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A Canadian government advisory group on Monday released a number of recommendations to boost the economy, including strengthening the country's trade links and establishing funds to help smaller companies raise capital in order to scale up. The group also advised taking a targeted sector approach to…

CCS and CTCS Designates are advised that three free quizzes will be offered during 2017 on the following dates: Available Due Quiz 1 March 16 April 6 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…

Congratulations to the students who successfully completed the CCS (Certified Customs Specialist) course in 2016 and are now entitled to use the CCS designation. The passing grade for the CCS course is 65%. The final grade is based on the results of the final examination plus the results of four…

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Digital Document Store (DDS) maintenance is complete. At this time clients are instructed to send fax requests to (613) 773-9999. Clients are no longer to send requests via email unless advised by the National Import Service Centre…

A) Chapter 01 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS code for the end use "Resale". NO VERSION CHANGE. 01.06.19.2083.02 - Commercial dogs - less than eight months of age B) Chapter 05 was published to change the release recommendation from "CBSA Inspection" to "Refuse…

Wondering what the Americans might want from Canada in a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement? Multiple clues might be embedded in a document published by the U.S. government. The U.S. publishes an annual list of complaints about trade practices in other countries. This list was…

The following has been updated and is available on the CBSA website: BSF373 - Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Application For the Integrated Import Declaration (IID) http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/forms-formulaires/bsf373-eng.ht…

The following has been updated and is available on the CBSA website: BSF329-9 - Application to Transact Freight Forwarder Operations with the Canada Border Services Agency http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/forms-formulaires/bsf329-9-eng…

CBSA has confirmed that the Passover Products Remission Order comes into effect on February 10 th, 2017, two months before the eve of the first day of Passover.

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers who submit their B3s and AO notification of release queries using the CCS/CADEX system. The annual interest rate for the second quarter of 2017 (April 1 st, 2017- June 30 th, 2017) will be 0.4681.

As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be performing Digital Document Store (DDS) maintenance from Today, February 3 rd, 2017 at 5:00pm (EST) to Monday, February 6 th, 2017 at 7:00am (EST). During this time clients…

1. The purpose of this notice is to advise that: a) Effective January 24, 2017, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is extending the maximum validity period of Canadian Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Travel Cards (ABTC) from three to five years. b) All ABTCs issued on or…

1. This notice is for the attention of carriers, importers, freight forwarders and sufferance warehouse operators. 2. As part of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Cargo Control and Sufferance Warehouse Modernization (CCSWM) initiative, the CBSA has amended its delivery requirements for…

Please be advised of the following clarification for Annex D “Weekly List of Export Certificates Issued for China” (Chapter 11) of the Meat Hygiene Manual of Procedures: The seal number of the container must contain only numbers. http://inspection.gc.ca/food/meat-and-poultry-products/manual-of…