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Senators on Capitol Hill have finally approved the latest version of North America's free trade pact. The implementation bill for the long-awaited U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement passed on a vote of 89-10. That means it now needs only the signature of President Donald Trump to be fully approved in the…

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers who use EDI to transmit their trade data. Message to Industry: Barley Products Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) Prepared and Distributed by: Global Affairs Canada Please be advised that the barley products tariff rate quota (TRQ) will be filled on January 30, 2020…

As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service, please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be performing maintenance on Sunday, January 19, 2020 from 03:00 to 07:00 (EST). Consequently, the following services may not be available during this time. Automated Import…

On May 9, 2019, by the Order Referring to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, for Inquiry into and Reporting on, the Matter of the Exclusion of Certain Steel Goods from the Order Imposing a Surtax on the Importation of Certain Steel Goods (Exclusions Inquiry Order), the Canadian International…

IN THE MATTER OF an expiry review, pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act, of the order made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on March 17, 2014, in Expiry Review No. RR-2013-003, continuing, without amendment, its findings made on March 17, 2009, in Inquiry No…

1. This is to advise of an amendment to the Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff. 2. Effective January 10, 2020, Section Note XI of the Customs Tariff has been updated to give effect to Article 317 of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Short Supply Notes, as per Order in Council…

Concerning the preliminary determination with respect to the dumping of certain sucker rods originating in or exported from Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. Decision Pursuant to subsection 38(1) of the Special Import Measures Act, the Canada Border Services Agency made a preliminary determination on…

Le texte français suit le texte anglais. As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is making improvements to the systems and tools used by importers and brokers during the import declaration process. For instance, as of January 19th, 2020, the…

New summary guide available on Health Canada’s Consumer Product Safety Program web page: Summary overview for the Importing, exporting or transhipping consumer products and cosmetics into Canada for commercial purposes, can be found on the Canada.ca website here: https://www.canada.ca/en/health…

The following HS codes were published to modify the instructions to reflect the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) requirements. NO VERSION CHANGE Chapter 02 : 02.01 - Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled. 02.02 - Meat of bovine animals, frozen. 02.03 - Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or…

As of December 31st, 2019, Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) and Produce Marketing Association (PMA) will no longer issue new generic UPCs. Instead, both organizations will support the industry in adopting brand owner (company-specific) UPCs for North American produce. The decision to…

A) Chapter 08 was published to: i) change the release recommendation from “Refer to CFIA-NISC” to “Approved” for the following HS codes with the end uses “Further processing”, “Human Consumption”, “Other end uses”, “Repacking”, Samples for testing” and “Travellers & Personal use and not for resale…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today initiated a normal value and export price review to update the normal values and export prices of certain copper pipe fittings exported to Canada from the United States by Nacobre USA LLC (Nacobre). The review is part of the CBSA’s enforcement of…

CCS and CTCS Designates are advised that we are offering three free quizzes in 2020, on the following dates: Available Submission Deadline Quiz 1 March 5 March 26 at 2 pm ET Quiz 2 June 11 July 2 at 2 pm ET Quiz 3 October 15 November 5 at 2 pm ET As always, each quiz is worth ten professional…

HS 2022, which is the seventh edition of the Harmonized System (HS) nomenclature used for the uniform classification of goods traded internationally all over the world, has been accepted by the all Contracting Parties to the Harmonized System Convention. It shall come into force on 1 January 2022…