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Waiver of Customs Broker Liability: Mitigating Perceived Risk
May 13, 2020
In the CSCB’s most recent discussions with the Department of Finance (both departmental officials and staff in the Minister’s office) about the waiver of customs broker liability under deferral, questions were raised about the situation in which customs brokers would receive payment from importers…
CFIA Scheduled System Maintenance, May 17
May 13, 2020
As part of CFIA's ongoing efforts to improve client service please be advised that CFIA will be performing network maintenance Sunday, May 17, 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) CFIA…
COVID-19 Announcement from the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (4)
May 13, 2020
This notice from the CITT is about measures put in place in the current pandemic emergency.
Chief Mountain border crossing opening delayed due to COVID-19
May 13, 2020
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is advising travellers that the seasonal opening of the Chief Mountain, Alberta border crossing (AB Hwy 6) will be delayed until further notice due to COVID-19. The port of entry had originally been scheduled to open on May 15, 2020, but will now remain…
COVID-19: Temporary suspension of service at select Canadian border services locations
May 13, 2020
Further to the reduction of service at some Canadian land border ports of entry on April 15, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) today announced the temporary suspension of service at certain small vessel reporting sites, small airports of entry, ferry terminals and to the Remote Area Border…
Trudeau says government will be 'very, very careful' about any easing of border restrictions
May 13, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hinted today that Canada is in no rush to ease travel restrictions at the U.S. border to allow for non-essential travel as the clock ticks down on the current agreement. Both countries reached an agreement in March to temporarily close the border to non-essential travel…
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CN 20-19, Certain Goods Remission Order (COVID-19) - Feedback Requested (3)
May 13, 2020
The CSCB has asked CBSA additional follow up questions on Customs Notice 20-19, Certain Goods Remission Order (COVID-19). Question 1. Paragraph 4 b states “no other claim for relief of the customs duties has been granted under the Customs Tariff in respect of the good”. Does this mean that if an…
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Email Process at Port 809
May 13, 2020
Port 809 has provided additional information regarding email submission of commercial documents, as well as a PDF fillable Entry Status Request document.
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Acceptable Signatures on CBSA Documents
May 13, 2020
At the request of the CSCB, CBSA has clarified acceptable signatures for any CBSA document requiring a signature. In their response CBSA have quoted paragraph 44 of D17-1-1, which states: Any CBSA document that requires signature is acceptable only if it is: (a) an original ink signature; (b) an…
CUSMA/USMCA Information
May 13, 2020
CBP (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) have announced a United States-Mexico-Canada Center to coordinate the implementation of USMCA. The announcement indicates that this center is in collaboration with Canadian and Mexican authorities and the CSCB followed up with CBSA for additional information…
CBSA Message: TCC20-055 – Changes to The Integrated Import Declaration (IID) Regulated Commodities Data Element Matching Criteria
May 13, 2020
Clients Affected: All importers and brokers using the 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)…
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
May 13, 2020
After four very successful consecutive weekly Member Forums, we will be providing you with information this week in a Notes from National audio format. The next Forum will be held on May 22 . One of the reasons for this is we don’t have a decision yet from the Department of Finance/CBSA on the…
May 11: COVID-19 CBSA Commercial Update to Industry Stakeholders
May 12, 2020
Key Issues Avoiding Health Canada Rejects for Personal Protective Equipment Imports To avoid unnecessary rejects on importations of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), brokers and importers must submit the Intended End Use Code and Canadian Product Category Code. To ensure the quality of PPE being…
USDA will accept Canadian digital export certificates for live bovine as of June 1, 2020
May 12, 2020
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) have come to an agreement that as of June 1, 2020, the United States (US) will accept electronically signed health certificates (i.e. certificates that…
Canadian dollar slides as risk of second infection wave weighs
May 12, 2020
The Canadian dollar weakened against its U.S. counterpart on Monday [May 11] as the potential for a second wave of coronavirus infections worried investors, with the loonie retreating from an earlier 11-day high. The Canadian dollar was trading 0.6 per cent lower at 1.4008 to the greenback, or 71.39…
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Delivery of Documents to CBSA Offices
May 12, 2020
The CSCB would like to know if members are experiencing any difficulty in delivering documents by courier, post, or another “by-hand” method to any CBSA office, especially the Hamilton or Toronto Front Street office. There is no need to respond if you are not experiencing difficulties. Those that…
Email Process at Port 504
May 12, 2020
Port 504 has provided additional information regarding email submission of commercial documents.
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Avoiding Unnecessary Rejects on PPE Importations
May 11, 2020
Border Services Officers have been instructed to reject any entry with a missing (blank) Intended End Use Code and/or Canadian Product Category Code field. For example, a Class 1 Medical Device requires the data below to be submitted to the CBSA (note: this is just one example and will not apply to…
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CN 20-19, Certain Goods Remission Order (COVID-19) – Issues Using OIC Resolved
May 11, 2020
CBSA has confirmed that there was an issue in the system when the remission order was programmed and that it should be now fixed. If members continue to have issues with this remission, please send them to Shelley Gares.
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IID and Health Canada
May 11, 2020
CBSA has advised that some brokers and importers are not submitting all required data elements for Health Canada transactions. As a result, Border Services Officers who are processing an entry that includes Health Canada (HC) regulated goods, have been instructed to reject any entry with a missing…