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CBSA reports dramatic drop in traffic coming into Canada

Travel into Canada is dramatically lower compared to this time last year, as a result of the ban on non-essential travel imposed on March 21 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. According to a media release from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), travel volume during the week of April 20 to…
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Toronto Region CSCB-CBSA Commercial Operations District Committee Meeting

Minutes of the CSCB-CBSA Commercial Operations District Committee meeting held on March 11, 2020 are now available on the CSCB Toronto Region page. To access, please log in to your CSCB account, click on the Committees menu item, then Toronto Region in the Regional Committees section, scroll down to…
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Register for CSCB Member Forum #4 this Friday!

Join us for the fourth installment of the CSCB Member Forum this Friday, May 1, from 1:00 pm to 2 pm EDT. (note the time difference from last week) We will focus our discussion on best practices for communicating with clients and one another. If you were not able to attend past forums, you can tune…
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CERS Implementation

The CSCB participated in the April 28th BCCC Export Working Group meeting, where the CBSA provided an updated presentation on the implementation. While the implementation of the Canadian Exporting Reporting System (CERS) has been delayed until September 30th from the original CAED decommissioning…

CFIA-AIRS Updates April 29th 2020

Chapter 01 was published to change the release recommendation from “Refuse entry” to “Refer to CFIA - Veterinary inspection” for the following HS code originating from Ukraine. 01.06.41.2104 - Honeybee queens. This created a requirement version change for the following HS codes originating from all…

From our IATA friends

Canada’s customs brokers have contact with air carriers and air cargo every day. The airline industry has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, and is doing all it can to support economic recovery. We thought you might enjoy this short and hopeful video from our friends at IATA. Watch now
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Updated LPCO (Licenses, Permits, Certificates, Other) Spreadsheet

CBSA has provided an updated spreadsheet that includes information on which LPCOs (Licenses, Permits, Certificates, Other) must be submitted with an IID, according to PGA (Participating Government Agency). The spreadsheet now includes formats for various data elements as well as the Code Tag…
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LCPO (License, Certificate, Permit, Other) File Size Limit

There is a 4MB file size limit for the submission of LCPOs and the CSCB has asked CBSA when this limit will be increased. CBSA’s response is below; the CSCB will continue to follow up. … we were looking at this before COVID-19 began and at that time it was determined that this may not work for the…

Interest rates for the second 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 April 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020. Details are available on the CRA…

Recording of the third CSCB Member Forum now available

The recording and presentation from the third CSCB Member Forum on What COVID-19 means for your business, held on April 24, is now available on the CSCB website. The focus of this forum was risk migitation for customs brokers, specifically GST direct payment option and importer bonds.