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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…

CSCB Members and CSCB Preferred Business Clients will be pleased to hear that the CBSA GTA pilot for the electronic submission of Duties Relief Program applications, Drawback claims, Single and Blanket B2 Adjustments and Voluntary Disclosure requests is now operational. CBSA’s Charles Melchers…

Chapter 20 was published to add the following OGD extensions. 20.01.10.2001.01 - Pickles, cucumbers 20.01.10.2001.02 - Pickles, cucumbers - Organic 20.01.10.2002.01 - Pickles, gherkins 20.01.10.2002.02 - Pickles, gherkins - Organic 20.01.10.2044 - Other cucumber and gherkins (prepared or preserved)…

At the November 24th CSCB Designate Day, CBSA’s SWI/IID presentation included information on the use of headings 9813, 9814, and 9815 on the IID for all regulated goods. This information is worth repeating and the Q & A that addressed this subject is reproduced below: Q: Can HS Codes 9813, 9814 or…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) would like to remind stakeholders that the extension of the temporary enforcement flexibility for non-food safety labelling requirements for foodservice packaged products and prepackaged meat products dated September 4, 2020 will end on December 31, 2020…

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has updated the List of establishments approved to export live or raw molluscan shellfish from France to Canada. The following establishment has been added to the list: Les Huîtres du Cap Horn

A) Chapter 01 was published to change the release recommendation from “Refer to CFIA - Veterinary inspection” to “Refuse entry” for the following HS codes with the end uses “Canadian animals returning to Canada”, “Feeding for slaughter”, “Immediate slaughter”, “Other end-uses”, “Scientific use…

CFIA has provided the CSCB with the Safe Food for Canadians licence validation report for the month of November. Overall compliance rates seem consistent with October, with top areas for improvement in terms of commodity groups continuing to be: honey/maple, dairy, and processed products. CFIA are…

This memorandum has been updated to remove references to the legacy OGD release service options (SO463 and SO471), which were decommissioned on August 17, 2020. This memorandum is available in its entirety on the CBSA website.

1. The purpose of this notice is to advise that different format files for the January 1, 2021 Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff (Tariff) are now available on the Customs Tariff page of the CBSA website. 2. The 2021 Tariff reflects Statistics Canada changes to units of measures of…

1. The purpose of this Customs Notice is to provide importers and carriers with guidance on importing COVID-19 drugs, including vaccines, covered under Health Canada’s Interim Order Respecting the Importation, Sale and Advertising of Drugs for Use in Relation to COVID-19. 2. Importers of drugs…

The CFIA is currently reviewing and updating import requirements for milk and milk products. During a review of imports in 2019-2020 it was noted that a significant volume of whey products, such as dried whey solubles and liquid whey permeate, were imported from the United States using the end use…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has reduced the frequency of inspection of imported meat shipments from Australia and New Zealand. As of November 4, 2020, importers and brokers of meat and meat products from Australia and New Zealand can use the CFIA Automated Shipment Inspection Status…

Key Issue Importers are reminded that a request for a waiver of late accounting penalties can be sent at any time by following the established process on the CBSA website: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/recourse-recours/howto-commentfaire-11-eng… COVID-19 Commercial Update to Industry Stakeholders…

At its 137 th Session, the Customs Co-operation Council unanimously adopted a Resolution on the Role of Customs in Facilitating the Cross-Border Movement of Situationally Critical Medicines and Vaccines. The Resolution marks an important milestone in the efforts of the global Customs community to…

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 Commodities Data Element Matching…

CBSA Accounts Receivable Ledger (ARL) Use the ARL support Contact Us form first! ARL introduced the new Contact Us form ( Bulletin #46 2019-11-16) in November 2019. Since its implementation, there has been significant usage for the submission of requests, which enables us to respond faster to your…