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2015-16 CCS Course - Register now!

October 29, 2015
Le texte français suit le texte anglais Registration is now open. Students are encouraged to complete the application and payment no later than the last business day in October. The online CCS course offers flexible and interactive professional training for adult learners. Available in either…

CBSA ARL Readiness Enablement Call: G&I, Refunds, Interest

October 29, 2015
CBSA ARL Readiness Enablement Call: ARL Statement Changes for GST Option (G type), Importer Direct Security Option (I type), Interest and Refunds for Brokers and Importers November 3, 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm (EST) The Accounts Receivables Ledger (ARL) is to be implemented in January of 2016. The ARL…

CBSA Message (TCC15-112- CCS) - CADEX Problems in Processing - EDI

October 29, 2015
Clients Affected: All importers and brokers who submit their B3s and AO notification of release queries using the CCS/CADEX system. We are currently experiencing problems processing B3s and AO notification of release queries. We are working to resolve this problem and will update this message as…

U.S. APHIS Quarantine Inspection Fees - Update

October 29, 2015
Further to messages sent in 2014, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has provided the following update. Please note the implementation date of December 28, 2015. The purpose of this email is to provide stakeholders with an update on the status of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)…

Safe Food for Canadians Act

October 29, 2015
Members are reminded to take a look at information on CFIA’s website regarding the regulatory initiatives in the Safe Food for Canadians Act. The period for consultation has ended and the next step will be pre-publication in Part I of the Canada Gazette. CFIA has published Questions and Answers…

CFIA Scheduled Network Maintenance, 1 November

October 29, 2015
Please be advised that Shared Services Canada (SSC) will be performing network maintenance which will impact several Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) import applications and web services on Sunday, November 1, 2015 from 2:00AM to 6:00AM (EST). Consequently, the following CFIA services will not…

CFIA AIRS Updates, 29 October

October 29, 2015
A) Chapter 01 was published to: i) modify the import conditions for the following HS codes with the end uses: "In transit through Canada" originating from the United States. 01.02 - Live bovine animals 01.04 - Live sheep and goats ii) modify the import conditions for the following HS codes with the…
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BCCC Commercial Projects Sub-committee Meeting Document, 8 October 2015

October 28, 2015
The Record of Discussion from the 8 October 2015 meeting of the BCCC Commercial Projects Sub-committee is now available on the BCCC Commercial Projects (including OGD) Sub-committee page, under Meeting Summaries and Presentation Materials. To access, please log in to your CSCB account, click on the…

CBSA Scheduled Maintenance, 1 November

October 28, 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 120 minutes on Sunday, November 1, 2015 from 01:30AM (EST) to 02:30AM (EST). The CFIA Electronic Data Interchange will be…
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CITT Bri-Chem Decision - Commentary

October 28, 2015
Further to the CITT decision in the Bri-Chem case, posted on October 28, the CSCB asked Peter Kirby two questions related to that decision. Following are those questions, and Mr. Kirby’s responses. We thank Mr. Kirby for providing this information which will be of assistance to members who find…

CBSA Message (TCC015-111) – EDI Scheduled Maintenance Outage, 1 November

October 27, 2015
Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. In order to complete the time change from Eastern Daylight Time to Standard Time, all EDI applications will be unavailable for 120 minutes on Sunday, November 1 2015 from 1:30 (Eastern Daylight Time) to 2:30…

World Trade Report 2015

October 27, 2015
The WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), which was agreed by WTO members at the Ministerial Conference in Bali in December 2013, is the first multilateral trade agreement concluded since the establishment of the WTO in 1995. The 2015 World Trade Report is the first detailed study of the potential…
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CITT Statements of Reasons on Frito-Lay-like Appeals

October 27, 2015
The CITT has published the Statements of Reasons for three Frito-Lay-like appeals. All were filed as a result of CBSA failing to apply the CITT’s decision in the Frito-Lay case and, as was the case with Frito-Lay, the importers in these cases were represented by Peter Kirby of Fasken Martineau in…

Third Designate Quiz due Thursday!

October 27, 2015
Designates are reminded that the third quiz of 2015 is due Thursday, October 29th at 2pm EDT. Quizzes submitted after that time will not be accepted. The quiz must be completed online. All questions are based on articles housed in our Trade News Library. For CCS Designates: The quiz is worth 10…

CFIA AIRS Updates, 27 October

October 27, 2015
CFIA have advised an error occurred while publishing AIRS this morning. Please disregard the content of the notice, "CFIA AIRS Updates, 27 October". CFIA will send new communication once the system can be updated.