Trade News

Canada's trade surplus narrowed in October, to $99 million as exports increased by just 0.1% and imports increased by 0.5%. However, with the surplus Canada appears on track to post its first trade surplus on an annual basis since 2011. Machinery and Equipment exports increased by 8.0%, feeding on…

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice that, pursuant to subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), it has initiated a preliminary injury inquiry to determine whether the evidence discloses a reasonable indication that the alleged injurious…

There is still time to have your say on how the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) can reduce red tape! The CRA's online consultations continue until December 12, 2014. This is an opportunity for you to give your comments and ideas on how the CRA can improve the services it provides to help make it easier…

a) Chapter 07 was published to; i) change the release recommendation from "Approved" to "Refer to CFIA-NISC" and add registration types for the following HS code originating from the state of California 07.04.90.3013 - Other - including Kohlrabi and similar edible brassicas (fresh or chilled) This…

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government quietly signed a customs-sharing agreement with China without announcing it to the public, Global News has learned. And the move has experts worried about the consequences to Canada’s security. At the end of Harper’s trip to China in November, the…

Brian Mulroney has been out of politics for more than two decades, but when he speaks, people generally take notice. Such was the case when the former Conservative Prime Minister, pronounced that the time has come to end the protectionist regime that controls how dairy, eggs and chicken are priced…

Subscribers may be interested in the following, published on 6 December 2014 in Part I of the Canada Gazette. Environment, Dept. of the, and Dept. of Health Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 Publication after screening assessment of cobalt and cobalt-containing substances, including those…

The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, ...announced the start of the third round of negotiations to expand and modernize the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA). The negotiations are taking place in Jerusalem from December 7 to 11, 2014, and will cover a range of issues. An…

The CBSA has updated memorandum D11-4-24, Uniform Regulations – Chapters C and E of the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) 1. This memorandum has been revised in order to present the Uniform Regulations in the form of an appendix. 2. The editing revisions made do not affect or change the…

Please be advised that Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) import systems are currently experiencing difficulties. The following systems are currently unavailable: Digital Document Store (DDS) Automated Shipment Inspection Status Search Tool (ASISST) During this time clients are instructed to…

You may recall this list. It was first printed in the fall of 2009, when global crisis gave rise to an alarming wave of neo-protectionism. With the post-crisis period starting to creep into the rear-view mirror, we are once again getting on with the business of growth. Will the decades of…

Minutes of the Windsor CBSA/Customs Brokers meeting held on 6 November 2014 are now available on the Ontario Region page of the CSCB members site. The minutes were prepared by CBSA. Questions may be directed to [email protected]. To access, please log in to your CSCB account, click on…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today initiated investigations under SIMA respecting the alleged the injurious dumping and subsidizing of certain photovoltaic modules and laminates originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China. The investigations follow a complaint…

NOTE: The CSCB is awaiting to hear from CBSA when the tariff will be updated to include the duty rates for goods entered under the Canada-Korea tariff treatment. Implementation 1. This customs notice is to inform you that the Canada–Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) will be implemented on January 1…

The following has been updated and is available on the CBSA website: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d17/d17-1-9-eng.html . This D memo was published in June with an error as was referenced in our December 2nd message, D17-1-9 Clarification.

Notice was received by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) on December 3, 2014, from the Director General of the Trade and Anti-dumping Programs Directorate at the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), stating that preliminary determinations have been made respecting the dumping…

The 2015 Beef and Veal Notice to Importers (No. 867) inviting applicants to submit an application for a share of the beef and veal tariff rate quota for the period January 1st to December 31st, 2015 is available in Appendix 1 of the notice. The deadline to submit your 2015 application is December 31…

The CBSA outage reported earlier has now been resolved. All systems are functioning normally.

We are currently unable to process inbound and outbound data for clients using the direct connect named GEIS. During this time, the CBSA is unable to receive all incoming data or send outbound messages such as acknowledgements, reject messages and notices, e.g. RNS, Completeness through this direct…