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Chapter 01 was published to: i) modify the import conditions for the following HS codes with the end use “Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution” originating from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary…

Key Issue Canada is extending non-essential travel restrictions with the United States until November 21st, 2020. COVID-19 Commercial Update to Industry Stakeholders, October 23, 2020 COVID-19 Rapport commercial aux intervenants de l’industrie Le 23 octobre 2020 Question clé Le Canada prolonge les…

This message pertains to imports of certain carbon and specialty steel products, referred to in items 80 and 81 of the Import Control List (ICL), that are subject to the steel import monitoring program administered by Global Affairs Canada. The purpose of this message is to inform importers that a…

eManifest Portal Maintenance Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2020-10-25 / 03:00 ET 2020-10-25 / 08:00 ET 2020-10-24 / 04:00 ET 2020-10-25 / 07:00 ET 2020-10-25 / 03:30 ET 2020-10-25 / 09:00 ET 2020-10-24 / 18:00 ET 2020-10-25 / 18:00 ET All clients and service providers who…

The third Designate Quiz of 2020 is now available. The deadline to submit is 2 p.m. ET on Thursday, October 29, 2020. Due to the unprecedented events of 2020, the CSCB is pleased to be offering an additional free CCS/CTCS designate quiz to support your professional development. Available Submission…

Melanie Bedard, CSCB Vice President, provides a quick audio update on CARM in today's Notes from National!

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data through Direct Connects. For maintenance purposes, there will be an outage for clients who use a Direct Connect communication method with the CBSA of 15 to 30 minutes between 04:00 ET and 07:00 ET on Monday October 26, 2020…

REMINDER: Effective November 1, 2020, clients will longer be able to submit version 4.00 of the Integrated Import Declaration (IID). On this date, the default IID version code will become 4.01, which aligns with ECCRD Addendum v1.1 (published October 2019). Submission of version 4.00 IIDs after…

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers using IID 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 EDI release requests received report for September 2020 is available on the CSCB website ( download). The national EDI percent was 98.09. The following indicates the IID transactions:

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. The third Designate Quiz of 2020 is now available. You have until 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, October 29, 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 the…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today concluded a normal value review to update the normal values and export prices applicable to certain hot-rolled steel plate exported to Canada from Ukraine by the Metinvest Group of Companies (Metinvest Group), which includes Metinvest International…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) would like to remind clients of the requirements for associating an document to a Single Window (SW) Integrated Import Declaration (IID) (SO911). Please be advised that only one (1) document or image should be attached per License, Permit, Certificate, and…

Border will remain closed until at least Nov. 21 Although Canada and the U.S. have agreed to close their shared land border to non-essential travel, they don't appear to agree on several related issues — including what to do next. More than seven months after the border closed due to the COVID-19…

Health Canada has issued a notice pertaining to the new Corded Window Coverings Regulations (CWCR) which will come into effect May 1, 2021. The CWCR will help eliminate the strangulation hazard associated with corded window coverings and help protect the health and safety of children. More…

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers using IID 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…