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This is to inform you that Amendment 16 to Canada’s Energy Efficiency Regulations has been published in the Canada Gazette, Part II. This is a significant milestone for Natural Resources Canada’s continued work under its Forward Regulatory Plan 2019-21. The Regulations Amending the Energy Efficiency…

The CSCB has learned of a recent change that will impact certain exports to Australia. Our thanks to our Australian CTCS designate for alerting us to this change. The Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources [DAWR] has identified Canada amongst 23 nations requiring a seasonal measure…

CBSA’s Program Evaluation team would like to have as many responses as possible to their survey of trade chain partners on the Single Window initiative. If you have not already completed the survey, please let us know and we’ll make provide you with a survey.

U.S. businesses are imploring President Donald Trump not to expand his tariffs to $300 billion US in goods from China that have so far been spared in his trade war with Beijing. These companies warn that the additional tariffs would drive up prices for consumers, squeeze profits and leave U.S…

Today, Ken Baird, Chief of the Tsawwassen First Nation (TFN); Robin Silvester, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA); and John Linde, Acting Regional Director General of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), officially opened the CBSA Tsawwassen…

Chapter 03 was published to change the release recommendation to “Refuse Entry” for the following HS code with the end uses “Research and educational use”, “Aquarium – commercial”, “Aquarium – private”, “Display in a zoo or public aquarium”, “Diagnostic testing”, “Outdoor holding unit – commercial”…

The eleventh review of the trade policies and practices of Canada takes place on 12 and 14 June 2019. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Canada. Documents are available on the World Trade Organization website.

CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) announced today that following the tentative agreement reached in May, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Rail Canada Traffic Controllers (TCRC-RCTC) has ratified the agreement. This agreement covers 180 rail traffic controllers in Canada. The four-year agreement, which…

A) Chapter 30 was published to: i) remove the end uses “Industrial use (i.e. is not commercial use)” and “Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution” for the following HS code. 30.02.12.1095.16 - Blood derivatives highly processed for pharmaceutical use - bovine origin. This…

eManifest Portal Maintenance Start Date/Time End Date/Time Clients Affected: 2019-06-15 / 05 :00 ET 2019-06-15 / 06 :00 ET 2019-06-16 / 05 :00 ET 2019-06-16 / 06 :00 ET 2019-06-15 / 05 :30 ET 2019-06-15 / 07 :00 ET 2019-06-16 / 05 :30 ET 2019-06-16 / 07 :00 ET All clients who submit their trade data…

A) Chapter 10 was published to: i) change the release recommendation from “Refuse Entry” to “Refer to CFIA-NISC” for the following HS code with the end use “Propagation (growing or sowing)” and the miscellaneous codes “Small "lots"” and “Other than small "lots" / Non-authorized importer”. 10.06.10…

Notice received:Thursday 2019-06-13 1:56 PM ET The problem reported below has now been resolved. All systems are functioning normally. Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and Portal. Please note that CBSA is receiving and processing EDI and Portal…

At the recent CSCB regional seminar in Montreal, CBSA advised of the process to address situations where the same invoice has been used for two separate transactions. This process has been confirmed as correct by CBSA Headquarters. For example: Goods listed on invoice A are imported and declared on…