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CBSA Managers’ Telephone Directory for Greater Toronto Area

The CSCB Toronto Region committee has obtained a CBSA Managers’ Telephone Directory for GTA, which is now available on the CSCB Toronto Region page. To access, please log in to your CSCB account, click on the Committees menu item and click on Toronto Region in the Regional Committees section, scroll…
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Toronto Region CSCB-CBSA Trade Operations Division Committee Meetings

Minutes of the CSCB-CBSA TOD committee meetings held on September 14, 2017 and January 11, 2018 are now available on the CSCB Toronto Region page. To access, please log in to your CSCB account, click on the Committees menu item and click on Toronto Region in the Regional Committees section, scroll…
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Family Day - province of New Brunswick

CBSA has confirmed that the province of New Brunswick is included in the list of provinces that acknowledged the February 19, 2018 Family Day holiday. As a result, earlier messages indicating that any late accounting penalties due to the holiday will be waived without the client having to submit an…

CFIA-AIRS Updates February 21st, 2018

A) Chapter 01 was published to change the release recommendation from “Refer to CFIA - Veterinary inspection” to “Refuse entry” for the following HS codes with the end use “Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution” originating from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cambodia, Democratic People…
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Two important events for CSCB members in 2018!!

This year’s CSCB Annual National Conference will have a different focus and a unique venue. Save the dates of Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 for CSCB 2018 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico!! With our Accessing Ottawa forum on Feb. 28, 2018 in Ottawa focused on providing members and your clients with direct access to…

New Excise Duty Rates on Spirits, Wine, and Beer

The following new documents are now available on the Canada.ca website: EDN46 Excise Duty Rates on Spirits and Wine Effective April 1, 2018 EDBN24 Excise Duty Rates on Beer Effective April 1, 2018

CFIA-AIRS Updates February 19th, 2018

A) Chapter 01 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS codes with the end uses “Breeding”, “Other end uses”, Temporary stay in Canada”, “Feeding for slaughter” and Racing” originating from the United States. NO VERSION CHANGE. 01.06.39.2098 - Pigeons and doves over 3 days…
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ARL Update – 16 February 2018

Our regular meeting with CBSA’s ARL team was held earlier this week. Here are the key points of information from that session. Status of Financial Institutions. Please click here. We continue to raise with CBSA our serious concerns with the limited electronic payment alternatives available for…

Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on February 10 and 17, 2018. Canadian International Trade Tribunal Appeal: Notice No. HA-2017-021 Order: Stainless steel sinks Environment, Dept. of the, and Dept. of Health Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 Publication after…

Canada seeks Mercosur free trade deal amid NAFTA uncertainty

The Canadian government plans to open free trade talks with the four-nation Mercosur trading bloc in South America, an official said on Friday, at a time when the future of NAFTA is facing increasing uncertainty.... Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is set to arrive in Paraguay on March 9…
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Two important events for CSCB members in 2018!!

This year’s CSCB Annual National Conference will have a different focus and a unique venue. Save the dates of Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 for CSCB 2018 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico!! With our “Accessing Ottawa” forum (Feb. 28, 2018 in Ottawa) focused on providing members and your clients with direct access to…

CFIA Scheduled System Maintenance, 17 February

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, February 17th, 2018 from 3:00am until 7:00am (ET). Consequently, the following services may not be available: Automated Import…

Changes to AIRS for cheese products

Effective April 3, 2018, the Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) database will be updated to distinguish between cheese manufactured from pasteurized and unpasteurized milk. The description of the following OGD extensions will be changed to identify pasteurized milk products: 04.06.10.3566 -…

CBSA Message (TCC18-018) – EDI Scheduled Maintenance Outage,18 February

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. For maintenance purposes, all EDI applications will be unavailable on Sunday, February 18, 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…

CFIA-AIRS Updates February 15th, 2018

Chapter 20 was published to add an OGD extension. 20.05.99.3002- Vegetable preparations containing less than 20 % fish. Please verify your version numbers before submitting through EDI. If you have any questions, please contact your National Import Service Centre.