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Loonie: Parity-Bound?
August 4, 2017
Uh-oh, it’s taking off again. Our dollar got restless last week, and it’s catching. Its nascent liftoff has filled the airwaves with ‘loonie logic’, of varied sorts. At the same time, exporters have legitimate fears of a march back to the ‘parity-plus’ zone. After all, only three years ago, we were…
2017 CSCB National Conference Program Now Available!
August 3, 2017
Just a reminder to register today for the CSCB's 2017 National Conference! Don't miss the opportunity to discuss the future of Canada’s customs brokers in both formal and fun settings. Take a look at the conference program and register today!
EICS/EXCOL Bulletin - Civic Holiday
August 3, 2017
Monday, August 7, 2017 is a holiday. The Trade Controls Bureau offices will be closed (no officers or Help Desk staff will be available). The EICS and EXCOL systems will be available during normal hours.
Foreign Trade Zone designation to bring jobs and business opportunities to Windsor-Essex
August 3, 2017
FTZ title will help promote the region and attract investors Windsor-Essex has been designated a Foreign Trade Zone, a title federal politicians hope will help bring business opportunities and jobs to the region. The area is the eighth such zone in Canada, according to Minister of Innovation…
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Outstanding Release Requests
August 2, 2017
Members may have received notices from CBSA listing transactions that are in ACROSS with no associated release. The notice then asks that a response or voluntary entry be submitted within 15 days of receiving the report. The notice also states that a penalty may apply for failure to comply with CBSA…
EICS Bulletin - Opening of the application period (CETA) - (TRQ) for cheese
August 2, 2017
Opening of the application period for the new Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) tariff rate quota (TRQ) for cheese The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act received Royal Assent on May 16, 2017. As per Canada’s commitments under the…
Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations
August 2, 2017
The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on July 22 and 29, 2017. Canadian International Trade Tribunal Amendment of order Certain carbon steel fasteners Appeal Notice No. HA-2017-007 Notice No. HA-2017-008 Environment, Dept. of the, and Dept. of Health Canadian Environmental…
Excise and GST/HST News - No. 102
August 2, 2017
Canada Revenue Agency has released the following publication: Excise and GST/HST News – No. 102 (July 2017)
Canada gives in to EU concerns, revises plan for European cheese imports
August 1, 2017
European trade deal takes hold Sept. 21 with 18,000 tonnes of new cheese imports phased in over 5 years Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne has disappointed Canada's dairy industry with a reworked plan for how nearly 18,000 tonnes of European cheeses will be imported once Canada-EU trade deal…
Annual Report to Parliament on the Privacy Act
August 1, 2017
The CBSA has released its annual report on privacy requests made to the CBSA. http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/agency-agence/reports-rapports/pia-efvp/pa-l…
Annual Report to Parliament on the Access to Information Act
August 1, 2017
The CBSA has released its annual report on access to information requests made to the CBSA. http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/agency-agence/reports-rapports/pia-efvp/aia-…
Exporting goods from Canada: A handy guide
August 1, 2017
The BCCC Export sub-committee, which includes representation from the CSCB, have been working on combining the “Export Step-by-Step Guide” and the “Handy Guide”. The CBSA has published this revised content on their website as “Exporting goods from Canada: A handy guide”. It is now available on the…
Canada’s State of Trade: Trade and Investment Update – 2017
August 1, 2017
Canada’s State of Trade annual report, produced by Global Affairs Canada, is now available on the GAC website. Stronger manufacturing and trade activity, supported by partial recovery in commodity prices, has been observed in multiple regions and economies in the second half of 2016, leading many…
CN 17-06, Changes to the CBSA Policies Respecting the Importation and Transportation of Goods
August 1, 2017
Changes to the Canada Border Services Agency Policies Respecting the Importation and Transportation of Goods (Delivery Requirements of Consolidated Cargo to Type CW Sufferance Warehouses) 1. This notice is for the attention of carriers, importers, freight forwarders and sufferance warehouse…
Alberta beef industry hit by Japanese tariff hike
August 1, 2017
11.5 % jump targets frozen beef from Canada and other countries Alberta beef producers are facing a big tariff hike in Japan and they're not happy about it. Japan is imposing temporary tariffs of 50 per cent, up from 38.5 per cent, on imports of frozen beef from Canada and other countries, including…
Trump’s Buy America NAFTA objectives ‘rather outrageous,’ says trade lawyer
August 1, 2017
The United States wants to maintain and even expand the Buy America provisions that restrict government procurement to companies using materials from within its borders, while making it easier for U.S. firms to get those contracts in Canada and Mexico. The contradictory goal was among the objectives…
NAFTA Freight Flows Continue to Rise Ahead of Renegotiation
August 1, 2017
The value of monthly freight flows between the U.S. and its NAFTA partners totaled $98.2 billion in May, up 7.8 percent from April and 9.4 percent from a year earlier, according to [U.S.] Department of Transportation statistics. The year-on-year increase was the seventh consecutive month of such…
Business Barometer: Confidence remains stalled
August 1, 2017
Canada's small business optimism failed to pick itself up in July, slipping 0.2 points to 60.7, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)’s Business Barometer®. “Below par results in Ontario are continuing to weigh down cross-country confidence,” said Ted Mallett, CFIB…
T2017-4, Customs Tariff Update
August 1, 2017
Further to the customs notice 17-25 posted on July 24, the updated tariff (T2017-4) is now available on the CBSA website at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2017/menu-eng.ht…. This update includes the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) rates of duty.
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ARL Update- ePayments with CIBC
August 1, 2017
Further to our July 20 message in which we advised that CIBC was not ready to process commercial online banking payments for CBSA accounts, CBSA has just advised that CIBC is now ready to do so. The online banking “payee” name is CBSA CUSTOMERS/ASFC DOUANES