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D5-1-1, International mail processing

This memorandum outlines and explains the legislation authorizing the examination of international mail and the obligations of the importing public to pay the duties and taxes owing. It also provides an overview of the processing and handling of both commercial and non-commercial importations. All…

EDI Release Requests Received, January 2020

A EDI release requests received report for January 2020 is available on the CSCB website ( download). The national EDI percent was 97.67. The following indicates the IID transactions:

CFIA-AIRS Updates February 24th 2020

A) Chapter 03 was published to add the following OGD extension. 03.03.89.7956.97 - Stolothrissa tanganicae - TSN 551264 - Lake Tanganyika sprat (frozen) This created a requirement version change for the following HS codes with the end uses “Food service” and “Retail use”. 03.03.89.0013 - Taxonomic…
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What We Know About the CUSMA

The CSCB has been in contact with both CBSA and the Department of Finance regarding information included in the CUSMA, especially surrounding de minimis. What the CUSMA says about de minimis is in Article 7.8 of Chapter 7 of the Agreement, Customs Administration and Trade Facilitation Is reproduced…

Latest update for importers and brokers of organic products

The work of the Canada Organic Regime team is still ongoing regarding the incorporation of the organic import requirements in Part 13 of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations into the Automated Import Reference System (AIRS). The purpose of this notice is to inform you that in March 2020, the…

CBSA Message: TCC20-017– EDI/Portal SCHEDULED Maintenance Outages

EDI/Portal Scheduled Maintenance Outages eManifest Portal Maintenance Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2020-02-22 / 05:00 ET 2020-02-23 / 05:00 ET 2020-02-22 / 06:00 ET 2020-02-23 / 06:00 ET 2020-02-22 / 05:30 ET 2020-02-23 / 05:30 ET 2020-02-22 / 07:00 ET 2020-02-23 / 07:00 ET All…
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CUSMA – Update

CBSA has previously advised that the MUST tariff treatment is not part of the CUSMA. For goods that are released on or after the entry into force of the CUSMA, the Agreement will provide for two preferential tariffs only – either the United States Tariff (UST) or the Mexico Tariff (MXT) and will…

CARM ECCRD Feedback

The CBSA CARM team hosted an ECCRD feedback webinar for Trade Chain Partners to provide feedback on the draft ECCRD framework “Chapter 26: CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM)” which became available at the beginning of February. In this webinar, the CARM team recapped the programs that are…
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Single Window ECCRD Addendum

CBSA has advised of an error in the October 19, 2019 SWI ECCRD Addendum. On page 21, section 3.2.5 - Health Canada - Cells, Tissues and Organs, the qualifier tag in the "Added" table currently indicates "22"; it should indicate "12". See chart below. Added: SG125 RCS (Q) 3055 (E) 7295 PGA Exception…

CFIA-AIRS Updates February 20th 2020

Chapter 01 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS code originating from Italy and Malta. NO VERSION CHANGE. 01.06.41.2104 - Honeybee queens. Please verify your version numbers before submitting through EDI. If you have any questions, please contact your National Import…
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Single Window Implementation Working Group – Update

The CSCB participated in a Single Window Implementation Working Group conference call, where CBSA provided a presentation with updated information regarding the Single Window Initiative and statistics regarding use of the Integrated Import Declaration (IID). Of particular interest are the following…

CBSA Message: TCC19-149 – Update - ECCRD Addendum 1.1 – Integrated Import Declaration / Mise à jour - Nouvel Addenda 1.1 au DECCE de la Déclaration intégrée des importations (DII)

The CSCB has confirmed with the CBSA that this will not impact the scheduled decommissioning date of April 1st, 2020 for OGD Pre-arrival Release System (PARS) SO 463 and OGD Release on Minimum Documentation (RMD) SO 471. Clients Affected: All importers and brokers using the IID Update: The CBSA…