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Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using the Customs Internet Gateway (CIG) Please note that for maintenance purposes, clients who uses the Customs Internet Gateway (CIG) may experience a full outage for a period of 15 minutes on: Monday, December 7, 2020…

Our 2020 National Annual Conference is less that one week away! This year’s virtual event will take place from December 9 to 11 and will feature three afternoons of sessions hosted through an online conferencing platform. All sessions will take place from 1-5pm EST. Here’s what you can expect at our…

Starting on December 16th 2020, the following chapters of the Terrestrial animal products and by-products: Import policy framework will be implemented and become active: 8. General import requirements: Introduction, Zoosanitary certificate, and Importer's declaration 10.2 Integumentary tissues and…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The final Designate Quiz of 2020 is now available. You have until 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, December 10, 2020 to submit your responses to the CSCB. The quiz must be completed online. The quiz is worth 10 professional development points towards maintenance of…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and/or eManifest Portal. Update: Please find attached an updated list of 24/7 contact information for all border offices. Please share this information with all of your teams (day, after hours and weekends). Les…

Further to the information provided previously about updates to the animal health import requirements for milk and milk products, please find below a list of food and beverage commodities that will be affected. The commodities are listed by HS code and OGD extension as they appear in the Automated…

Please be advised that the information on the Importers: understanding feed controls to prevent African swine fever page has been updated. The policy document Import requirements for plant-based feed ingredients imported for use in livestock feed has also been updated. This document has been…

This message is to inform Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) clients who declare imports using the Request for Documentation Review (5272) form of an important change to enhance the section for payment processing. While CFIA clients have been previously advised to refrain from providing credit…

The purpose of this notice is to inform you that in the week of December 14, 2020, the organic import and admissibility requirements for processed products of chapter 20 will be incorporated into AIRS, in accordance with clause 357(3) of Part 13 of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations. The…

Clients Affected: All importers, brokers and service providers. The payment due date for the December 2020 Statement of Account (SOA) has been deferred to Monday January 4th 2021, 16:00 Eastern Time (ET). Please ensure to pay the total amount on your SOA total payable. Any other exceptions to…

This memorandum explains the Canada Border Services Agency’s administrative policy for the tariff classification of ratchet drives imported either as part of a socket set or as separate goods. In brief The editing revisions made in this memorandum amend the administrative policy on the…

International Trade Minister Mary Ng was unable to offer MPs a firm guarantee today that they will see a bill to ratify the new provisional Canada-Britain trade agreement before Parliament is due to break for Christmas on Dec. 11. Ng also revealed that officials in both countries are still working…

Chapter 06 was published to: i) add the following OGD extension. 06.02.10.0023.22 - Heather - unrooted plants (Calluna spp. Except for C. vulgaris). This created a requirement version change for the following HS codes with the end use “Propagation (growing or sowing)”. 06.01.10.0004.04 - Dahlia -…

Scheduled Maintenance Outages for 2021 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) along with eManifest and CERS Portal clients of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) are advised that they can expect scheduled maintenance outages on the following weekends, generally in the early morning: January 23-24…

Canada on Saturday blocked bulk exports of prescription drugs if they would create a shortage at home, in response to outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to allow imports from Canada to lower some drug prices for Americans. "Certain drugs intended for the Canadian market are prohibited…

CBSA has advised of an update to its CUSMA Certifying the origin of goods webpage.

Chapter 11 was published to add the following OGD extension. 11.08.19.7123 - Starches: Banana. This created a requirement version change for the following HS codes. 11.08.13.7100 - Unmodified potato starch. 11.08.13.7200 - Other potato starch. 11.08.14 - Starches: Manioc (cassava). 11.08.19.7122 -…