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CBSA Message (TCC16-175): SOA & DN - Holidays Schedule

The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) office will be closed on Monday, December 26, 2016, Tuesday, December 27, 2016 and Moniday, January 1st, 2017, however, the CBSA external client support will be operating on an “after hours” schedule during this time. For accounting purposes: December 25…

Interest rates for the first calendar quarter

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has announced the prescribed annual interest rates that will apply to any amounts owed to the CRA and to any amounts the CRA owes to individuals and corporations. These rates will be in effect from January 1, 2017, to March 31, 2017. There have been no changes to the…

Canada Ratifies the Trade Facilition Agreement

Canada has ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), making it the 103rd WTO member to do so. Only seven more ratifications from members are needed to bring the TFA into force... Concluded at the WTO’s 2013 Bali Ministerial Conference, the TFA contains provisions for expediting the movement…
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Windsor CBSA/Customs Brokers' Meeting, 25 October 2016

Minutes of the Windsor CBSA/Customs Brokers' meeting held on 25 October 2016 are now available on the Ontario Region page of the CSCB members site. Questions may be directed to the Ontario region coordinator, Mr. John Moccia at [email protected]. To access, please log in to your CSCB…
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BCCC Port of Entry Operations Sub-committee Meeting Minutes

The meeting minutes from the 9 November 2016 meeting are now available on the BCCC Port Operations Sub-committee page. To access, please log in to your CSCB account, click on the "Member Services" tab and look under “CSCB Advocacy” or "Recent Updates." The contents of this message are the property…

CBSA Message (TCC16-172): CFIA and NRCan HS codes

Please note changes to the list of HS codes subject to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) requirements have been made. These changes will be effective in the ACROSS system on Sunday January 1, 2017, and the CBSA website will be updated accordingly…
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ARL Update - credit transfers and requests for SOA/reports

At this week’s ARL Working Group meeting, it was confirmed that A pdf of a Statement of Account can be obtained by sending a request to the CARM mailbox. Non-ASEC importers can request their account information through the CARM mailbox. Although CBSA is still considering how to administer credit…
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Update to ARL Questions and Answers (as of 15 December 2016)

Further to our message from November 14, CBSA has now provided feedback on the ARL Q & A document prepared by the CSCB. CBSA amendments are visible in the updated document. To access, please log in to your CSCB account, and click on the ARL Implementation button off the home page, and look under…

CBSA Message (TCC16-169) – EDI Scheduled Maintenance Outage, 18 December

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. For maintenance purposes, all EDI applications will be unavailable on Sunday, December 18, 2016 from 04:30 to 06:00 ET as well as between 07:00 and 08:30 ET. This includes: all incoming data or outbound messages…

CFIA Scheduled Network Maintenance, 18 December

As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will be performing network maintenance on Sunday December 18th, 2016 from 5:00-10:00AM (EST). Consequently, the following CFIA services may not be available: Automated Import Reference…

CETA - A Closer Look at Four Sectors - Register Today!

Don't miss the last of three webinars on Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) on Monday, December 19 at 12:00 EST! Presented by Peter Kirby, this session will look at how CETA will impact four specific sectors: Agriculture and agri-food; Autos and parts; Forestry…

CN 16-30, Fee Increase - Registrar of Imported Vehicles (RIV) Program

1. This notice is to advise vehicle importers that the company contracted to deliver the RIV Program on behalf of Transport Canada (TC) has advised TC that due to decreased levels of vehicle importations and the evolving requirements of the program, they are no longer able to provide the service…
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BCCC Export Sub-committee Meeting Documents, 30 November 2016

Documents from the BCCC Export Sub-committee meeting held on 30 November 2016 are now available on the BCCC Export Sub-committee page of the CSCB members site. To access, please log in to your CSCB account, click on "Member Services" tab and look under "CSCB Advocacy" or "Recent Updates". The…
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2017 Customs Tariff

The CBSA has provided a list of preambles which were incorrectly deleted in the 2017 Customs Tariff. Following is a list of those that have been identified and corrected: 0307.4 0307.8 4403.9 4412.3 4418.7 6005.3 8460.1 8528.4 8528.5 8528.6 These changes should appear on-line by Friday. Should…

Taiwan requirements for fish and fishery products

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has updated the Taiwan requirements for fish and fishery products. A new certificate covering the export of fish and fishery products to Taiwan is available. For more information, please consult the following link: http://www