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Union members representing Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd’s (CP) (CP.TO) conductors and locomotive engineers have served a notice to go on strike as early as May 29, according to a union statement released on Saturday. The strike notice comes a day after the union rejected the company’s latest…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced today that it is launching an investigation into whether or not certain cold-rolled steel in coils or cut lengths originating in or exported from China, South Korea and Vietnam is being sold at unfair prices in Canada. It will also investigate…

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: Acipenser schrenckii Encrasicholina devisi Encrasicholina heteroloba Encrasicholina punctifer Holothuria mexicana Holothuria poli…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. For maintenance purposes, clients may experience delays on Sunday, May 27th 2018 from 02:30 to 06:00 (ET) when submitting the Document Image Functionality (DIF). As a result of this delay, the Integrated Import…

Vessel loaded with U.S. sorghum headed to China, then Spain, now Singapore It's rare that a perfect illustration of a trade war comes along. But a ship full of an obscure crop called sorghum has become a token of what can happen. The ship has been zigging and zagging through the ocean for weeks…

The number of Canadian enterprises exporting goods abroad rose by 191 firms in 2017 to 43,480. This change mainly reflected an increase in the number of exporting enterprises in the manufacturing sector. That strength was largely offset by a decline in the retail trade sector. Canadian enterprises…

In 2017, 154,225 enterprises in Canada imported goods from abroad, up 5,339 from 2016. The growth was widespread among every sector of the economy. Small and medium importing enterprises (SMEs) accounted for 98.6% of all importers in the country in 2017. These firms were responsible for 47.3% of…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. For maintenance purposes, all EDI applications will be unavailable on Sunday May 27, 2018 from 04:30 to 06:00 (ET) and from 07:00 to 08:30 (ET). This includes: all incoming data or outbound messages such as…

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers who submit their B3s and AO notification of release queries using the CCS/CADEX system For maintenance purposes, the CCS/CADEX system will be unavailable on Saturday May 26, 2018 from 05:00 to 05:30 (ET) AND Sunday May 27, 2018 from 05:00 to 05:30 (ET)…

The risk of a potential strike at CP Rail could be decided this afternoon once members from two unions complete voting on a three-year deal rejected by their negotiating teams... A Teamsters Canada spokesman says the union expects its members will reject the offer. The union would immediately…

Global trade changes have been dominating headlines since the Trump Administration began rolling out this portion its “America First” policy. It has been difficult to separate the Administration’s public commentary from actual policy changes; in particular in the areas of potential changes to the…

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has updated the “Accredited Veterinarian’s Manual” The following module has been updated: Module 5.10: Export to the U.S.- Birds, Poultry and Hatching Eggs http://www.inspection.gc.ca/animals/terrestrial-animals/diseases/accred……

As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be performing network maintenance on Saturday, May 26th, 2018 and Sunday, May 27th, 2018 from 3:00am until 7:00am (ET). Consequently, the following services may not be…

1. This customs notice is to advise that the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (TPVA) has received Royal Assent and came into force on May 23, 2018. 2. “Vaping products” (formerly known as e-cigarettes and electronic nicotine delivery systems) include vaping devices, and their individual parts such as…

A) Chapter 06 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS codes. NO VERSION CHANGE. 06.02.10.0009.01 - Apple - Unrooted plants. 06.02.10.0009.02 - Crabapple - Unrooted plants. 06.02.10.0009.03 - Apricot - Unrooted plants (Prunus armeniaca). 06.02.10.0009.09 - Prunus spp…

A) Chapter 06 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS codes. NO VERSION CHANGE. 06.02.10.0009.01 - Apple - Unrooted plants. 06.02.10.0009.02 - Crabapple - Unrooted plants. 06.02.10.0009.03 - Apricot - Unrooted plants (Prunus armeniaca). 06.02.10.0009.09 - Prunus spp…

A) Chapter 06 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS codes. NO VERSION CHANGE. 06.02.10.0009.01 - Apple - Unrooted plants. 06.02.10.0009.02 - Crabapple - Unrooted plants. 06.02.10.0009.03 - Apricot - Unrooted plants (Prunus armeniaca). 06.02.10.0009.09 - Prunus spp…

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice that, pursuant to subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act ( SIMA), it has initiated a preliminary injury inquiry to determine whether the evidence discloses a reasonable indication that the dumping and…