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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 first quarter of 2019 (January 1st, 2019 - March 31st, 2019) will be 1.6748.

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has added or modified the common names for the following fish species within the CFIA Fish List: Acanthopagrus schlegelii Clarias gariepinus Crangon crangon Heterocarpus reedi Hippoglossoides platessoides Holothuria scabra Konosirus…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and/or eManifest Portal. The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) of the Canada Border Services Agency Client service support will be available on the Remembrance Day holiday, Monday, November 12, 2018 between…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) of the Canada Border Services Agency Client service support will be available on the Remembrance Day holiday, Monday, November 12, 2018 between 08:00 and 16:00 (Eastern…

Clients Affected: All clients who transmit data electronically and/or using the eManifest portal. Since October 22 and up until November 19 (the survey will be available for one extra week), the TCCU has posted a client survey on the TCCU pages of the CBSA. This is the second annual survey issued by…

Notice received: Thursday 2018-11-08 3:38 PM EST The problem outlined below is now resolved. Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using ED. Please note that CBSA is receiving and processing EDI data. However, there is a delay in sending outbound messages such…

Notice received: Thursday 2018-11-08 2:46 PM EST Further to the problem reported below, we are now able to process outbound data for clients using the direct connects named Fedex, Unisys, Delmar, CN Direct, Sterling, MSR, Livingston, and UPS. ***** Clients Affected: All clients and service providers…

Notice received: Thursday 2018-11-08 1:58 PM EST Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using ED. Please note that CBSA is receiving and processing EDI data. However, there is a delay in sending outbound messages such as acknowledgements, reject messages and…

Notice received: Thursday 2018-11-08 12:53 PM EST Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data through Direct Connects named Fedex, Unisys, Delmar, CN Direct, Sterling, MSR, Livingston, UPS. We are currently unable to process outbound data for clients using the direct…

Canada’s exports are caught between global mega-shifts in both opportunities and risks. On the positive side, global growth is strong, and the primary driver is our top customer. In addition, our US sales now enjoy more certainty, with the signing of the USMCA agreement. A further plus is the steady…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI & eManifest portal. Scheduled Maintenance Outages for 2019 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and eManifest Portal clients of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) are advised that they can expect scheduled…

The CSCB has been advised by a member that CFIA has been taking an extraordinarily long time to advise that goods have been released. Given the sensitivity of goods regulated by the CFIA, this is certainly an issue that needs addressing. Before approaching the CFIA, it would be helpful if we heard…

Clients Affected: All clients who transmit data electronically The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is happy to announce that we are undertaking a pilot test of a new Government of Canada offering called “GCcollab”. By design, it is intended as an…

Clients Affected: All clients using AT&T Communication Lines The CBSA’s Information Science and Technology Branch (ISTB) technical team has advised that due to the older technology of X.400 communication lines as well as their associated costs, the CBSA will be discontinuing support for the AT&T…

Decision and reasons issued Thursday, October 25, 2018 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on August 23, 2018, pursuant to subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (2nd Supp.); AND IN THE MATTER OF eight decisions of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, dated December 13…

The 2018 edition of the WTO’s flagship publication, the World Trade Report, finds that digital technologies — namely the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, 3D printing and Blockchain — will have a profound impact on global trade, adding up to 34 percentage points to trade growth by 2030…