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Looking for a new Regional Coordinator for British Columbia

Looking for a new challenge in a volunteer capacity? Why not consider being a Regional Coordinator for British Columbia? Regional Coordinators coordinate CSCB activities within their region. Your responsibilities would include: leading any consultative activities with federal departments and…
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SWI Processing Times

The CSCB has asked CBSA for statistics regarding SWI processing times and received the following charts: CBSA has advised that the processing times in the first table includes both CBSA and PGA processing times and that the processing time starts the minute the system accepts the IID, that is, when…
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CFIA and IID Data Elements

The CSCB posed the following question to CFIA, regarding required data elements in the IID: CSCB: For the following elements required by CFIA: Delivery Destination Contact Delivery Destination Phone Number Delivery Destination Fax Number Delivery Destination Email May we provide the contact name…
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United States Surtax Remission Order 18-1272 - Update

The United States Surtax Remission Order 18-1272, published in October 2018, provided a remission of surtax on the following items: For goods in Schedule 1, relief is granted for an indefinite period for steel and aluminum products imported from the U.S. on or after July 1, 2018. For goods in…
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CPTPP Declarations of Origin from Vietnam

The CSCB is aware that some exporters from Vietnam are using a formal declaration of origin that does not comply with Annex 3-B of the CPTPP. In most cases, this is due to the fact that the following statement is not included: I certify that the goods described in this document qualify as…

Business Barometer: Small businesses still feel under the weather in April

Small business confidence remained muted in April, rising by less than one index point to 56.7 on the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)’s Business Barometer®. “Small businesses are still feeling under the weather, with most of the indicators we measure reflecting a modest…

Don't Miss This Year's BC Regional Seminar and Designate Day (Vancouver)!

This year's BC Regional seminar will be held on Friday, May 10, followed by a Designate Day (Vancouver) on Saturday, May 11. The BC Regional seminar will focus on CARM. While much of the CARM “nitty-gritty” is not yet known, we do know for certain that its implementation will significantly change…

Canada Gazette - Official Regulations

The following was published in Part II of the Canada Gazette on March 20, April 3 and April 17, 2019. Certain Regulations Made Under the Special Economic Measures Act — Regulations Amending Special Economic Measures Act SOR/2019-61 04/03/19 Certain Regulations Made Under the United Nations Act —…

Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on March 23, April 6, April 13 and April 20, 2019. Canadian International Trade Tribunal Appeals Notice No. HA-2018-030 Notice No. HA-2018-032 Order Carbon steel welded pipe Report Certain steel goods Environment, Dept. of the, and Dept. of…
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Steel, Aluminum and Other Goods Subject to Remission of Countermeasures - Revised

Customs Notice 18-16, dated October 11, 2018, provided details of the United States Surtax Remission Order, 2018-1272, that allowed the remission of surtax on certain goods. The remission order listed the goods in four schedules, including one schedule (Schedule 3) that included specific importers…
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CBSA cancelling transactions after final accounting

The CSCB would like to hear from members who have experienced a situation where CBSA has cancelled a transaction after final accounting. In the cases we are aware of, this is a result of a carrier making a valid post-arrival amendment to a cargo and/or conveyance data transmission. Affected members…

CBSA Message (ARL19-0418) – Technical Issues Resolved

Notice received: Tuesday 2019-04-23 1:50 PM EDT CLIENTS AFFECTED: All importers, brokers and services providers who receive accounting statements via electronic data interchange (EDI). Technical issues have now been resolved. Due to the backlog of work, it may take us longer than the standard 10…

CBSA Message (ARL19-0423) – Daily Notices for April 24th 2019

CLIENTS AFFECTED: All importers, brokers and services providers who receive accounting statements via electronic data interchange (EDI). Due to the high volume of transactions processed this past holiday weekend, there may be a delay in transmission for the April 24th Daily Notices. Thank you for…

Surtax and CITT Recommendations

Recent reports have correctly stated that surtax on certain goods will continue to apply on goods released up to and including on April 28 th 2019. However, the CITT made recommendations only regarding the application of surtax and the government may choose not to follow these recommendations. That…

CFIA-AIRS Updates, 23 April

A) Chapter 01 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS codes originating from Australia. NO VERSION CHANGE. 01.06.41.2103 - Honeybees (Packaged). 01.06.41.2104 - Honeybee queens. B) Chapter 07 was published to remove a registration type and modify the import conditions for…