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Update: CFIA Digital Document Store (DDS)

December 7, 2015
Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Digital Document Store (DDS) is fully restored. At this time clients are instructed to send requests to (613) 773-9999. Clients are not to send requests via email unless advised by the National Import Service Centre (NISC). Thank you…

To fix WTO labeling issue, Congress must pass voluntary COOL

December 4, 2015
The World Trade Organization (WTO) delivered a major setback to American consumers and producers earlier this year when it ruled against the U.S. Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) law, which requires muscle cuts of meat, and some fruits and vegetables, to be labeled with the country’s name where it…

India wants solution on subsidies from WTO talks, continuation of Doha round

December 4, 2015
With less than a fortnight left for the WTO ministerial in Nairobi, India has stated its expectations from the crucial meeting. Commerce secretary Rita Teaotia has said that even though the contours of what is there on the negotiating table of the WTO, there are four issues on which India wants to…

China Unlikely to Join US-led TPP

December 4, 2015
Despite slowing growth, China will expand its influence on the global trading system, favoring bilateral exchanges and its own international institutions over the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the WTO, according to the report "At a Crossroad: What China’s New Economic Diplomacy Means for Business,"…

Weak Canada jobs, trade data discouraging for Q4 growth

December 4, 2015
Canada shed more jobs than expected in November, while exports tumbled in October, suggesting the economy was off to a weak start in the final quarter of 2015 after just recently emerging from a mild recession. The country lost 35,700 jobs last month, Statistics Canada data showed on Friday, though…

CFIA Digital Document Store (DDS)

December 4, 2015
Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Digital Document Store (DDS) is currently experiencing technical difficulties. As a result, processing of import documentation could take up to 4 hours. During this time clients are instructed to send requests to (905) 795-9658 or…

Canadian international merchandise trade, October 2015

December 4, 2015
Canada's overall international trade activity was down in October. Exports decreased 1.8% and imports declined 0.8%. Export volumes decreased 1.5% and prices were down 0.4%. For imports, volumes and prices declined 0.2% and 0.6% respectively. As a result, Canada's merchandise trade deficit with the…

CFIA Message: CBSA Scheduled Maintenance. 5 December

December 3, 2015
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 Saturday, December 5, 2015 from 04:30AM to 06:00AM AND from 05:00PM to 06:30PM (EST). The CFIA Electronic Data…

Bumpy Ride to Shangri-La?

December 3, 2015
"The great fall of China,” the title of an article in The Economist, sums up recent market sentiment toward China. To point, there’s a lot of falling going on. Equity markets crashed hard. The Chinese yuan was devalued, sparking fears of a currency war. Some speculate that China’s massive debt bomb…

D11-12-1, NAFTA Harmonized Laboratory Methods

December 3, 2015
This memorandum lists the laboratory methods which have been jointly accepted by the customs laboratories of Canada, Mexico, and the United States to achieve inter-laboratory consistency in the analysis of goods for customs purposes. Additional methods will be added to the list as agreement is…

D8-2-14, Tariff Item 9936.00.00 Apparel Samples

December 3, 2015
This memorandum outlines the conditions under which apparel samples qualify for customs duty-free entry under tariff item 9936.00.00. Revisions to this memorandum update the terms of tariff item 9936.00.00 and the definition of "apparel". This memorandum is available in its entirety on the CBSA…

CBSA Webinar: Cut-over and ARL Implementation Schedule

December 2, 2015
The CBSA will be hosting an Account Receivable Ledger (ARL) cut-over and implementation schedule webinar on Tuesday, December 8th, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (EST). 2.5 CCS points and 2.5 CTCS credits will be awarded for attending this webinar. Because this is not a CSCB event, participants will have to…

2015 CSCB Toronto Region General Meeting – Countdown to ARL - Presentations

December 2, 2015
Presentations from the 25 November 2015 Toronto Region general meeting, are now available the CSCB Toronto Region page. They are: ARL: Countdown to Implementation, Natalie Leclerc, CARM Portfolio Delivery Executive - CARM Project; Natasha Bakthula, ARL Implementation - Business Process Lead (Team…
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2016 Customs Tariff

December 1, 2015
CBSA has advised that they anticipate the 2016 Customs Tariff, in all formats, to be available on their website the week of December 14 th, 2015. “All formats” includes PDF and HTML by chapter; complete PDF file; Microsoft Access; and CADEX.