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USMCA Legislation Approved in House, Could See January Vote in Senate

Legislation to implement the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement updating NAFTA passed the House of Representatives on December 19 by a vote of 385 to 41. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has said he will bring the bill up for Senate consideration in January after a trial concerning the…

CFIA Launches a New Website

As part of the Government of Canada's commitment to enhance the way digital services are delivered, we launched a web renewal initiative to create a website that is more user-friendly. It aligns with Canada.ca and features a top task navigation to help you complete your tasks and find the…

EICS Bulletin - Technical difficulties

We are presently experiencing technical issues with our online system EICS. The issue has been escalated to our technical team for investigation. A notification will be sent as soon as we get further information.

Surtax Remission Period – Update

As you may be aware, the CSCB wrote to the Department of Finance in July asking that they reopen the period in which an application for a remission of surtax can be made; their response was that they would not do this. We continue to believe that this is unfair and, now that the election is over…

CBSA Message: TCC19-154 – Maintenance Outage for Document Image Functionality (DIF) Outage and delay in PGA decision processing / Interruption de service pour la maintenance des FID et délai des traitements des MOGP

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using the Integrated Import Declaration (IID) and Document Image Functionality (DIF) For maintenance purposes, there will be an outage on December 22, 2019 from 02:30 to 08:00 (ET). During this outage, the CBSA will be…

Surprise of the decade

This isn’t just my last commentary of the year; it’s the last of the decade. In my current role, I’ve only had one other opportunity to wrap up the decade this way, and the last time—well, we still had that Great Recession thing to deal with. That event wasn’t really the surprise back then; the head…

Updates to the CFIA Fish List

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has added or modified the common names for the following fish species within the CFIA Fish List: Atule mate Carcharhinus limbatus Caulolatilus microps Chrysophrys auratus Cynoscion virescens Epinephelus flavolimbatus Hippoglossoides…

EDI Release Requests Received, November 2019

A EDI release requests received report for November 2019 is available on the CSCB website ( download). The national EDI percent was 98. The following indicates the IID transactions:

CBSA Message (TCC19-153) – Holidays Schedule / Horaire des fêtes

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) office will be closed on Wednesday, December 25, 2019, Thursday, December 26, 2019 and Wednesday, January 1, 2020, however, the TCCU production support will be operating…

US proposes rule to let states import some Canadian prescription drugs

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed a rule that, if implemented, would allow states to import certain prescription drugs from Canada. “The purpose of the proposed rule is to lower prices and reduce out of pocket costs for American patients,” the FDA said in a Federal Register notice…

Did you hear Santa's on his way?

But does he know about cross-border import requirements?? HO HO HO, not to worry Santa, we got just what you need – the Introduction to Customs Administration and Procedures, 2nd Edition textbook! This book is a great reference that will provide you (and Santa!) with a detailed overview of the…

CBSA Message: TCC19-151-Changes to The SWI Integrated Import Declaration (IID) Regulated Commodities Data Element Matching Criteria / Changements aux Critères de correspondance des éléments de données pour la DII de marchandises réglementées sous l’IGU

Changes to The Single Window Initiative (SWI) Integrated Import Declaration (IID) Regulated Commodities Data Element Matching Criteria 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…

Customs Export Reporting System (CERS) and the BN Identifier

Implementation of the new Customs Export Reporting System (CERS) will commence in spring of 2020. In preparation for data migration, CBSA and Statistics Canada (StatCan) have advised the CSCB that they have found that a significant number of Business Numbers are invalid or the RM identifier has not…