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Passover Products Remission Order

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.

CBSA Message (TCC017-024) – Second Quarter Interest Rate 2017

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.

CFIA Scheduled Network Maintenance, 3 - 6 February

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…

CN 17-06, Changes to the Canada Border Services Agency Policies Respecting the Importation and Transportation of Goods (Delivery Requirements of Consolidated Cargo to Type CW Sufferance Warehouses)

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…

Trump says he'd like to speed up the start of NAFTA talks

U.S. President Donald Trump said ... he would like to quickly get started on talks on the possible replacement or renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico.... "NAFTA has been a catastrophe for our country," Trump said... "I don't care if it's the renovation of…
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Qualified Officer

The CSCB, at the request of a member, has asked CBSA if a customs brokers company can have more than one Qualified Officer. The CBSA responded to our question and also indicated they have recently received several identical inquires. For the benefit of all members, CBSA’s response to this question…

Changes to AIRS for Dracaena spp.

Effective February 15th, 2017, the following OGD extensions will be removed from the Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) database in order to streamline requirements: 06.03.19.0032.05 - Dracaena sanderiana – rooted cuttings in bunches - fresh 06.03.19.0032.04 - Dracaena sanderiana – unrooted…

New additions to CBSA’s SIMA website

The CBSA has enhanced its SIMA website with the following resources: Report Duty Evasion - A new tab can be found on the SIMA website “Contact Us” page that allows the public to provide information with respect to suspected non-payment of SIMA duties. SIMA Import Statistics - The CBSA has recently…

Freight Forwarder Implementation Webinar

As part of an ongoing commitment to communicate eManifest information, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is continuing with our regular eManifest Freight Forwarder Implementation Webinars. The next Webinar will be held tomorrow, Thursday, February 2, 2017 from 1:30-3:00pm ET. Agenda items for…

Phase One Consultations: Cost Recovery Initiative

From January 26 to March 31, 2017, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is undertaking consultations with Canadian businesses and consumers. During the phase one consultations, the CFIA is seeking input on: a proposed streamlined list of services that allows fees to be charged consistently for…

CFIA AIRS Updates, 1 February

Chapter 07 was published to: i) modify the import conditions for the following HS codes originating from Israel for the end uses; "Educational use", "Industrial use (i.e. is not commercial use)", "Samples for testing", "Scientific use (Research)" and "Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or…
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Scientific Names Initiative

Do your clients import plants, animals, and microorganisms? If they do, you may wish to provide comments on CBSA’s Scientific Names Initiative. The use of scientific names on certain goods is preferred by CBSA and PGAs who believe that the tariff classification alone does not properly identify these…

CFIA Scheduled Network Maintenance, 3 - 6 February

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 Friday, February 3 rd, 2017 at 5:00pm (EST) to Monday, February 6 th, 2017 at 7:00am (EST). During this time clients…
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Revenue Neutral Corrections

As a result of Customs Notice 16-32 in which CBSA provided instructions on how B2 requests for a NAFTA tariff treatment, on goods that were originally declared on a B3 under the MFN tariff treatment, will be processed, the CSCB posted the following scenario and question to CBSA: CSCB Scenario…

Business Barometer: Small business confidence markedly buoyant despite dip

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) released its Business Barometer index [for January 2017] showing small business confidence now stands at 60.1. Although optimism has stepped back a little in January from December readings, it is still showing more buoyancy than what we had seen…

'Ask CFIA': Industry access to answers

'Ask CFIA' is a service to provide industry with one point of entry to ask questions to help you understand and comply with current regulatory requirements. Depending on the complexity of the question, this could include CFIA follow up with the requestor to better understand their question. 'Ask…