Trade News

The federal spending watchdog says the government has no way of telling whether its billion-dollar border plan is improving security or helping speed the flow of goods and people between Canada and the United States. Auditor general Michael Ferguson says while departments and agencies completed many…

On August 2, 2016, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), initiated an expiry review of its finding made on April 10, 2012, in Inquiry No. NQ-2011-001, concerning the dumping and subsidizing of oil country tubular…

In order to ensure an orderly transition between quota years, allocation holders who had an allocation under the previous year’s Beef and Veal TRQ are normally issued advances up to a maximum of 30% of their previous year’s import allocations. Advances for the 2017 allocation year under the Beef and…

Transport Canada has advised the CSCB that the RIV fee for vehicles imported into Canada from the U.S. and for vehicles imported for parts will be increasing. Effective January 1, 2017 the Registrar of Imported Vehicles fee will increase to $295 per vehicle and $90 for vehicle parts. The following…

NRCan has released a technical bulletin to initiate a public consultation process on whether manufacturers need a 6-month coming-into-force delay in Canada from the date of final publication of Amendment 14 in the Canada Gazette, Part II for the 17 proposed products in that Amendment. This supports…

Today, the Office of the Auditor General released its report on the Beyond the Border Action Plan announced in December 2011. Here is the text of the Audit at a Glance document that accompanied the report’s release. Links to other documents such as the full report and its recommendations are…

The 2017 Customs Tariff information has been posted on the CBSA website this morning, including the applicable Customs Notice. CADEX files are still being worked on and will be posted once they are ready. Members with comments may send them to the CSCB at [email protected]

Orders issued Monday, November 28, 2016 IN THE MATTER OF an expiry review, pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act, of the orders made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on February 17, 2012, in Expiry Review No. RR-2011-001, continuing, without amendment, its…

Please be advised that the List of Exporters of Live Lobster and Lobster Tomalley Products to Japan has been revised with the following information: Establishment 6011 - Fisher Direct Ltd.: added http://inspection.gc.ca/eng/1304466360823/1304466626301

1. This customs notice is to inform highway carriers of the new requirements for the presentation of lead sheets and obtaining proof of report. Lead sheets are only required to be presented to the border services officer at PIL for the purposes of logging the passage, and must have either a bar…

How soon we forget. ‘Experts’ have us so convinced that current economic sluggishness is ‘different this time’ that we are hyping the same failed remedies we used during similar conditions in the past. Sadly, protectionism is selling well these days, fed by widespread economic frustration. Blaming…

Canadians travelling to the United States or buying goods south of the border in 2017 could expect to pay more as the Canadian dollar is expected to retreat, with some economists saying the loonie could swing as low as 70 cents US. According to several recently released forecasts, the Canadian…