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Join us for a CSCB Webinar on Licensing (and more) Under the SFCR!

We'd like to invite you to our next webinar on the CFIA Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) as it relates to licensing (and more) on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 1 pm ET. Our speaker, Matthew Bell, Policy and Program Leader, CFIA, will walk us through the implementation of the importer…
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Important Message to Members on Waiver of Customs Broker Liability

Yesterday, we advised that the CSCB was planning to hold a Member Forum on Friday, June 26, from 1 to 2 pm. Please note that this has been postponed. In preparation for the Forum, we met today with CBSA President John Ossowski, Executive Vice-President Paul MacKinnon, Vice-Presidents Peter Hill and…

CBSA Message: TCC20-076 – Québec Civic Holiday

Notice received: Wednesday 2020-06-24 10:58 AM ET Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. Goods being released on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 in the province of Québec will be deemed to be released Thursday, June 25, 2020. Goods released in other provinces…
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Member Forum this Friday!

The CSCB is planning to hold a Member Forum on Friday, June 26, from 1 to 2 pm. In preparation for the Forum, we are meeting tomorrow with the CBSA President, Executive Vice-President and two Vice-Presidents on our request for a waiver of liability for the June 30 payment of four months duties and…

June 22: COVID-19 CBSA Commercial & Trade Update

Both our IT and National Targeting Centre teams continue working to address the TITAN outages. COVID-19 Commercial Update to Industry Stakeholders, June 22, 2020 COVID-19 Rapport commercial aux intervenants de l’industrie Le 22 juin 2020 Nos deux équipes de la TI et du Centre national de ciblage…
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CUSMA Uniform Regulations

CBSA has advised that the Uniform Regulations are the same for Canada, the US, and Mexico. Global Affairs Canada’s website directs readers to regulations posted on the US site.

CRA: Interest rates for the third calendar quarter

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has announced 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 July 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020. Due to COVID-19, certain…
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CSCB Presents Submission to Parliamentary Committee Reviewing COVID-19

Since the announcement on March 27 of the government’s decision to defer payment of duties and taxes to June 30, the CSCB has worked very hard to ensure that importers actually would benefit from this announcement, and that customs brokers would be relieved of liability for the four months of…
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CUSMA and Drawbacks under D7-4-3

The CSCB has asked CBSA the following question: CSCB: There does not appear to be any changes under CUSMA to the drawback procedures that are currently in effect under NAFTA. Is it safe to assume that D7-4-3 will be updated to replace the word “NAFTA” with “CUSMA”? CBSA: There are no changes to…
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Courier Imports Remission Order (SI/85-182) and SIMA

The CSCB has asked the following question to CBSA: CSCB: Under the Courier Imports Remission Order (CIRO) S/I 85-182 if the goods are subject are SIMA duties, does the OIC relieve these duties if the goods meet the conditions of eligibility of the Order? CBSA: Thank you for your email regarding the…
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Revised CSCB Compliance and Risk Management toolkit now available

Over the past few weeks, the CSCB has hosted several online sessions which directly addressed financial risk management issues faced by customs brokers. We also have shared with you relevant information collected from a variety of sources. At the same time, we were reviewing and revising our…

Understanding the new Canadian Export Reporting System

If you’re a Canadian exporter, you know all about the B13A Export Declaration form. The highly detailed document has to be filled out every time your goods leave Canada. But the paper reporting process under the Canadian Automated Export Declaration (CAED) system is being phased out. In its place…

CN 20-20, Amendments to the Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff

1. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) wishes to advise of amendments to the January 15, 2020 version of the Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff based on the Canada-United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (CUSMA) and the Canada-EFTA Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA). Canada-United…

June 19: COVID-19 CBSA Commercial & Trade Update

With the ongoing recovery of the Canadian economy and expected commercial volume increases, combined with the continued surge in online purchasing, the CBSA continues to prioritize mitigating increased border wait times. COVID-19 Commercial Update to Industry Stakeholders, June 19, 2020 COVID-19…