCB, the CBSA has provided us with the following clarifications relating to the electronic filing pilot currently underway in the GTA: Payable B2 Guidance a. The client can make a payment through their financial institution as per D17-5-1, Appendix…
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Emanifest Message from CBSA Montreal

CBSA office in Montreal has asked that we distribute the following directive in order to ensure that goods are released. Directive – Emanifest (Change of destination port or sub-location ) - After arrival CBSA has noticed an issue where shipments are not releasing in marine and rail terminals due to…

Canada is ratifying the Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement

The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, during a call with Elizabeth Truss, the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for International Trade, announced that Canada is ratifying the Canada-United Kingdom (U.K.) Trade Continuity Agreement (TCA)…

Emergency Notice: Invasive Zebra Mussels found in Moss Balls

Invasive Zebra (and/or possibly Quagga) Mussels have been found in aquarium and water garden moss ball products sold in pet stores across the United States. These mussels are highly invasive and their import into Canada is prohibited under the Aquatic Invasive Species Regulations. If Zebra Mussels…

Canada Gazette - Part I

The following was published in the Canada Gazette, Part 1 on March 20, 2021 Canada Border Services Agency Special Import Measures Act Certain grinding media — Decision Canadian International Trade Tribunal Appeal Notice No. HA-2020-022 Inquiry Automatic data processing equipment, system…

Port of Montreal - Workers Reject Offer, Raising Strike Fears

Unionized dockworkers at Canada's second-largest port on Sunday rejected an offer from management, a union representative said, raising industry fears of a new strike following crippling work stoppages in 2020. A spokeswoman for the Canadian Union of Public Employees in Quebec which represents the…

CFIA scheduled system maintenance, March 25

As part of CFIA's ongoing efforts to improve client service, please be advised that CFIA will be performing planned maintenance on Thursday, March 25, 2021 from 6:00 a.m. (EST) to 6:30 a.m. (EST). Consequently, during this time the following services may be unavailable: CFIA Automated Shipment…

CSCB CARM Webinar Series: Release Prior To Payment (RPP) Financial Security

The CSCB CARM Webinar series continues next Wednesday, March 24th starting at 1pm for a 90-minute session on RPP Financial Security. Financial security is a key area of change coming with CARM where as of CARM Release 2, the CBSA will require that all importers who want to participate in the RPP…

Interest rates for the second calendar quarter

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced today the prescribed annual interest rates that will apply to any amounts owed to the CRA and to any amounts owed by the CRA to individuals and corporations. These rates will be in effect from April 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021. This 19 March 2021 notice is…

Urgent measures to prevent the spread of gypsy moth on nursery stock

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) today issued a Notice to Industry about the implementation of urgent interim measures to help prevent the movement of gypsy moth on host nursery stock for the 2021 shipping season. Effective Monday March 22nd, any Canadian facility that is located in an…
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Update to Possible Labour Disruption at Port of Montreal

In order to keep CSCB members apprised of the current situation at the port of Montreal, we are posting the an excerpt of a message received by a Montreal member from Maersk: “The Port of Montreal Labour negotiations have reached a point where Labour longshore workers received the Maritime Employers…
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ECCC Draft Addendum v2.0

The following message is from CBSA: I am sending this email to obtain your input and feedback on some upcoming changes that need to be made to the Single Window (SW), Integrated Import Declaration (IID) requirements for Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Vehicle and Engine Emissions Program…

CBSA Message: TCC21-033 - EDI/Portal SCHEDULED Maintenance Outages

eManifest Portal Maintenance Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2021-03-20 / 05:00 ET 2021-03-20 / 06:00 ET 2021-03-21 / 05:00 ET 2021-03-21 / 06:00 ET 2021-03-20 / 05:30 ET 2021-03-20 / 06:30 ET 2021-03-21 / 05:30 ET 2021-03-21 / 06:30 ET All clients and service providers who…
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Communications from the Port of Montreal Regarding Port Update

In reply to our inquiry to the ongoing potential service disruption the port of Montreal has advised the following: “There will be a meeting of the longshoremen's union this Sunday, from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., as stipulated in the publicly released Union memo. Context: a few times a year, the work…

Certain upholstered domestic seating - Extension of investigations

The Canada Border Services Agency has today extended the preliminary phase of the investigations into the alleged injurious dumping and subsidizing of certain upholstered domestic seating from China and Vietnam. The Special Import Measures Act (SIMA) provides that, under normal circumstances, the…

Port of Montreal longshoremen to vote on final offer Sunday

The parties involved in a seven-month truce at the Port of Montreal have not reached an agreement to date, but the 1,125 longshoremen will vote on a final offer on Sunday. The seven-month truce was reached between the Maritime Employers Association and the FTQ-affiliated Canadian Union of Public…

CFIA scheduled system maintenance, March 21

As part of CFIA's ongoing efforts to improve client service, please be advised that CFIA will be performing planned maintenance on Sunday, March 21, 2021 from 3:00 a.m. (EST) to 7:00 a.m. (EST). Consequently, during this time the following services may be unavailable: Automated Import Reference…

CFIA-AIRS Updates March 18th, 2021

A) Chapter 07 was published to: i) add the end use “Other end uses” to the following HS codes. 07.06.90.3025 - Other edible roots (fresh or chilled) 07.09.40 - Celery other than celeriac (Apium spp.) 07.14.30.0001 - Yam (tuber) (fresh or chilled) 07.14.30.0011 - Yam - (tuber) (fresh or chilled) -…