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[US] House Approves Repeal of Meat Origin Labeling Law

The House of Representatives on June 10 voted to repeal the mandatory country of origin labeling requirements for meat products that the World Trade Organization has determined violate U.S. multilateral obligations by discriminating against livestock imports from Canada and Mexico. Those two…

Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

Subscribers may be interested in the following, published on 13 June 2015 in Part I of the Canada Gazette. Canada Border Services Agency Special Import Measures Act Certain photovoltaic modules and laminates — Decisions Health, Dept. of Food and Drugs Act Regulations Amending the Food and Drug…

CFIA AIRS Updates, 16 June

Chapter 23 was published to change the release recommendation from "Refer to CFIA-NISC" to "Refuse entry" for the following HS codes with the end use "Other end use" originating from all countries except the United States. 23.09.10.1574 - Raw diets (Bones and Raw Food), frozen or refrigerated 23.09…

Scheduled Maintenance of the Digital Document Store - Completed

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Digital Document Store (DDS) maintenance is completed. During 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).

CFIA AIRS Updates, 15 June

a) Chapter 6 was published to; i) add an import condition to the following HS codes originating from the state of Minnesota. 06.02.10 - Unrooted cuttings and slips 06.02.20 - Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruits or nuts 06.02.90 - Other 06.04.20 - Fresh ii)…
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Meet the CBSA Stars of 2014

This year, CSCB members have nominated twenty CBSA personnel for the CSCB’s CBSA Stars program. These outstanding individuals are Border Services Officers, Senior Trade Compliance Officers, Superintendents and Managers in Montreal, Fort Erie, GTA, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Ottawa, Woodstock and St. John…

Think Canada’s “tampon tax” is gone? Think again

CSCB has confirmed with CBSA that these products will be zero-rated as of July 1; however, additional information, including the GST code to be used, is not available. The federal government recently announced that it is killing the “tampon tax,” effective July 1st, by removing the GST on products…
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Termination of CADEX

CBSA has advised that CADEX will not terminate in 2017. CBSA has also advised that in 2016 and 2017, the Agency will be preparing for both CBSA and trade to migrate from CADEX to a secured Enterprise EDI. The migration is expected to be complete between 2018 and 2020. It is CBSA’s intention to have…

CFIA AIRS Updates, 12 June

Chapter 02 was published to remove a registration type from the following HS codes originating from the United States. NO VERSION CHANGE. 02.07 - Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No. 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen 02.08 - Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen 02…
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An update from the ARL Working Group

A meeting of CBSA’s ARL Working Group was held yesterday. It is anticipated that this group will meet bi-weekly, possibly until ARL implementation in January 2016. With the testing window expected to open in September, the Working Group is working on the best way to ensure that current information…

U.S. Commercial Service eManifest Webinar

The U.S. Commercial Service in Ottawa, with representatives from the CBSA and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, are holding a free webinar regarding CBSA’s eManifest initiative. This webinar is mainly for carriers and freight forwarders and will outline the changes that have been made to the…

CBSA – Contact Information

CBSA has provided updated contact information regarding late accounting penalties. Requests for cancellation of late accounting penalties are faxed to: (343) 291-7239 Contacts for late accounting penalties are: Simon Quenneville: (343) 291-7209 Nerissa Robinson: (343) 291-7207 Mailing address: 333…

2015 CSCB National Conference

The 2015 CSCB National Conference and Annual General Meeting will take place from the afternoon of Saturday, September 19 through the evening of Monday, September 21 at the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort & Conference Centre in Kelowna, BC. Please note that the welcome reception will take place on the…

Notice of Initiation of Investigations - Certain Steel Plate

On June 10, 2015, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) initiated investigations under the Special Import Measures Act respecting the alleged injurious dumping and subsidizing of certain hot-rolled carbon steel plate and high-strength low-alloy steel plate originating in or exported from the…

Scheduled Maintenance of the Digital Document Store, 14-15 June

As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service, please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Digital Document Store (DDS) will be undergoing maintenance on Sunday, June 14th, 2015 at 12:00PM to Monday, June 15th, 2015 at 07:00AM (EST). During this time clients are…