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July 17: COVID-19 CBSA Commercial & Trade Update

Key Issue As part of the Government of Canada’s efforts to reduce the spread and prevent importation of COVID-19, all travellers entering Canada regardless by mode, must provide their contact information if requested by the CBSA officer. The ArriveCAN mobile application allows a digital way for…

Oil country tubular goods - Statement of Reasons

Decision On July 3, 2020, pursuant to paragraph 76.03(7)(a) of the Special Import Measures Act, the Canada Border Services Agency determined that the expiry of the order made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on March 2, 2015, in Expiry Review No. RR‑2014‑003: is likely to result in the…
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BCCC eHouse Bill Freight Forwarder Working Group Meeting, 16 July 2020

The presentation from the 16 July 2020 meeting of the BCCC eHouse Bill Freight Forwarder Working Group Meeting is now available in the Meeting Summaries & Presentations section of the CSCB website. Pre-implementation testing of the eHouse Bill R2 solution will begin in late August or early September…

EICS Bulletin: CUSMA - Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement

This message serves to assist brokers and/or applicants in finding the appropriate CUSMA Commodity Code(s) for a permit application for the following sectors: CUSMA – Agricultural products (Import) can be found in Section B: Agricultural products – Imports. CUSMA – Textiles and Apparel (Import) can…
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CFIA: SFCR Licencing and the Manufactured Foods Sector

At this time, release requests for items in the Manufactured Foods Sector that do not include an SFCR licence should be completed in the following manner: 1. If brokers have the ability within their system to leave the Registration Number field blank, they are able to do so during this transition…
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Email Process at Port 395

Port 395 has provided a revised chart for transmitting documents by email. Please note that B3 type V is no longer accepted by email for Montreal office 395. For the submission of paper commercial documentation at Longrooms 395 by EMAIL Présentation par COURRIEL – traitement de documents commerciaux…

CFIA-AIRS Updates July 16th 2020

A) Chapter 05 was published to add the following OGD extension. 05.11.99.1298.17 Cervid (deer, elk, reindeer, etc). B) Chapter 10 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS codes with the end uses “Livestock feed” and “Further processing” originating from India. NO VERSION…

New food certificate for Export of Fish and Seafood Products to Fiji

At the request of Fiji, CFIA has updated the Food Export Requirements Library to include the export of fish and seafood products. The required document for export certification is the Sanitary Certificate - Codex Model for Fish and Fishery Products (CFIA/ACIA 5431). If you have any questions, please…

CFIA Scheduled System Maintenance, July 19

As part of CFIA's ongoing efforts to improve client service please be advised that CFIA will be performing network maintenance Sunday, July 19, 2020, from 3 am (EST) to 7 am (EST). Consequently, the following services may not be available for this period: Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)…

ADDITIONAL CFIA-AIRS Updates July 15th 2020

Further to the publication relating to the Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) licence implementation, chapter 12 was published to remove the end use “Human consumption” from the following HS codes. 12.07.21 - Cotton seeds: Seed 12.07.60 - Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seeds 12.09.91.0070.14 - Cucumber…

CFIA-AIRS Updates July 15th 2020

This notice is to inform importers and brokers that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has successfully updated the Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) to include the Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) licence requirement for the Manufactured food commodities that now require a SFC licence. However…
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CUSMA Certification of Origin

The CSCB participated in a discussion with CBSA regarding certification of origin requirements under CUSMA. The subject of a standard template was raised and the CSCB would appreciate feedback from members on this subject. In order to gather this feedback, a short survey has been prepared. Please…
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Decommissioning of Service Options – Feedback Requested

As was first announced on June 18th, CBSA will decommission service options OGD PARS (SO463) and OGD RMD (SO471) on August 17th. The CSCB is working with CBSA to look at solutions for those situation where the IID cannot be used, such as flying trucks and goods in the postal stream. If you have…

The World’s Customs Administrations Featured in WCO Photo Contest

One of the highlights of the annual World Customs Organization (WCO) Council events is a photo contest, in which delegates vote for their favourite photos among those submitted by WCO members. It is always interesting to see how many of these photos feature Customs dogs at work, and it is also…
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CUSMA and NAFTA Criterion E

Under NAFTA, Criterion E applied to certain automatic data processing goods and their parts, specified in Annex 308.1. Under CUSMA, there is no criterion E. Instead, these goods are included in the CUSMA Uniform Regulations under item (7) on page 13 that states: Special rule for certain goods. A…
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BDP Canada Customs Brokerage Corp - CSCB Membership Application

The CSCB has received an application for membership from BDP Canada Customs Brokerage Corp. The CSCB contact is Villa French, Director, Customs Brokerage who is also the qualified officer. The licence was issued in February 2019 for the Toronto area. The contact information follows: BDP Canada…