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Blue Water Bridge workers hit the picket lines

With respect to the strike action at the Blue Water Bridge, we understand there is some disruption to those who work in the FBCL (Federal Bridge Corporation Limited) building and are entering the employee parking lot. If members have information on how they are affected by the strike, please let us…

International Trade Minister promotes Canadian trade and investment at APEC

Trade means more growth, and more growth means more jobs for middle-class Canadians. The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Trade, today concluded her visit to Cuba, Argentina and Peru, where she advanced Canada’s trade and investment objectives with Asia-Pacific partners. In…

APEC leaders vow to fight protectionism, look to China on trade

Pacific Rim leaders vowed on Sunday to fight protectionism and Chinese officials said more countries are looking to join a China-led trading bloc after Donald Trump's election victory raised fears the United States would scrap free trade deals. Trump campaigned for U.S. president on a promise to…

Possible labour disruption at Blue Water Bridge

The CSCB has been advised by the Federal Bridge Corporation Limited (FBCL) that it remains in collective agreement negotiations with its unionized employees, members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Union Local 501. The Corporation is committed to ensuring that the Blue Water Birdge…
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BCCC Meeting Documents, 8-9 November 2016

A meeting of CBSA’s Border Commercial Consultative Committee (BCCC) was held in Ottawa on November 8-9, 2016. Here is a short summary of the presentation content and discussions. Please see the posted presentation materials on the CSCB website for all of the details. The final Record of Discussion…

Port of Montréal expands global reach thanks to new container terminal

Investments made by the Government of Canada and the Montréal Port Authority to enhance the Port of Montréal's infrastructure will make the global movement of goods more fluid, create direct and indirect jobs in transportation systems across the country, contribute to national prosperity and help…

eManifest for Consolidated Imports

CSCB subscribers are reminded that in order to receive notices, or messages through Manifest Forward when they have been designated as a Secondary Notify Party, they must be registered with the CBSA, and have their EDI communications profiles set up to receive EDI notifications. Alternatively…
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2017 Customs Tariff – 10-digit Concordance Tables

Statistics Canada has provided the CSCB with the 2017 Customs Tariff 10-digit concordance tables. Please note that there are no descriptions and we expect the descriptor files to be ready in January 2017. CBSA has advised that the 2017 Customs Tariff will be available shortly. Questions and comments…

CFIA Scheduled Network Maintenance, 19 November

As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service please be advised that Shared Services Canada (SSC) will be performing network maintenance on Saturday November 19th, 2016 from 6:00AM to 12:00PM (EST). Consequently, the following CFIA services will not be available: Automated Import Reference…

CFIA Message: CBSA Scheduled Maintenance, 20 November

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, November 20, 2016 between 04:30AM and 06:00AM (EST) as well as between 07:00 and 08:30 (EST) The CFIA Electronic…

CFIA Website Services Restored

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) web services have now been restored. The following services are now available: Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) AIRS Verification Service (AVS) Automated Shipment Inspection Status Search Tool (ASISST) CFIA Website ( www…

CBSA Message (TCC16-163) - Message for air and marine carriers

Clients Affected: All Air and Marine carriers who use EDI to transmit their data The CBSA has identified a system issue and is taking steps to address it through a workaround as an interim measure and a system fix as a resolution. This should not affect your operations. However if you encounter a…

CBSA Message (TCC16-161) – EDI Scheduled Maintenance Outage, 20 November

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. For maintenance purposes, all Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) applications will be unavailable on Sunday, November 20, 2016 from 04:30 to 06:00 ET as well as between 07:00 and 08:30 ET. This includes: all…

CBSA Message (TCC16-159) - CFIA web services not available

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit EDI trade data to CFIA. Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) web services are not available. Consequently, the following services are not available: Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) AIRS…

Freight Forwarder Implementation Webinar - 17 November - RE-SCHEDULED

Unfortunately, due to an unforeseen situation, the Freight Forwarder Implementation webinar that was to take place this afternoon is being re-scheduled to next Thursday, November 24 from 1:30-3pm ET. The agenda will not change. We apologize for the very short notice and any inconvenience this may…

CBSA Message (TCC16-158) - Late DN

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) Please be advised that the DN scheduled to be issued on November 17, 2016, is late and will be issued as soon as…

Trump team flags Canadian livestock and lumber as targets in NAFTA reset

Canada’s softwood lumber and livestock producers are being targeted by Donald Trump’s transition team, which is advising the president-elect to extract terms more favourable to the United States in these areas in a renegotiation of the North American free-trade agreement. The head of Canada’s…