Trade News

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. Canada, the United States and Mexico share one of the most important trade relationships in the world, supporting economic growth, prosperity and good jobs in all 3 countries. Today, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and…

The largest container ship to ever call on North America's east coast has arrived in Halifax. The Marco Polo cruised into the Port of Halifax on Monday evening, after travelling from South Asia. The vessel has the capacity to carry more than 16,000 shipping containers and is about three and a half…

The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, has spoken with both the United States Trade Representative, and Mexico’s Secretary of Economy, in advance of the inaugural Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) Free Trade Commission meeting. The…

There are currently four normal value reviews underway for concrete reinforcing bar from the following exporters: Çolakoglu Içdas Kaptan Kromon

(Le français suit) The United Kingdom will introduce measures for Agrilus bilineatus (Twolined chestnut borer), a pest that is endemic to Canada. The new measures will apply to wood and woodchips of Quercus spp. and Castanea spp. from Canada and the United States. As of June 17, 2021, a…

The Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, met virtually with provincial and territorial Finance Ministers. This was the fourteenth call chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister. Finance Ministers began with a discussion of the recent federal budget and its plan to…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. 1. The electronic notice that a consolidated shipment is now deconsolidated, referred to as a DECON notice, allows the warehouse operator to permit the related house bills to exit the warehouse, but does not indicate that a shipment(s) is released. Goods are…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. This memorandum has been updated to remove references to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and replace them with the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). It has also been revised to reflect the repeal of section 57.01 of the Customs…

The following was published in the Canada Gazette Part I on May 15, 2021: Certain upholstered domestic seating — Decisions https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2021/2021-05-15/html/commis-eng.ht… Concrete reinforcing bar — Decision https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2021/2021-05-15/html…

Pursuant to subsection 38(1) of the Special Import Measures Act, the Canada Border Services Agency made preliminary determinations on April 30, 2021 respecting the dumping and subsidizing of certain grinding media originating in or exported from India. https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima-lmsi/i-e…

Chapter 03 was published to: i) change the release recommendation from “Approved” to “Refer to CFIA - veterinary inspection” for the following HS codes with the end use “Research and educational use” and the miscellaneous code and “Consignment destined to a CFIA approved quarantine unit”. 03.02.13…

The EDI release requests received report for February 2021 is available on the CSCB website ( download). The national EDI percent was 98.58. The following indicates the IID transactions:

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. Issue: Please be advised that the Daily Notice (DN) will not be produced on Saturday May 22, 2021. Transactions from Friday, May 21, 2021 will be on the DN of Tuesday, May 25, 2021, as a result of ARL system shutdown to implement CARM Release 1. On Friday…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is reminding travellers that the seasonal Chief Mountain, Alberta border crossing (AB Hwy 6) will remain closed until further notice. Under normal circumstances, the Chief Mountain border crossing would open annually…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is reminding travellers that the seasonal opening of the Little Gold Creek border crossing in the Yukon Territory continues to be suspended until further notice due to COVID-19. Under normal circumstances, the Little…

EDI/Portal Scheduled Maintenance Outages eManifest Portal Maintenance Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2021-05-15 / 05:00 ET 2021-05-15 / 08:00 ET 2021-05-16 / 05:00 ET 2021-05-16 / 06:00 ET 2021-05-15 / 05:30 ET 2021-05-15 / 09:00 ET 2021-05-16 / 05:30 ET 2021-05-16 / 07:00 ET All…

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 May 16th, 2021 from 03:00 am (EST) to 07:00 am (EST). Consequently, the following services may not be available for this period…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. COVID-19 and Your Business: Issue 2 Keep your workplace safe with COVID-19 rapid tests Rapid tests are quick (15 to 20 minutes) and easy to use, and they can detect potential COVID-19 infections even when there are no symptoms. Regular workplace testing…