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EICS / EXCOL Bulletin – Seasonal Holidays

The Bureau’s offices will be closed on December 25, 26 and January 1 (no officers or Help Desk staff will be available). The EICS and EXCOL systems will be available during normal hours.

CBSA Message (TCC17-246)- CFIA Digital document store

Notice received: Thurs 2017-12-21 5:37 PM ET Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit EDI trade data to CFIA. Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Digital Document Store (DDS) is currently experiencing technical difficulties. During this time…
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CETA and the Registered Exporter

As a result of questions regarding requirements for completion of the CETA Origin Declaration in the EU, the CSCB contacted the European Commission. Today, we received the following response from the Directorate General for Trade. In the EU, the REX system is applied since 1 January 2017 for the…

Eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference

The Eleventh Ministerial Conference (MC11) took place from 10 to 13 December 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was chaired by Minister Susana Malcorra of Argentina. The Conference ended with a number of ministerial decisions, including on fisheries subsidies and duties on electronic transmissions…

CBSA Message (TCC17-245) - Holidays Schedule

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) office will be closed on Monday, December 25, 2017, Tuesday, December 26, 2017 and Monday, January 1, 2018, however, the CBSA external client support will be operating…

CBSA Message (TCC17-244) - Holidays Schedule

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and/or the eManifest Portal. The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) of the Canada Border Services Agency will be closed on the statutory holiday of Monday, December 25 2017, Tuesday , December 26 2017and…

WCO Holds Major Conferences on E-Commerce and AEO

CSCB members may be interested in upcoming WCO (World Customs Organization) events on E-Commerce and AEO (Authorized Economic Operator). The WCO’s first Global E-Commerce Conference will be held in Beijing, China on 9-10 February, followed by the 4th Global AEO Conference in Kampala, Uganda on 14-16…

What was this year’s big surprise?

"I know enough of the world now, to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything…” So wrote Dickens in David Copperfield, and it could well describe this past year. Shocks and shock-talk have become so commonplace that it would indeed be a surprise if there were no major…

Softwood Lumber Export Permit Monitoring Program

20-12-2017 - Softwood Lumber Export Permit Monitoring Program - continued use of the Canadian tariff classifications set out in Annex 1B of the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement This message is in reference to the message posted on January 23, 2016 titled “ For the purposes of the Softwood Lumber…

CFIA-AIRS Updates December 19th, 2017

A) Chapter 08 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS code originating from the Republic of Korea. NO VERSION CHANGE. 08.08.10.4001 - Apples (fresh). (Malus spp.). B) Chapter 12 was published to change the release recommendation from “Approved” to “Refer to CFIA – NISC”…

CBSA Message (TCC17-243) - CBSA System Outage Contingency Plan

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and/or the CBSA eManifest Portal The Canada Border Services Agency System Outage Contingency Plan has recently been updated. While the procedures remain relatively the same the document itself has been shortened…
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IID Statistics - Update

CBSA has provided the CSCB with updated statistics on IID uptake. Previous statistics were posted on November 20 and these, plus those just received, are shown below. Members are reminded that as of April 1, 2018, two service options, EDI OGD PARS (463) and EDI OGD RMD (471), will no longer be…

U.S. auto-content NAFTA demands based on faulty data

U.S. demands in NAFTA negotiations for higher levels of U.S. and North American content in automobiles are based on faulty data, the Bank of Nova Scotia says. The share of North American parts in vehicles assembled in Canada and Mexico has grown since 2011, a new study by the bank says, disputing U…

Canada adds Ukraine to Automatic Firearms Country Control List

...[On December 13, 2017] The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, ...announced that Canada will include Ukraine in the Automatic Firearms Country Control List (AFCCL). This change, announced in the Canada Gazette, will enable Canadian companies and individuals to apply for a…

Canada Gazette - Official Regulations

The following was published in Part II of the Canada Gazette on December 13, 2017. Automatic Firearms Country Control List — Order Amending Export and Imports Permits Act SOR/2017-248 24/11/17 Fees in Respect of Drugs and Medical Devices Regulations (DIN Requirements for Drugs Listed in Schedule C…

Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on December 16, 2017. Canada Border Services Agency Special Import Measures Act Certain carbon and alloy steel line pipe — Decision Canadian International Trade Tribunal Appeals: Notice No. HA-2017-017 Expiry review of finding: Carbon steel…