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A complete drawback claim shall consist of a successful claim acceptance in ACE and the successful upload of mandatory documents into the Digital Image System (DIS). Documents must be uploaded within 24 hours of claim acceptance in order to maintain the claim date generated by the ACE submission…

Negotiations among the three nations to replace NAFTA concluded in September 2018. Mexico has signed the USMCA into law, and Canada is close to ratifying it. In the United States, Congress has yet to take up the free trade agreement. “There is one more major step in the process, and that is when the…

Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell 1.3 per cent to $57.2 billion in July as sales in the primary metal and motor vehicle industries moved lower. The agency says sales were down in 11 industries in July, representing 66.8 per cent of total manufacturing sales. Economists had expected a…

Democrats in the House of Representatives are holding firm to their position that several improvements are needed to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement before they would approve implementing legislation. The White House and others are beginning to call more frequently and loudly for Congress to…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is seeking to expand industry participation in its electronic pilot program to collect advance data related to e-commerce shipments with import values of less than the $800 de minimis. The so-called Section 321 E-Commerce Data Pilot was announced by CBP on…

The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on September 14, 2019. Canadian International Trade Tribunal Appeals Notice No. HA-2019-014 Expiry of order Certain fasteners Order Thermoelectric container

Received on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 11:30 ET. The messaging problem noted below has now been resolved. All systems are functioning normally. ________________ We are currently experiencing a partial outage for clients that submit Integrated Document Image (IID). During this outage, the CBSA…

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) web services, that went down around noon yesterday, have now been restored. Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) and the Automated Shipment Inspection Status Search Tool (ASISST) web services are now available. If you require…

Global Affairs Canada is now offering returned quantities of the Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQs) under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). To find out about returned quantities of CPTPP TRQs that are now available for reallocation and to learn more about the…

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, September 15th, 2019 from 2:00am until 7:00am (EST). Consequently, the following services may not be available during this time. AIRS…

China has repeatedly declined to provide Canada with adequate scientific evidence to justify shutting the door to imports of Canadian canola seed, Ottawa says in a new complaint to the World Trade Organization that referees global commerce. Canada this week laid the groundwork for a challenge at the…

The Trump administration on Wednesday sent U.S. House of Representatives Democrats its latest proposals for addressing legislators' concerns about the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal, lawmakers and congressional sources said. Democrats are reviewing the proposals, a spokeswoman for the House Ways…

In our contentious world, consensus is hard to find. But one thing that most seem to agree on is today’s two-speed economy. Central banks are saying it as often as they can. Other public officials are singing in unison, and the financial world is chiming in on the chorus. What’s the main refrain…

A) Chapter 02 was published to remove the miscellaneous code “Unmarked” for the following HS codes with the end uses “Cruise ships or Conveyance/Direct supply”, “Human consumption” and “Other end use” originating from the United States. 02.01.10 - Carcasses and half-carcasses. 02.01.20 - Other cuts…