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Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on July 20 and 27, 2019. Canadian International Trade Tribunal Appeal Notice No. HA-2019-010 Environment, Dept. of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 Notice of intent to amend the Domestic Substances List under subsection 87(3)…

CBSA Message (TCC19-074): SWI Scheduled IID Maintenance

Saturday, July 27th 2019 from 04:00 to 05:00 (ET), clients may experience delays on when submitting the Integrated Import Declaration (IID). Also, Participating Government Agencies (PGA) may experience delays in processing the IID. Please note that during this time, the processing of the Document…

National Conference Program Now Available!

We are pleased to share the preliminary program for the 2019 CSCB National Conference. Big changes are coming to the world of imports! To help you understand what these changes will mean for your business, day 1 of the conference will be dedicated to CBSA’s CARM (CBSA Assessment and Revenue…

CBSA Verification Priorities – July 2019

CBSA has now published the list of verification priorities for July. This website also includes a link to an archived list. It may seem unusual that the archived list is dated July 2019, but that list is actually a list of all goods for which the verification is complete and is now simply a record…
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Transport Canada and Remolded Tires

The CSCB has been advised that remolded tires (tires manufactured by remolding new tread and sidewall rubber to a used tire carcass) had been the subject of an investigation with respect to the applicability of Transport Canada safety standards. Transport Canada recently clarified, by defining a…

Aluminum producers in Canada cash in on U.S. tariff exemption

Canada’s exemption from U.S. tariffs on imports of aluminum metal has boosted earnings at the Canadian operations of companies such as Rio Tinto and Alcoa, but has not cut costs for U.S. consumers. In May, the United States lifted the Section 232 tariff of 10% imposed on Canadian imports of aluminum…

French parliament ratifies CETA trade deal with Canada

The French National Assembly has ratified the CETA trade agreement with Canada in a 266 to 213 vote. Lawmakers in France began their ratification of the comprehensive trade agreement between the European Union and Canada last week, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed European Council President…
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SWI IID CFIA Reject code 4B9

The CSCB has been advised that CBSA has been receiving requests for assistance with SWI IID transmission rejects that contain goods regulated by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. If you have received a 4B9 reject it means that the reject has been issued by the CFIA. CBSA staff cannot assist with…

CFIA-AIRS Updates, 24 July

A) Chapter 01 was published to: i) add the following OGD extensions. 01.06.39.2106.09 – Roadrunner 01.06.39.2107.09 – Roadrunner ii) modify the import conditions for the following HS codes with the end uses “Breeding”, “Feeding for slaughter”, “Other end uses” and “Temporary stay in Canada”…

Australia: Seasonal Measures related to BMSB

On June 18, 2019 the CSCB published information on the Australian seasonal measure related to Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) that would be enacted for Canadian shipments commencing September 1, 2019. Global Affairs Canada is now accepting feedback on this matter from Canadian exporters who may…

U.S. CBP to Test Advance Data Requirements for E-Commerce Shipments

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that starting Aug. 22 it will conduct an approximately one-year test under which additional data elements for Section 321 goods will be transmitted in advance of their arrival. CBP states that it is conducting this voluntary test to determine the…

Updates to directive D-18-01

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency's import directive, D-18-01: Phytosanitary import requirements for propagative material of Rubus and Ribes species from all origins has been updated to align with recent changes to U.S. import requirements. In this first revision of D-18-01, published on July 22…

CFIA Scheduled System Maintenance, 23 July

As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service, please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be performing maintenance on Tuesday July 23rd, 2019 from 6:00am until 7:00am (EST). Consequently, the Electronic Data Interchange - Integrated Import Declaration (EDI -IID)…

Further Measures to Protect Canadian Steel Workers and Industry

Finance Canada has announced further measures to protect Canadian steel workers and industry. These measures affect goods that are subject to safeguard surtax (not the surtax that was put into place after the US imposed surtax on imports of Canadian steel), as follows: ...Today, the Government is…