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IN THE MATTER OF an inquiry, pursuant to section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: CERTAIN FABRICATED INDUSTRIAL STEEL COMPONENTS ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN Finding issued Thursday, May 25, 2017…

1. The purpose of this notice is to advise that: (a) effective May 12, 2017 the company located at 7867 Express Street, Burnaby, BC has surrendered their “BW” type highway sufferance warehouse licence. (b) the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has decided not to advertise for a new highway…

1. To prevent the introduction of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) into Canada’s ecosystems and to protect native species of salamanders, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is implementing import restrictions on all species of salamanders entering Canada for a…

This memorandum has been revised to Update the sealing requirements Remove reference to Memorandum D10-14-19, Administrative Procedures for the Importation of Non-beverage Ethyl Alcohol. This memorandum outlines the procedures to be followed for the interprovincial and international transportation…

In response to the recent outages, CBSA has reissued its outage contingency plans. The CSCB continues to pursue not just a review of these plans but also an understanding and resolution of the root causes of the outages that continue to occur. Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who…

CN said today that the Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference – Conductors, Trainpersons and Yardpersons (TCRC-CTY), which represents approximately 3,000 CN conductors and yard operations employees in Canada, has given the company a 72-hour notice of its intention to strike as of 0400 hours Eastern…

Staying on top of the rules and procedures governing imports and exports is a time consuming proposition. Take a short cut by attending the CSCB Toronto/Ontario Regions Annual Conference scheduled for June 16 in Stratford. During one of the conference’s morning sessions, CBSA representatives from…

Start Date/Time 2017-05-24 1: 50 ET End Date/Time 2017-05-26 17:30 ET The system issue reported below has now been resolved. 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…

A) Chapter 02 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS codes with the end uses "In transit through Canada" and "Other end uses" originating from Japan. 02.01.10.5001 - Beef 02.01.10.5002 - Veal 02.01.20.5007 - Beef 02.01.20.5008 - Veal 02.01.30.5013 - Beef - fresh or…

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…