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Pursuant to paragraph 41(1)(a) of the Special Import Measures Act, on December 5, 2016, the Canada Border Services Agency made a final determination of dumping with respect to certain gypsum board originating in or exported from the United States of America, imported into Canada for use or…

Further to its online consultation on the regulation of self-care products which closed on October 24, 2016, Health Canada has prepared a fact sheet that addresses some of the myths about the self-care framework. In addition, Health Canada has created a web page on self-care products in anticipation…

The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on December 17 2016. Canada Border Services Agency Special Import Measures Act Certain fabricated industrial steel components — Decisions Certain gypsum board — Decision Environment, Dept. of the, and Dept. of Health Canadian Environmental…

The following was published in Part II of the Canada Gazette on December 14, 2016. Domestic Substances List — Order 2016-87-12-01 Amending Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 SOR/2016-310 02/12/16 Food and Drug Regulations (Nutrition Labelling, Other Labelling Provisions and Food Colours) —…

The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) office will be closed on Monday, December 26, 2016, Tuesday, December 27, 2016 and Monday, January 2nd, 2017, however, the CBSA external client support will be operating on an “after hours” schedule during this time. For accounting purposes: December 25 th…

As a result of the 2017 realignment to the Harmonized System (HS) Code structure, which will be implemented by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on January 1st, 2017, it is necessary for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to make necessary…

The following is reproduced from an email by the Canada Border Services Agency. Further to discussions at the November 30 meeting of the Border Commercial Consultative Committee Export Sub-Committee, the purpose of this notice is to provide you with an update on the status of Customs Notice CN 15…

The following is reproduced from an email by the Commercial Portfolio Directorate of Canada Border Services Agency. Further to the Freight Forwarder Implementation Webinar that took place on December 1, 2016, please find below a link to the audio recording of that call. This particular webinar was…

The following is reproduced from an email by the Commercial Portfolio Directorate of Canada Border Services Agency. Further to the Implementation Webinar that took place on December 8, 2016, please find attached a copy of the presentation along with a link below to the audio recording of that call…

The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) office will be closed on Monday, December 26, 2016, Tuesday, December 27, 2016 and Moniday, January 1st, 2017, however, the CBSA external client support will be operating on an “after hours” schedule during this time. For accounting purposes: December 25…

Scheduled Maintenance Outages for 2017 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and eManifest Portal clients of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) are advised that they can expect scheduled maintenance outages on the following weekends, generally in the early morning: January 21/22 February 18/19…

Canada has ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), making it the 103rd WTO member to do so. Only seven more ratifications from members are needed to bring the TFA into force... Concluded at the WTO’s 2013 Bali Ministerial Conference, the TFA contains provisions for expediting the movement…

Please note changes to the list of HS codes subject to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) requirements have been made. These changes will be effective in the ACROSS system on Sunday January 1, 2017, and the CBSA website will be updated accordingly…