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CBSA Message (TCC19-004) – Barley Products Tariff Rate Quota

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers who use EDI to transmit their trade data. Reference: Notice to Importers, Serial No. 934 dated December 17, 2018 Please be advised that the barley products tariff rate quota (TRQ) will be filled on January 16, 2019. Consequently, January 16, 2019 (at 11:59…

CCS Designation Renewal for 2019 is Now Open

Happy New Year! Congratulations to all CCS designates who acquired 20 professional development points in 2018! You are eligible to renew your designation for 2019. The renewal is now open until March 1, 2019. If you are paying for your renewal, please refer to section 1. If you expect to be covered…

CBSA Message (TCC19-003) - Delays in Processing ALL EDI and Portal Messages

Notice received: Friday 2019-01-04 11:51 AM EST 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 inbound data. However, there is a delay in sending outbound messages such as…

CBSA Message (TCC19-002) – LVS Releases for December 2018

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers who submit their B3s and AO notification of release queries using the CCS/CADEX system. All Low Value Shipment (LVS) releases for the period of December 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018 should be consolidated and must be transmitted to the CBSA by Thursday…

CSCB Webinar: ARL - Upcoming Changes

Join us on Friday, January 11 at 1 pm ET for a webinar session on the recent and upcoming ARL changes led by Marc Séguin, CBSA Director of Revenue Accounting and Reporting and Janice McBride, CSCB Vice President. Marc and Janice will also provide an update on the Financial Institutions and offer…
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CPTPP Origin Certification – Element 5

Element 5 of the origin certification text for the CPTPP is for “Importer” and reads as follows: 5. Importer Provide, if known, the importer’s name, address, e-mail address and telephone number. The address of the importer shall be in a TPP country. The CSCB has asked CBSA to clarify this data…

CCS Designation Renewal for 2019 is Now Open

Happy New Year! Congratulations to all CCS designates who acquired 20 professional development points in 2018! You are eligible to renew your designation for 2019. The renewal is now open until March 1, 2019. If you are paying for your renewal, please refer to section 1. If you expect to be covered…

CBSA Message (TCC19-001) - Delays in Processing ALL EDI and Portal Messages

Notice received: Thursday 2019-01-03 1:14 PM EST 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 inbound data. However, there is a delay in sending outbound messages such as…

Post Brexit, the U.K. and Canada can fuel global sustainability

A “circular economy” is one that avoids waste and instead innovatively reuses or regenerates end products. That’s in contrast to today’s largely “linear” economy, in which products are dumped as waste after we’re finished with them — losing value and damaging our environment. With a circular economy…

Business Barometer: Small business sentiment nosedived in December

CFIB’s Business Barometer® Index fell 7.6 points from November's lacklustre reading to hit 53.6 this month--a two-and-a-half year low. Concerns were most likely brought on by low export prices for domestic oil and fears of what that would mean throughout the supply chain. These prices are volatile…

Why Canada raced to get in on the CPTPP trade deal

The Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership, the 11-country Asia-Pacific trade agreement revived after being abandoned by the Americans, ...[took effect on December 30]. Agrifood exporters and consumers shopping for Japanese cars could benefit right away. But Canada's greater goals…
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CPTPP – Certification of Origin - Updated

CBSA has confirmed that there is no requirement to provide proof of CPTPP origin for commercial goods with an estimated value of less than CDN $1,600. Additional information regarding origin certification and regulatory amendments can be found in Customs Notices 18-22 and 18-27. January 3, 2019…

CCS Designation Renewal for 2019 is Now Open

Happy New Year! Congratulations to all CCS designates who acquired 20 professional development points in 2018! You are eligible to renew your designation for 2019. The renewal is now open until March 1, 2019. If you are paying for your renewal, please refer to section 1. If you expect to be covered…

Message from CBSA re: NYK Nebula

The following message is from CBSA in British Columbia. Ocean Network Express (ONE), the vessel operator for the NYK Nebula, voyage 62, has advised CBSA that she has skipped Fraser Surrey Docks as a port of call. Regrettably, an electronic arrival was transmitted to CBSA systems; therefore you will…

Safe Food for Canadians Licences now Available for Food Businesses

Food business owners across Canada can now apply for a licence under the new Safe Food for Canadians Regulations by accessing the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s online portal, My CFIA... Food business owners are encouraged to apply for a licence now in order to be ready when the regulations come…

Canada Gazette - Official Regulations

The following was published in Part II of the Canada Gazette on December 26, 2018. In-Transit Steel Goods Remission Order - Customs Tariff SOR/2018-288 17/12/18 Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Extension of a CPTPP Tariff to Australia, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore and Vietnam) — Order…

Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on December 22 and 29, 2018. Canadian International Trade Tribunal Expiry review of order Structural tubing Finding Sucker rods Environment, Dept. of the, and Dept. of Health Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 Publication of final…
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Customs Notice 18-27 - Clarification

Further to the message posted earlier today, CBSA has advised that there will not be any specific Certificate of Origin form created for CPTPP and the certification of origin only needs to meet the minimum requirements of information contained in CPTPP Annex 3B. As form B239 was created to support…