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National Plant and Animal Health Planning Forum Summary and Next Steps

The National Plant and Animal Health Planning Forum, held in Ottawa on December 6-7, 2017, was a critical event required for the creation of a national Plant and Animal Health Strategy. Through active plenary sessions, informative presentations and focused breakout sessions, participants considered…

CBSA Message (TCC17-018) –Late Statement of Account (SOA)

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 SOA Please be advised that the SOA scheduled to be issued on January 25, 2017 is late and will be issued as…

European Parliament's trade committee endorses Canada's free trade deal

A planned EU-Canada free-trade deal moved closer to reality on Tuesday after a key committee advised the European Parliament to give its backing after months of protests and heated debate. The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is seen as a test of Europe's ability to forge…

CSCB Webinar: CBSA Commercial Vision

On January 31, starting at 1:30pm (Eastern), Jason Proceviat, CBSA’s Director of Commercial Transformation – Land mode, will lead a 90-minute webinar for CSCB members during which he will outline CBSA’s progress to date and next steps regarding its Commercial Vision, a strategic framework and action…

Canada is not the focus of Trump team's trade worries: envoy

The Trump administration's main concerns about trade revolve around deficits with Mexico and China, Canada's ambassador to the United States told reporters on Sunday, saying his country was not the focus of U.S. efforts to renegotiate NAFTA. David MacNaughton, a key Canadian player in the North…

CFIA AIRS - AVS Update

In our ongoing efforts of service excellence to all Canadians, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has updated our AIRS Verification Service (AVS) for use with the Integrated Import Declaration (IID) that was developed under the Single Window Initiative (SWI). AVS is an XML web based service…

CFIA AIRS Updates, 24 January

A) Chapter 01 was published to: i) change the release recommendation from "Refer to CFIA-NISC" to "Refuse entry" for the following end uses; "Breeding", "Canadian animals returning to Canada", "Feeding for slaughter", "Immediate slaughter", "In transit through Canada", "Other end uses" and…
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Safe Food for Canadians Regulations Proposed

The proposed Safe Food for Canadians Regulations, under the authority of the Safe Food for Canadian Act, were published in Part 1 of the Canada Gazette on January 21, 2017. Included in the proposed regulations are requirements for licenses, traceability, and a preventive controls and preventive…

U.S. Challenging Canadian Measures Discriminating Against Imported Wine

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has launched a World Trade Organization case challenging regulations maintained by the Canadian province of British Columbia that exclude imported wine from being sold on regular grocery store shelves. USTR asserts that these “discriminatory regulations…

Trump formally pulls U.S. out of TPP

The new U.S. president made good on one of his campaign promises Monday, formally withdrawing the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal negotiated by his predecessor but never ratified. Donald Trump signed an executive order to pull out of TPP a little before noon ET…

Public consultation on new rules to strengthen food safety

The Government of Canada launched a public consultation on new rules to strengthen food safety. The proposed Safe Food for Canadians Regulations would better protect Canadian families by putting a greater emphasis on preventing food safety risks for all foods imported into Canada or sold across…

Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on January 14 and 21, 2017. Canada Border Services Agency Special Import Measures Act Concrete reinforcing bar — Decision Canadian International Trade Tribunal Appeal Notice No. HA-2016-021 Commencement of inquiry Concrete reinforcing bar…

CFIA Notice to Registered Seed Establishments

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has posted an update to its website about the requirements, tools and programs that are of interest to Registered Seed Establishments. Import requirements are listed as follows: Weed Seeds Order (WSO), 2016 came into force on November 1, 2016. All seed sold…

Trump team says it won't support border adjustment tax

The incoming Trump administration is ruling out an across-the-board border tax as it prepares a sweeping new trade agenda that includes renegotiating the North American free-trade agreement with Canada and Mexico. ... Steven Mnuchin, treasury secretary nominee, outlined the new administration’s…