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Canada's Participation at 10th WTO Ministerial Conference

December 21, 2015
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Trade, today concluded her participation in meetings at the 10th Ministerial Conference (MC10) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Nairobi, where she underlined the importance of the multilateral trading system and met with a number of…

D8-11-8, Administration of the Designer Remission Order, 2001

December 21, 2015
This memorandum outlines the application of the Designer Remission Order, 2001, which was designed for producers of original designer apparel who met certain criteria. The producers were eligible for relief of customs duties at the time of importation until December 31, 2014, or a remission by way…
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Bri-Chem – APPEAL

December 18, 2015
The CSCB has just been advised that CBSA will be appealing the recent CITT decision in Bri-Chem Supply Ltd. vs. The President of the Canada Border Services Agency. Once more information is available, members will be notified.
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Tariff Item 9990.00.00

December 18, 2015
The Most-Favoured Nation Tariff treatment cannot be used with tariff item 9990.00.00. And, as explained in paragraph 9 of D8-1-2, the accounting document for goods entitled to use 9990.00.00 must be prepared so that field numbers 12 and 13 (Country of Origin and Place of Export) reflect the place of…

The Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation

December 18, 2015
The governments of Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany, along with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the World Economic Forum and the Center of International Private Enterprise, are participating in a partnership to support implementation of the World Trade…

CBSA Message (TCC15-140) - Holidays Schedule

December 18, 2015
Start Date/Time End Date/Time 2015-12-25 00:01 ET 2015-12-25 23:59 ET 2015-12-28 00:01 ET 2015-12-28 23:59 ET 2016-01-01 00:01 ET 2016-01-01 23:59 ET All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI & eManifest portal. The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) of the Canada…

CBSA Message (TCC15-139) - Holidays Schedule

December 18, 2015
Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) office will be closed on Friday, December 25, 2015, Monday, December 28, 2015 and Friday, January 1st, 2016, however, the CBSA external client support will be operating…
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Dual flow of K84 and DN/SOA in Month 1 of ARL

December 17, 2015
CBSA has asked us to poll our members regarding the current plan to send both ARL Daily Notices/Statements of Account and K84s for the first month that the new ARL system is in operation. If CBSA continues with this plan, you are not able to opt out, you will receive the ARL statements as well as…
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ARL Update - Timing of DN/SOA production

December 17, 2015
At recent ARL Working Group meetings, there has been much discussion about the timing of Daily Notice/Statement of Account production. CBSA’s current timeline is as follows: The expected production time of the Daily Notice (DN) is 1:45 am. CBSA is attempting to produce the DN earlier but it is not…

Trade Confidence Slips Further

December 17, 2015
Few of us like mayhem. And there’s a lot of that going around these days. Oil and gas prices are testing new lows. Base metals are back down to 2009 prices. Equity markets are turbulent the world over. Currencies don’t seem to know where to settle. In our information age, whether there’s a direct…

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

December 17, 2015
A first overview of the main features of the origin provisions contained in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been published as part of the Comparative study on Preferential Rules of Origin. A more detailed comparison between the Agreement and the existing origin models will be conducted once…

CFIA AIRS Updates, 17 December

December 17, 2015
A) Chapter 02 was published to modify the import instructions for the following HS codes originating from Argentina. NO VERSION CHANGE. 02.01.30.5013.02 - Cubed <125cc 02.01.30.5013.03 - Cubed >125cc 02.01.30.5013.04 - Mechanically separated 02.01.30.5013.05 - Ground/minced - regular 02.01.30.5013…

D3-4-2, Highway Pre-arrival and Reporting Requirements

December 16, 2015
This memorandum outlines and explains specific Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) requirements and procedures for reporting and control of cargo arriving in Canada in the services of highway carriers. This memorandum does not outline the policies and procedures for the reporting of goods under the…

CN 15-036, Informed compliance period for electronic marine bay plan data

December 16, 2015
1. The regulations published on May 6, 2015 in the Canada Gazette included the requirement for marine carriers to electronically transmit vessel bay or stow plan data under the Reporting of Imported Goods Regulations. This requirement was originally expected to come into force on November 6, 2015. 2…