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Start Date/Time 2017-04-27 09:30 ET Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and Portal. We are experiencing delays in processing all EDI and portal messages. There is a backlog in processing data. We are working to resolve this problem and will update…

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, April 30, 2017 from 04:30 to 06:00 and from 07:00 to 08:30 (EST). The CFIA Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)…

U.S. President Donald Trump told the leaders of Canada and Mexico on Wednesday that he will not terminate the NAFTA treaty at this stage, but will move quickly to begin renegotiating it with them, a White House statement said. The announcement came after White House officials disclosed that Trump…

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 Tuesday May 2nd, 2017 from 5:00am until 7:00am (EST). Consequently, the following service will not be available: Automated Shipment…

In our last ARL Update, we advised that CBSA would resume posting of unused payments in the SOA Opening Balance, starting with the May 25 SOA. Watch for further details from CBSA regarding webinars on this change that are planned for May 10 and 17. Clients Affected: All clients and service providers…

Customs brokers may have experienced situations where expected transactions have not appeared on your DN. CBSA is addressing a potential cause of posting failure with this Bulletin that announces additional information that will now appear on Broker DNs. Clients Affected: All clients and service…

The message issued on April 20th contained errors, please see the corrected version below. Please be advised that there are new certification requirements for the export of poultry meat and poultry meat products to Singapore. As of December 1, 2016, Annex B "Veterinary Certificate for Poultry Meat…

Final determination on the softwood duties will be made in September New Brunswick sawmills are facing an uncertain future after the U.S. administration of President Donald Trump announced tariffs of almost 20 per cent on softwood lumber from the province. While that number is only preliminary, the…

1. This memorandum has been updated to reflect requirements under the Ozone-depleting Substances and Halocarbon Alternatives Regulations that came into force on December 29, 2016, and replaced the Ozone-depleting Substances Regulations, 1998. Main revisions to this memorandum include: the…

This memorandum outlines and explains the interpretation of the term “for processing”, as they appear in Chapters 1 to 21 and tariff item 9907.00.00 of the Customs Tariff . This memorandum replaces D10-14-2, Administrative Policy – Tariff Interpretation of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables for Processing…

A draft executive order that would withdraw the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement is under consideration, a senior administration official said on Wednesday, confirming an earlier report from Politico. It is unclear whether the order will be enacted by President Donald Trump…

Canada and the United States have made progress in recent days on a dispute over Canadian lumber exports "but we are not there yet", Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Wednesday. Freeland, speaking to reporters on a conference call, also said the United States should treat Canada…

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has updated the Mexico requirements for fish and their products. A master certificate is required for all fish exported to Mexico. These changes are effective immediately. For more information, please consult the following link: http…

Notice received: Wed 2017-04-26 2:16 AM EDT Clients Affected: All importers, brokers and services providers who use EDI to transmit their data CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) / Accounts Receivable Ledger (ARL) Please be advised that the DN scheduled to be issued on April 26, 2017 is…

A) Chapter 05 was published to: i) modify the import conditions for the following HS codes originating from the United States. NO VERSION CHANGE. 05.11.99.1291.01 - Animal oocytes - bovine. ii) modify the import conditions for the following HS codes originating from all countries. NO VERSION CHANGE…

Clients Affected: All marine carriers, air carriers and service provider who transmit trade data using EDI. The following is an important message for all air and marine carriers: Air and marine carriers must ensure that cargo reports correctly indicate whether a shipment is import, in-transit or…

On April 25, 2017, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) made final determinations of dumping with respect to certain fabricated industrial steel components (FISC) originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China (China), the Republic of Korea (Korea) and the Kingdom of Spain (Spain…

Exploratory free trade talks are underway this week as Canadian and Chinese officials visit one another's countries to discuss what a potential agreement might look like. Chinese officials are gathering at the offices at Global Affairs Canada, while two federal ministers, International Trade…

The United States will impose preliminary anti-subsidy duties averaging 20 percent on imports of Canadian softwood lumber, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Monday, escalating a long-running trade dispute between the two neighbors. The move, which affects some $5.66 billion worth of imports of…

Start Date/Time 2017-04-25 07:44 ET End Date/Time 2017-04-25 09:27 ET The system issue reported below has now been resolved. We are experiencing intermittent problems processing inbound data and are still unable to process outbound data for clients using the Customs Internet Gateway We are working…