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Canada Gazette - Official Regulations

Subscribers may be interested in the following, published on 13 January 2016 in Part II of the Canada Gazette. Domestic Substances List — Order 2015-66-13-01 Amending Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 SOR/2015-256 23/12/15 Domestic Substances List — Order 2015-87-13-01 Amending Canadian…

Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

Subscribers may be interested in the following, published on 9 January 2016 in Part I of the Canada Gazette. Canadian International Trade Tribunal Issuance of Tribunal’s opinion Concrete reinforcing bar

CFIA Message: Scheduled Maintenance, 17 January

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, January 17, 2016 from 04:30AM to 06:00AM AND from 10:30AM to 12:00PM (EST). The CFIA Electronic Data Interchange…
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In Memoriam - W. Barry Davidson

The CSCB was deeply saddened to learn that our good friend and past chairman Barry Davidson passed away on December 14, 2015 after a courageous 7-year battle with cancer. Barry received the CSCB's highest award, the Honourary CCS, in 2011 when we recognized and thanked him for his leadership, vision…

CBSA Message (TCC16-004) - EDI Scheduled Maintenance Outage, 17 January

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, January 17 from 04:30 to 06:00 ET AND from 10:30 to 12:00 (noon) ET. This includes: all incoming data or…

CSCB Webinar: The Bri-Chem Trilogy, NAFTA, and Rule of Law

Exactly three years ago, Mr. Peter Kirby, the Montreal lawyer who led the Frito-Lay fight, provided a first-hand account of the case and lessons learned about the CBSA process in a CSCB webinar. CBSA did not follow the CITT ruling in the Frito-Lay case, and importers remain unable to make revenue…

D11-4-2, Proof of Origin of Imported Goods

This memorandum provides information regarding the proof of origin requirements for imported goods. This memorandum has been revised to reflect the implementation of the Canada-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (CJFTA). Changes have been made to provide policy and procedural information related to the…

D19-12-1, Importation of Vehicles

This memorandum outlines and explains the legislation, regulations and general guidelines that apply to the importation of vehicles. This memorandum has been updated to: (a) replace regulatory text with links to relevant legislation; (b) provide reformatted up-to-date information on determining…

CFIA Single Window Initiative and Release Process Seminar - Next Week!

The CSCB Toronto Region invites you to an education seminar on the CFIA Single Window Initiative and the Release Process. Led by Latika Mogla, CFIA Ontario Area Import Coordinator, the seminar will take place on Friday, January 22 at 1 p.m. in Mississauga. In her role, Latika works closely with CBSA…

Fort Erie/Niagara Falls Customs Meeting Minutes, 7 January 2016

Minutes of the Fort Erie/Niagara Falls Customs meeting held on 7 January 2016 are now available on the Ontario Region page of the CSCB members site. To access, please log in to your CSCB account, click on "Member Services" tab and look under "Regional Activity" or "Recent Updates". The contents of…

CFIA AIRS Updates, 13 January

A) Chapter 02 was published to change the release recommendation from "Refuse entry" to "Approved" for the following HS codes with the end use "Travellers & Personal use and not for sale of distribution" originating from the states of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota. 02.07 - Meat…

Government mulls waiving taxes and duties on smallervalue online purchases

The Liberal government is considering changes to Canada’s strict import rules to exempt more goods purchased online from duties and sales taxes. Under the current system, duty and taxes apply to shipped products valued at $20 or more, the “de minimis” threshold that hasn’t been updated since 1985…
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ARL Readiness Working Group Records of Discussion - 6 January 2016

Records of Decision from the ARL Readiness Working Group meeting held on January 6 have now been posted on the ARL Implementation page, under Meeting Summaries & Presentation Materials. To access, please log into your CSCB account and click on Learn More button on the home page. The contents of this…
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BCCC Cargo and Release Sub-committee Meeting Documents

The CBSA Record of Decision for 5-6 November 2015 meeting has now been posted on the BCCC Cargo and Release (including OGD) Sub-committee page. To access, please log into your CSCB account, click on the "Member Services" tab and look under “CSCB Advocacy" or "Recent Updates." CBSA has advised that a…

Incomplete publication of AIRS - Update

Please be advised that the error that occured during the Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) publication that took place on Monday January 11th 2016 is now resolved. Thank you for your cooperation.

New WCO Guide for the Technical Update of Preferential Rules of Origin

Classification and origin determination of goods are closely interlinked. It is therefore critically important to update Rules of Origin (i.e. Product Specific Rules) to ensure consistency between HS classification and origin determination. This would help to prevent misapplication of Rules of…