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Délices de la Forêt Inc. vs CBSA, Appeal No. AP-2015-018

Decision and reasons issued Thursday, May 26, 2016 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on February 16, 2016, pursuant to section 67 of the Customs Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (2nd Supp.); AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, dated June 10, 2015, with…

Certain Concrete Reinforcing Bar, Notice of Conclusion of Re-investigation

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today concluded a re-investigation of the normal values and export prices respecting certain concrete reinforcing bar originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China (China), the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Turkey and the amount…

What does Brexit mean for trade?

The fallout from the United Kingdom's vote on European Union membership, in which the 'Leave' campaign won a narrow victory, will have a wide range of repercussions that are difficult to assess in terms of scope, duration and size. The initial impact of this result has been global, and uncertainty…
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CSCB Elections: Deadline

Will you consider becoming a CSCB Director? Each year, we look for volunteers to join our hard-working Board of Directors. Five positions are available for a two-year term, 2016-2018 and one position is available for a one-year term, 2016-2017, completing the term associated with an existing vacancy…

Coming-into-force date for electronic house bill requirements

The following message was received from CBSA, further to a joint submission by a number of associations including the CSCB. As we committed to, the voluntary compliance period which has remained in effect since regulatory amendments supporting eManifest were published in the Canada Gazette, Part II…

eManifest Notices

As most of you will know, the Canada Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) has been working with Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) clients over the past several months to build and test (onboard) their respective systems to receive eManifest Notices. I am writing…

Incorrect customs rulings cost federal treasury $500K

Erroneous rulings by Canada's customs officers have cost the federal treasury about half a million dollars. The Trudeau cabinet recently authorized $495,000 in rebates already paid to five companies that imported jewelry into Canada between 2006 and 2012. The companies paid Canadian duties on the…
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Tariff Changes - Concordance Table

Statistics Canada has provided a concordance table for the Amendments to the Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff – T2016-2. These amendments were provided to CSCB members on June 17 th.

Trade Confidence Rebounds

"Surging” was an appropriate adjective for exports early this year. That all changed in February and March, when two consecutive stumbles wiped out most of the gains. A partial rebound pacified pundits in April, but only just. Has this rough ride’s stomach-churn left exporters cowering in the corner…

CFIA AIRS Updates, 4 July

A) Chapter 01 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS codes originating from the United States. NO VERSION CHANGE. 01.05 - Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls 01.06.31 - Birds of prey 01.06.32 -…

Government of Canada’s Innovation Agenda

Extraordinary technological change is transforming how Canadians live, work and communicate. We need to embrace new ideas in innovation and science and to harness new sources of growth to deliver the next age of economic prosperity in Canada. Last week, the Government of Canada put forward a vision…

CBSA Message (TCC16-092) - Duplicate Daily Notices (DN)

CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) / Accounts Receivable Ledger (ARL) RE: Duplicate Daily Notices (DN) Please be advised that due to a glitch in the system, today‘s DN (Thursday, June 30, 2016) was issued in duplicate to some companies. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this…
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ARL DN transmission

We have been advised by CBSA that DN transmission is now underway. If you haven’t received your DN by 3pm, please email the CARM mailbox. Please put URGENT: DN NOT RECEIVED in the subject line of your message.

CBSA Office Closure, Port of Toronto ON

The following is a notice from CBSA: On behalf of the CBSA, Commercial Operations District in the GTA Region, this letter is to inform you that the CBSA office located at 1 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario will be closing on September 2, 2016 at the close of business. At this time, I ask that you…
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Amendments to the Customs Tariff – T2016-3

For members who are curious, the changes to the MFN duty rates that will be effective July 1, 2016, are a result of the WTO – Information Technology Agreement Expansion. Members were advised of these changes on June 29 th, 2016. The Order was registered on June 22, 2016 as SOR/2016-197 and it will…

CN 16-16, Amendments to the Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) wishes to advise of an amendment to the June 13, 2016 version of the Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff. Rate of duty reductions included in the Canada-EFTA Free Trade Agreement are effective July 1, 2016 and contain changes to the IT, NT & SLT…

CBSA Message (TCC16-091) - Late Daily Notices (DN)

CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) / Accounts Receivable Ledger (ARL) RE: LATE Daily Notices (DN) Please be advised that the DN scheduled to be issued on Thursday, June 30, 2016 is late and will be issued as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this delay and…

D14-1-3, Re-determinations and Appeals Under the Special Import Measures Act

This memorandum explains the procedures to request re-determinations and file appeals under the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA). This memorandum has been revised to reflect changes in contact information and the process to request a re-determination by the President. This memorandum is available…

Second Designate Quiz of 2016 due tomorrow!

CCS designates are reminded that the second quiz of 2016 is due tomorrow (June 30th) at 2pm EDT. As always, the quiz is worth ten professional development points toward maintenance of the CCS designation, and is FREE of charge. To access the quiz, you must login to your CSCB account. If you do not…