Trade News

Please be advised that the following has been updated on the CFIA website: - List of Exporters of Live Lobster and Lobster Tomalley Products to Japan http://inspection.gc.ca/food/fish-and-seafood/exports/by-jurisdiction/j……

Government officials will meet with representatives from industry and consumer groups tomorrow to discuss the Government of Canada’s ongoing efforts to strengthen food safety. This has been excerpted from a 16 June 2014 news release by Canadian Food Inspection Agency and is available in its entirety…

Applications to challenge the Certified Customs Specialist (CCS) examination in September 2014 will be accepted until end of day, Tuesday, July 15. Information about challenging the exam is found on our website at the following URL: http://cscb.ca/content/challenge-ccs-exam. There are two…

On June 13, 2014, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) initiated investigations under the Special Import Measures Act respecting the alleged injurious dumping and subsidizing of certain concrete reinforcing bar originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea…

On June 14, 2014, both CBSA and CFIA advised that outbound processing of EDI messages was not available. We understand that the problems were resolved the same day.

Decision and reasons issued Friday, May 23, 2014 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on February 11, 2014, pursuant to section 67 of the Customs Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (2nd Supp.); AND IN THE MATTER OF five decisions of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, dated June 30 and July 5, 2011…

Further to the CSCB’s message of June 13th, the CBSA has now advised of changes to the 2014 tariff. CBSA’s notice follows; please note that the Customs Notice referred to in this message was included in a draft format in the June 13th CSCB message. The CSCB is following up with CBSA to determine how…

Please note that CFIA have updated information on the website about the Seed Potato Tuber Quality Management Program (SPTQMP) for Seed Potato Tuber Inspection. To view the question and answer document, visit the CFIA website at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/plants/potatoes/guidance-documents…

Chapter 45 was published to change the release recommendation from "Refer to CFIA-NISC" to "Approved" for the following HS codes with the end uses: "Educational use", "Industrial use (i.e. not commercial use)" and "Scientific use (Research)" originating from all origins. 45.02 - Natural cork…

The purpose of this update is to provide you with a reminder that the system change described below will be implemented Wednesday July 9, 2014. Please be advised that effective July 09, 2014, there will be a tightening of an existing ACROSS rule to ensure the requirement to submit an Estimated Date…

Finding issued Tuesday, May 20, 2014 Reasons issued Wednesday, June 4, 2014 IN THE MATTER OF an inquiry, pursuant to section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: The dumping of hot-rolled carbon steel plate and high-strength low-alloy steel plate originating in or exported from the…

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 June 15, 2014. The CFIA Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) system will be affected by this maintenance window from…

Sent by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Border Commercial Consultative Committee (BCCC) Secretariat The message below is sent on behalf of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service…