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Canada, China to attend summit on free trade after TPP collapse

Canada and China are joining a mid-March summit hosted by Chile on how to advance trade in Asia-Pacific now that Donald Trump has pulled the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and ceded leadership in the region. It’s the first effort to move beyond the rubble of the TPP deal – dead…

CBSA Message (TCC17-025 – Update) - Late Daily Notice (DN)

Update: The issue has been resolved. The scheduled DN is currently being transmitted. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. ***** CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) / Accounts Receivable Ledger (ARL) RE: LATE DN Please be advised that the DN scheduled to be issued on…

CBSA Message (TCC17-025) – Late Daily Notice (DN)

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) RE: LATE DN Please be advised that the DN scheduled to be issued on February 10, 2017, is late and will be issued as…

Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump to meet Monday in Washington

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet in person for the first time on Monday in Washington, D.C., the Prime Minister's Office has confirmed. ...Trudeau's director of communications, said that the leaders "look forward to discussing ‎the unique relationship between…

Disintegrative Trade?

The world has become saturated with IT. Immediately the mind goes to information technology, but wait; there’s another big IT out there: integrative trade. That was a term we coined here at EDC many years ago to describe the increasing worldwide entwinement of exports, imports and cross-border…

CBSA Possible Strike

Further to our message of February 6, there is no additional information to report regarding possible strike action by CBSA employees. Should information become available, we will advise members. For members wishing to follow this issue, they can do so by visiting the Public Service Alliance of…

Canadian international merchandise trade, December 2016

Canada's merchandise trade balance with the world recorded its second consecutive monthly surplus, narrowing from a revised $1.0 billion in November to $923 million in December. Exports were up 0.8% on the strength of higher energy product prices. Imports increased 1.0%, mainly on stronger imports…

Ministers cycle through Washington ahead of Trump-Trudeau talks

Canadian cabinet ministers are fanning throughout the U.S. capital this week to meet members of the new Trump administration, laying the groundwork for an anticipated visit by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as well as the upcoming renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Three…

Webinar on reporting system for the Products Containing Mercury Regulations

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) would like to invite you to participate in a Web information session on the Online Reporting System for the Products Containing Mercury Regulations (the Regulations), which is part of ECCC’s Single Window Information Manager (SWIM) system. This online…

Tearing up NAFTA will cause all three member countries to lose jobs

Tearing up the North American Free Trade Agreement will mean lost jobs in all three member countries, says the head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. But Tom Donohue also said there are ways to improve the 23-year-old trade deal between Canada, Mexico and the United States and there’s potential to…

CFIA AIRS Updates, 8 February

Chapter 01 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS codes originating from the United States. NO VERSION CHANGE. 01.04.10 - Live sheep 01.04.20 - Live goats Please verify your version numbers before submitting through EDI. If you have any questions, please contact your…

EDC Export Performance Monitor - February 2017

After a collapse in energy prices crimped Canadian exports to start 2016, their recovery resulted in December export growth of 0.8%. This resulted in Canada recording its second consecutive monthly trade surplus with the world and was the third consecutive monthly increase in exports. However…

Information for Seed Graders and Seed Import Conformity Assessors

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has updated the Guide to the Evaluation of Candidate Seed Graders and Seed Import Conformity Assessors. The purpose of this Guide is to inform candidates of the general structure of the various parts of the evaluations and provide a list of species with…

Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on February 4, 2017. Canada Border Services Agency Special Import Measures Act Certain fabricated industrial steel components — Decisions Canadian International Trade Tribunal Appeal Notice No. HA-2016-023 Commencement of inquiry Certain…

Webinars on Food Labelling Modernization

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is holding webinars on proposals to modernize the food labelling system. The webinars will review the reasons for change, present highlights of what we heard from our first phases of consultations and outline the proposals for a more modern food labelling…
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Public consultation on the proposed Safe Food for Canadians Regulations

Sent by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Border Commercial Consultative Committee (BCCC) Secretariat On behalf of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Dear BCCC Members, The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is currently consulting on proposed new regulations called the Safe Food for…
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IID (Integrated Import Declaration)

The CBSA has indicated that by spring of 2018 they intend to sunset service options 463 and 471 (OGD goods), making IID mandatory. For those who not started programming for the IID, can you indicate when you intend to begin? For those who have started programming, can you indicate how much time you…