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CETA Origin Declarations and Electronic Signatures – UPDATE

The CSCB posted a message on November 14 indicating that CBSA would accept declarations of origin for goods that originate under CETA if they are signed with an electronic signature. Other information regarding completion of the declaration of origin was included in that message. CBSA has added to…

CETA for Textiles and Apparel Webinar

The Canadian Apparel Federation and guest speaker Marc Ticehurst of Milgram & Company Ltd. are offering a 90-minute webinar on Canada’s most important free trade agreement since NAFTA. On September 21, 2017 the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) came into effect. This allowed Canada…

NAFTA's potential end would hurt, but BMO says it's a 'manageable risk'

Termination of the North American Free Trade Agreement would hurt the Canadian economy, but it is a "manageable risk" that businesses, markets and policymakers would adjust to fairly quickly, BMO says in recently released report. BMO's study, entitled "The Day after NAFTA," also suggests that…

CBSA Message (TCC17-227) - Delays in Processing All EDI and Portal Messages

Notice received: Tues 2017-11-28 6:42 AM ET 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 acknowledgements…

CBSA Message (TCC17-226) - Closure of ICECORP Logistic Inc.

CBSA has issued the following notice regarding the bankruptcy of ICECORP Logistic Inc. At this time, there is no official information available regarding the status of the Customs accounts of ICECORP’s former clients. As soon as more information is provided to us, we will advise members. Over the…
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More IID Statistics

The CBSA has provided the CSCB with IID statistics related to Participating Government Agencies. The percentages in the chart below are tied to the number of IID releases compared to the number of IID releases for that month. For example, 1108 IIDs were submitted in April. Of these, 27 (2%) were for…
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CETA – Blanket Declaration Clarification

The CSCB requested clarification from CBSA regarding the use of a blanket declaration of origin for goods originating under CETA and we have now received a response. CBSA’s message follows and if members have any additional questions, please send them to the CSCB at [email protected] To respond to your…
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

The following message is from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Dear Industry Stakeholders, In the past few weeks, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a few documents that could be of interest to Canadian companies exporting to the United States. Compliance date Guide On October 23…

CBSA Message (TCC17-218): REMINDER - TCCU Client Survey

Clients Affected: All clients who transmit data electronically and/or using the eManifest portal. The TCCU posted a client survey on the TCCU pages of the CBSA website on November 15, 2017. This survey will be posted for 3 weeks with the purpose of collecting feedback directly from clients that…

CFIA-AIRS Updates, 27 November

A) Chapter 02 was published to remove a registration type to the following HS codes with the end uses: “In transit through Canada” and “Other end uses” originating from Poland. NO VERSION CHANGE. 02.03.11.5050 - Pork, fresh or chilled 02.03.12.5054 - Pork, fresh or chilled - bone in 02.03.19.5058 -…

Canada Gazette - Official Regulations

The following was published in Part II of the Canada Gazette on November 15, 2017. Import Control List — Order Amending Export and Import Permits Act SOR/2017-230 02/11/17 Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (Standards 101 and 111) — Regulations Amending Motor Vehicle Safety Act SOR/2017-231 02/11/17…

Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on November 11, 18 and 25, 2017. Special Import Measures Act Certain copper pipe fittings — Decisions Certain polyethylene terephthalate resin — Decisions Canadian International Trade Tribunal Commencement of preliminary injury inquiry…

CSCB Webinar: Managing Risk under CBSA’s New Payments Policy

The CSCB would like to invite you to a webinar session on the CBSA's new ARL payments policy and the proposed credit re-allocation procedures. Led by Marc Séguin, Director, Revenue Accounting and Reporting Division, CBSA, the webinar will be hosted on Thursday, December 7 at 1:00 to 2:30 pm ET…

CFIA-AIRS Updates, 23 November

A) Chapter 01 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS codes with the end use “Canadian Horses returning to Canada” originating from New Mexico. 01.01.21 - Horses: Pure-bred breeding animals. 01.01.29 - Horses: Other. 01.01.30 - Asses. 01.01.90 - Other. 01.06.19.2082.14 -…
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Accounting Overrides – Clarification

CBSA has provided clarification regarding requests for accounting overrides and the difference between the override process and submission of a B2. First, they have confirmed that an error may be rectified through an accounting override before the Statement of Account (SOA) is generated. They have…

Australian official lashes out at Trudeau amid spat over Pacific trade deal

A spat between Canada and Australia is heating up as Australian officials signal they will block Canada's admission to Asia's premier security forum, the East Asia Summit, amid tensions over the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. An Australian news report suggests that country's leadership has…