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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…

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…

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…

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…

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers who submit their B3s and AO notification of release queries using the CCS/CADEX system For maintenance purposes, the CCS/CADEX system will be unavailable on Saturday November 19, 2016 from 05:00 to 05:30 (ET) AND Sunday November 20, 2016 from 05:00 to 05…

It has come to our attention that November 24 is the U.S. Thanksgiving Holiday so we have re-scheduled the webinar for Wednesday, November 23, 2016 from 1:30-3pm ET. We hope this day works for most of you.

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…

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…

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…

The ACROSS EDI release requests received report for October 2016 is available on the CSCB website ( download). The national EDI percent was 96.30.

Canada expects Britain to be part of the CETA trade deal between Canada and the European Union, and stands ready to work with Britain on how the system will function after Brexit, Finance Minister Bill Morneau told BBC radio on Wednesday. He also defended Canada's NAFTA trade deal with the United…

CBSA experienced a full system outage during the night. It has been resolved. Message sent at 00:40 ET: We are experiencing delays in processing some EDI and portal messages. Message sent at 02:40 ET: We are currently experiencing a full CBSA system outage. The CBSA is unable to receive all incoming…

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 on Thursday, November 17, 2016 from 1:30-3:00pm ET. Agenda items for the…

We are pleased to announce that due to popular demand we will be holding a repeat presentation of the 2017 Customs Tariff session with Grant Tebbutt, Manager, Tariff Policy, CBSA, on Tuesday, November 22 at 1-2:30 pm ET. The webinar will provide an overview of the HS level changes, as well as a…