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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has recently updated the CFIA Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) web page ( www.inspection.gc.ca/airs) to include the following AIRS Code Lists; AIRS End Use Code; AIRS Miscellaneous Code; and CFIA AIRS Registration Types. The lists are now both…

Start Date/Time 2017-05-24 1: 50 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, reject…

Following is a notice from CN Rail. CSCB will provide updates on this situation as they become available. Dear Customers and Supply Chain Partners, I am writing to update you on the status of our current labour negotiations with the TCRC. The Teamster’s Canada Rail Conference is the union…

This memorandum has been revised to: (a) Include carrier requirements for tow truck operations. (b) Add definition of shipper/consignor (c) Update definitions of carrier, ECCRD, & port of report (d) Provide additional clarity for mixed loads of released and unreleased goods (e) Update the outage…

ARL Bulletin 35 provides standardized subject lines for emails to the CARM mailbox. Use of these subject lines will support the ARL support team in their management of incoming requests. The subject lines provided include one for Importer Account Balance Overview Reports. Please see ARL Bulletin 31…

Please note that as part of the Canada Border Services Agency's (CBSA) ongoing efforts to improve client service, a maintenance window of the production database is scheduled for Sunday, May 28, 2017 from 04:30 to 06:00 and from 07:00 to 08:30 (EST). The CFIA Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)…

Drowning in data is easy to do in our digital world. Technology has created the ability and the appetite for creating ever-increasing volumes of data. The exponential increase in global trade over the past 30 years has put pressure on statistical agencies to probe ever deeper into the details of…

As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service please be advised that Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be performing preventative maintenance on Saturday May 27th, 2017 from 6:30am until 8:00pm (EST). Consequently, the following CFIA services may not be available: Automated Import…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. Please read the attached document: Bulletin 33 Reporting of the Goods and Service Tax and Importer Direct Security Options Indicator on Form B3 Bulletin 33 Indicateurs d'options sur le B3 pour la déclaration de la…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. Please read the attached document: Bulletin 34 Proof of Payment when Appealing a Commercial Adjustment Bulletin 34 Preuve de paiement lors d'un appel relatif au rajustement du secteur commercial

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 27, 2017 from 05:00 to 05:30 (ET) AND Sunday May 28, 2017 from 05:00 to 05:30 (ET)…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. For maintenance purposes, all Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) applications will be unavailable on May 28, 2017 from 04:30 to 06:00 (ET) AND from 07:00 to 08:30 (ET). This includes: all incoming data or outbound…

You’re invited to a night at the Theatre! Those attending the CSCB Toronto/Ontario Regions Annual Conference on June 16th in Stratford are invited to join us on Thursday, June 15th for an evening at the theatre! A welcome reception for all delegates will be taking place on that evening in the…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. The CBSA would like to thank those of you who participated in the webinars on May 10, 17 and 24, 2017 regarding the display of open payment credits on the statement of accounts (SOAs), commencing May 25, 2017. We…