Trade News

Start Date/Time 2017-04-25 07:44 ET Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. 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 to…

CCS and CTCS Designates are reminded that free quizzes will be offered during 2017 on the following dates: Available Due Quiz 2 June 8 June 29 Quiz 3 October 5 October 26 As always, each quiz is worth ten professional development points toward maintenance of the CCS designation and/or five credits…

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross stood beside Donald Trump as the U.S. president called Canada's actions against American trade interests "a disgrace." "That also includes what's happening along our northern border states with Canada, having to do with lumber and timber," he said, a vague snark…

Irving Paper Ltd. has had its tariff reduced from 18 per cent to 5.97 per cent by the United States Department of Commerce following its expedited review of supercalendered paper from Canada. The reduction comes after the tariff was upheld earlier this week by the North American Free Trade Agreement…

Looking for the latest news about border policies and procedures in British Columbia? Register today for the CSCB BC Region Annual Conference, featuring sessions specifically designed for your business. This year’s event will take place on Thursday, April 27 at the Westin Wall Centre, Vancouver…

Looking for the latest news about border policies and procedures in the Quebec region? Register today for the CSCB Quebec Region Annual Conference, featuring sessions specifically designed for your business. This year’s event will take place on Thursday, May 4 at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal…

Are you still on the fence about attending the BC Region Annual Conference? We are thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for delegates attending next week’s event. Thanks to the longstanding relationship between CSCB and CBSA, we will be hosting a panel featuring the CBSA staff closest to you…

The ACROSS EDI release requests received report for March 2017 is available on the CSCB website ( download). The national EDI percent was 96.30.

Clients Affected: Some external clients who transmit trade data using EDI. For maintenance purposes, all EDI applications will be unavailable on Sunday April 23, 2017 from 04:30 to 06:00 ET as well as between 07:00 and 08:30 ET to some external clients. This includes: all incoming data or outbound…

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 23, 2017 from 04:30 to 06:00 and from 07:00 to 08:30 (EST). The CFIA Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)…

After consultations with government partners and industry stakeholders, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has posted a final Risk Management Document on Rhagoletis pomonella (apple maggot) in the southern interior of British Columbia. Read the Risk Management Document: http://www.inspection…

Please note, CFIA provided a correction to this notice on April 27. 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 Products Destined to…

More European cheese is set to ship to Canada tariff free this summer, as a hotly anticipated part of the EU trade deal rolls in. Nearly 18,000 tonnes may sound like a lot. It's actually a rare, thin slice of Canada's tightly controlled cheese market. The knives are out among those eager to carve it…

Port Hawkesbury Paper has won a round in its ongoing battle against a 20 per cent tariff imposed on the glossy paper it exports to the United States. A North American Free Trade Agreement panel has challenged the basis for imposing the duty, including a claim the paper company's electricity rate is…

Three more ministers from Justin Trudeau's cabinet will be in the United States this week, as the federal government continues to lobby American leaders and lawmakers about the importance of maintaining unfettered trade between the two countries. With U.S. President Donald Trump hoping to…

Australia and New Zealand dairy industry leaders said on Wednesday they would support moves by the United States to draw the World Trade Organization into a trade dispute with Canada, after President Donald Trump said existing rules were unfair. Canada's dairy farmers and processors, including…