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As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service, please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be performing maintenance on Thursday February 21, 2019 from 6:00am until 7:00am (EST). Consequently, the CFIA Digital Document Store Application (DDS) may not be available…

Clients Affected: All importers, brokers and Service Providers An updated version of Chapter 17 of the CBSA’s Electronic Commerce Client Requirements Document has been released, containing the CSA Importer maps, version 1.3, dated December 2018. CBSA encourages clients to contact the Technical…

This message is to inform Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) clients that declare imports using the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Integrated Import Declaration (IID) message of an update to the declaration system. Previously, IID declarations with the AIRS registration type 96, Approved…

AIRS was published to modify the description of the following Registration Types. NO VERSION CHANGE. #65 - Dispute Resolution Corporation (DRC) membership number #66 - Dispute Resolution Corporation (DRC) membership exempt Please verify your version numbers before submitting through EDI. If you have…

The EDI release requests received report for February 2019 is available on the CSCB website ( download). The national EDI percent was 97.39. The following indicates the IID transactions:

A) Chapter 03 was published to change the release recommendation from “Approved” to “Refuse Entry” for susceptible species of aquatic animals within the following HS codes with the end use “Other end uses” 03.01 - Live fish 03.02 - Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat…

The What We Learned Report summarizing feedback received through the CFIA external consultation on openness and transparency conducted from June 20 to August 2, 2018 is now available on the CFIA website. To reach the objective of the CFIA being open by design, the Open and Transparent Agency…

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers who submit their B3s and AO notification of release queries using the CCS/CADEX system. The annual interest rate for the second quarter of 2019 (April1st, 2019 – June 30th, 2019) will be 1.6277.

Chapter 05 was published to change the release recommendation to “Refuse entry” for the following HS codes with end use “Breeding” and "Other end uses" originating from Saint Pierre and Miquelon. 05.11.99.1292.15 – Animal semen (other than bovine) – fresh; Porcine (pig) 05.11.99.1293.15 – Animal…

Start Date/Time End Date/Time Clients Affected: 2019-02-17 / 05 :00 ET 2019-02-17 / 07 :00 ET All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using the Integrated Import Declaration (IID) and Document Image Functionality (DIF) Description: For maintenance purposes, clients may experience…

Import Systems Unit CFIA 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 February 17, 2019 from 3:00am until 7:00am (EST). Consequently, the CFIA Digital Document Store Application (DDS)…

Start Date/Time End Date/Time Clients Affected: 2019-02-14 08:05 ET 2019-02-15 12:03 ET All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. Description: The system issue reported below has now been resolved. ___________________________________________________________________________…

Finance Minister Bill Morneau has quietly reversed a controversial decision to slap a surtax on two types of Mexican steel imports. Effective Feb. 2, up to a new limit, Mexican energy tubular products (such as those used to build pipelines) and wire rod shipments will no longer cost an extra 25 per…

Following is a message from Environment and Climate Change Canada. With the recent implementation of the Canada Boarder Services Agency’s Single Window Initiative to the commodities regulated by the Transportation Division of Environment and Climate Change Canada, we invite you to disseminate the…

Don't miss this year's Toronto Region General Meeting on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 in Mississauga! We will be providing an overview of IID, the statistics on uptake, and most importantly discuss the unresolved issues! Join the CBSA and CSCB speakers for this great discussion followed by a lovely…