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The Canadian International Trade Tribunal issued a report highlighting the impact of Canadian anti-dumping and countervailing measures on domestic shipments, investments, employment and imports from 1989 to 2013. As of December 31, 2013, there were 48 anti-dumping and countervailing measures in…

CCS designates are reminded that the third quiz for CCS designates is due this Thursday, October 23rd at 2pm EDT. As always, the quiz is worth ten professional development points toward maintenance of the CCS designation, and is FREE of charge. To access the quiz, you must log into your CSCB account…

Registration is open for the 2014-15 Certified Customs Specialist (CCS) course. The online CCS course offers flexible and interactive professional training for adult learners. Available in both English and French, the CCS course covers the entire CCS curriculum, including web-based tests and…

The following has been updated and is available on the CBSA website: Memorandum D17-1-21, Maintenance of Records in Canada by Importers http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d17/d17-1-21-eng.html This memorandum provides information concerning the requirements regarding the maintenance of…

Canada has won an important battle in an ongoing trade dispute with the United States over meat labelling laws that have hurt the beef and pork industries. The World Trade Organization has ruled that U.S. country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rules discriminate against exports from Canada and Mexico…

On October 7-8, 2014, the Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC) held its annual Regulator and Stakeholder Event in Washington, DC. Meetings over the two days attracted more than 400 stakeholders and government officials from both sides of the border who gathered to discuss the…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) wishes to advise of an update to the current version of the NRCAN HS code regulated list. Tariff item 8404.10.90.00 is expired as of 2014-10-17. A new Tariff item 8404.10.00.90 will be introduced on 2014-12-10. The changes are reflected in the Customs…

Chapter 03 was published to; i) to modify the import conditions and change the Release Recommendations from "Refuse Entry" to "Approved" for the following HS codes originating from the following states; Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware…

We experienced technical difficulties with EICS which have since been resolved. However, should you receive the following error message and are unable to access the system, please contact our EICS Help Desk at 1-613-944-1265 or 1-877-808-8838.

Please note changes to Meat and Poultry Products in the Manual of Procedures, Chapter 11, Section 11.7.3 - Qatar - Addition of new Annex B - Export Certificate for Export of Beef to Qatar http://www.inspection.gc.ca/food/meat-and-poultry-products/manual-of-pr……

Please be advised that as the prevailing monthly price for November 2014 exceeds US $355. Charges and volume restraints under the Softwood Lumber Agreement will not be applicable during the month of November 2014. Pursuant to Article VII of the Agreement, when the prevailing monthly price for any…

The Single Window Initiative (SWI) is a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) led initiative, comprising ten Participating Government Departments and Agencies (PGA), encompassing 39 programs, working together to provide Trade Chain Partners (TCP) with a single window solution. The PGAs involved are…

Decision and reasons issued Tuesday, September 16, 2014 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on June 19, 2014, pursuant to section 67 of the Customs Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (2nd Supp.); AND IN THE MATTER OF decisions of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, dated September 6, 2013, with…

Decision and reasons issued Thursday, September 18, 2014 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on June 12, 2014, pursuant to subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (2nd Supp.); AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, dated September 23, 2013…

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 Sunday October 19, 2014 from 04:30 to 06:00 and from 07:00 to 08:30 (EST). The CFIA Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)…

For system maintenance purposes, all EDI applications will be unavailable on Sunday October 19, 2014 from 04:30 to 06:00 (ET) AND from 07:00 to 08:30 (ET). This includes: all incoming data or outbound messages such as acknowledgements, reject messages and notices, e.g. RNS, Completeness Notices. We…

The following has been updated and is available on the CBSA website: Memorandum D11-4-30 - Uniform Regulations – Chapter Five of the Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement (CHFTA) http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d11/d11-4-30-eng.html This memorandum is issued to publish the Memorandum of…

1. Tariff item No. 9993.00.00 provides customs duty relief for most goods which are temporarily imported into Canada for a variety of uses and which meet the conditions specified in the legislation. Vessels may only be imported under tariff item No. 9993.00.00 when they are imported for specific…

The following publication has been updated and is available on the CBSA website: E650 - Notice of Penalty Assessment http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/forms-formulaires/e650-eng.html