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CRA: Interest rates for the third calendar quarter

June 23, 2020
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

June 22, 2020
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

June 22, 2020
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

June 22, 2020
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

June 22, 2020
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

June 22, 2020
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

June 22, 2020
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

June 22, 2020
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…

FAST Lane Update / Mise à jour de voie EXPRESS

June 19, 2020
At this time, we would like to take the opportunity to brief you on some of the work underway by the Commercial Program Directorate to support the effort CBSA is undertaking to explore new measures that will assist with Business Economic Recovery Plans. The aim is to assist those in Industry, and…

CBSA Message: TCC20-073 - Decommissioning of OGD Service Options PARS & RMD

June 18, 2020
This message is being sent to advise trade chain partners (TCPs) that the Canada Border Services Agency will be decommissioning the legacy Other Government Department (OGD) release service options OGD PARS (SO463) and OGD RMD (SO471) on August 17, 2020. As of August 17, 2020, release requests…
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CUSMA – Questions and Answers

June 18, 2020
The CSCB has compiled a document of all questions received regarding the CUSMA, with responses from government. Please note that these are not the questions asked during the June 18th webinar; these will be posted once answers to those questions are available. Questions related to the CUSMA can be…