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This memorandum has been updated to amend inaccurate information relating to the determination of the age of a vehicle and to the application of excise taxes on air conditioners in vehicles that are being imported for parts only. This memorandum provides information regarding exemptions to the…

1. This notice provides new policy information regarding the re-manifesting requirements of unreleased air cargo. 2. Effective immediately , the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will allow unreleased air cargo to move on the original manifest from the first point of arrival (FPOA), to the stated…

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, June 19, 2016 from 04:30AM to 06:00AM AND from 7:00AM to 8:30AM (EST). The CFIA Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)…

Please be advised that export requirements under section 11.7.3, Annex W – United States of the Chapter 11 of the Meat Hygiene Manual of Procedures (MHMP), have been updated with the following information: Est. 084: remove code 03H (heat treated but not fully cooked - not shelf stable) for beef…

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 June 18, 2016 from 05:00 to 05:30 (ET) AND Sunday June 19, 2016 from 05:00 to 05:30 (ET)…

For maintenance purposes, all Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) applications will be unavailable on Sunday, June 19, 2016 from 04:30 and 6:00 ET as well as between 07:00 and 08:30 ET. This includes: all incoming data or outbound messages such as acknowledgements, reject messages and notices, e.g…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) wishes to advise of an amendment to the February 1, 2016 version of the Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff. Tariff Item Effective Date Type 4417.00.10.00 2016-06-13 Text and units of measure change 4417.00.90.00 2016-06-13 Add 4417.00.90.10 2016…

As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be performing network maintenance on Saturday, June 18, 2016 from 8:00PM to 23:59PM (EST). Consequently, the following services may not be available for 10 minutes within the…

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) today announced the prescribed annual interest rates that will apply to any amounts owed to the CRA and to any amounts the CRA owes to individuals and corporations. These rates will be in effect from July 1, 2016 to September 30, 2016. There have been no changes to…

As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be performing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) maintenance on Monday June 20, 2016 from 6:00 AM until 7:00AM (EST). Consequently, the CFIA response to Integrated Import…

Further to the message of May 2, 2016, Natural Resources Canada have sent a reminder that the Amendment 13, 75-day comment period ends on July 14, 2016. NRCan encourages stakeholders who have not already done so, to submit their comments.

Designates are reminded the second free quiz of 2016 is now available and must be completed by 2 pm ET on June 30th. Available Due Quiz 2 June 9 June 30 Quiz 3 October 6 October 27 As always, each quiz is worth ten professional development points towards maintenance of the CCS designation, and is…

Chapter 01 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS codes. 01.06.14.2070 - Hares 01.06.14.2071 - Rabbits 01.06.14.2072 - Pikas Please verify your version numbers before submitting through EDI. If you have any questions, please contact your National Import Service Centre.