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Please be advised that Canada is now permitting the importation of meat products from South Korea. The conditions for importation of meat products from South Korea have been published on the Countries from which commercial importation of meat products is permitted web page The list of South Korean…

eManifest Portal Maintenance Start Date/Time End Date/Time Clients Affected: 2019-12-14 / 05:00 ET 2019-12-14 / 06:30 ET 2019-12-15 / 05:00 ET 2019-12-15 / 06:00 ET 2019-12-14 / 06:00 ET 2019-12-14/ 07:30 ET 2019-12-15 / 05:30 ET 2019-12-15 / 07:00 ET All clients who submit their trade data using…

Further to Customs Notice CN19-24 pertaining to Cannabis - Edibles, Extracts and Topicals Customs Excise Duty Procedures https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/cn-ad/cn19-24-eng.html please note the following for completion of the CADEX formatted records: The table below is a list of the province…

In Brief This memorandum has been revised to reflect Amendments 15 and 16 to the Energy Efficiency Regulations, 2016, published in Canada Gazette II on June 3, 2019, that, as of December 12, 2019, add import reporting requirements for the following new products: electric furnaces, heat and energy…

Canada’s two main opposition parties on Wednesday suggested they could move to delay ratification of a new continental trade pact, accusing the Liberal government of botching revisions to the treaty. Such a move would embarrass Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has vowed that Parliament will…

1. The purpose of this Notice is to advise that on December 9th, 2019, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) amended the eligibility criteria for Free and Secure Trade (FAST) Membership. 2. Under the expansion of the FAST Membership criteria, the CBSA will extend FAST lane eligibility to highway…

Notice received: Thursday 2019-12-12 12:58 PM ET RESOLVED The problem reported below has now been resolved. All systems are functioning normally. Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit EDI IID trade data to CFIA. The CBSA is experiencing some internal communication issues…

Notice received: Thursday 2019-12-12 12:12 PM ET The problem reported below has now been resolved. All systems are functioning normally. We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with our phone distribution system. There is no estimated time of resolution. Please note that the EDI and…

1. The purpose of this notice is to inform importers on the calculation of the amounts of excise duty and any additional duty to be imposed on edible cannabis, cannabis extracts or cannabis topical products, as per legislative changes to the Excise Act, 2001, when importing these goods into Canada…

Notice received: Thursday 2019-12-12 11:24 AM ET UPDATE Please be advised the CBSA is continuing to investigate the system problem reported below. Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit EDI IID trade data to CFIA. The CBSA is experiencing some internal communication issues…

Correction of HS codes affected by the December 11th 2019 publication A) Chapter 25 was published to add an import condition for the following HS codes. NO VERSION CHANGE. 25.16.11 - Granite: Crude or roughly trimmed. 25.16.12 - Granite: Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a…

Notice received: Thursday 2019-12-12 11:09 AM ET We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with our phone distribution system. There is no estimated time of resolution. Please note that the EDI and eManifest Portal systems are functioning normally. We regret the inconvenience and thank…

Notice received: Thursday 2019-12-12 9:47 AM ET Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit EDI IID trade data to CFIA. The CBSA is experiencing some internal communication issues with CFIA in regard to legacy-type Other Government Department (OGD) service options 463 and 471…