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Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. We are experiencing delays in processing some EDI and portal messages. There is a backlog in processing data. We are working to resolve this problem and will update our hotline as soon as more information is…

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 15, 2017 is late and will be issued as soon…

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is experiencing delays with Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). Please note there may be a delay in processing import release requests. If you require a release for a shipment that has already arrived, or about to arrive at the border…

Although U.S. President Donald Trump says he only wants to tweak trade ties with Canada, his pledge to renegotiate NAFTA to focus on Mexico is almost impossible and Canada will not emerge unscathed, Canadian officials and trade experts said on Tuesday. Trump had warm words for Canadian trade…

Both Canada and the United States will suffer economic harm if trade between the two countries becomes more expensive, suggests a pair of new reports released Tuesday. "Hampered trade will mean job loss, decreased economic output, higher costs of production, lower returns for investors, fewer…

The WTO’s latest World Trade Outlook Indicator (WTOI) suggests that global trade growth will continue to build moderately in the first quarter of 2017 after having strengthened in the final quarter of last year. Trade-related indicators including air freight, automobile sales, export orders and…

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, February 12th, 2017 between 04:30AM and 06:00AM (EST) as well as between 07:00 and 08:30 (EST) The CBSA…

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…

For maintenance purposes, all EDI applications will be unavailable on Sunday, February 12, 2017 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 such as acknowledgements, reject messages and notices, e.g. RNS, Completeness Notices…

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…

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…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to Europe next week to mark an important milestone for the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada (CETA) and the European Union. Trudeau begins his trip by addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Feb. 16, a day after…

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…