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Meet the CBSA Stars of 2013

May 6, 2014
This year, CSCB members have nominated nineteen CBSA personnel for the CSCB’s CBSA Stars program. These outstanding individuals are Border Services Officers, Senior Trade Compliance Officers, Chiefs, Superintendents and Managers in Montreal, Sarnia, Windsor, Calgary, Emerson, Vancouver, Victoria and…
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CSCB Customs Quick Facts - New Benefit for CSCB Members

May 6, 2014
We are pleased to announce a new benefit for the CSCB member firms, CSCB Customs Quick Facts! As you know, the CSCB has access to and excellent relationships with many CBSA contacts. Members often ask us specific questions which we direct to those contacts. The CSCB Customs Quick Facts is a listing…

EICS Message: Softwood Lumber quota for May 2014

May 6, 2014
Please be advised that as the prevailing monthly price for May 2014 exceeds US $355. Charges and volume restraints under the Softwood Lumber Agreement will not be applicable during the month of May 2014. Pursuant to Article VII of the Agreement, when the prevailing monthly price for any given month…

Customs Tariff Update – T2014-1

May 5, 2014
Chapter 89 of the tariff has been amended to make changes to tariff subheading 8905.20. These changes are a result of changes in the 2014 budget to eliminate the 20% MFN rate of duty on imported Mobile Offshore Drilling Units. The updated tariff, in its entirety, is available here: http://www.cbsa…

Notice to Industry CFIA Centre of Administration

May 5, 2014
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has created a Centre of Administration to centralize and consolidate the administration of domestic and import-related permissions (licences, permits and registrations). The Centre of Administration opened for business on April 1st, 2014. http://www…

Certain Steel Plate, Final Decisions - Statement of Reasons

May 2, 2014
Dumping case number: AD/1402 Dumping file number: 4214-41 The Statement of Reasons concerning the final determination with respect to the dumping of certain hot-rolled carbon steel plate and high-strength low‑alloy steel plate from the Federative Republic of Brazil, Chinese Taipei, the Kingdom of…

Ontario Budget: lots of spending; little focus

May 2, 2014
Many of the broad strokes of the Ontario Liberals’ 2014 budget have been discussed in public for weeks, but there is little more than broad strokes. The deficit is expected to rise to $12.5 billion next year from $11.3 billion in 2013-14, before falling to $8.9 billion in 2015-16. The Liberals say…

France to ban U.S., Canadian, Mexican, Japanese pigs

May 2, 2014
France will ban imports of live pigs, pig byproducts and pig sperm from the United States, Canada, Mexico and Japan to combat a virus that has killed millions of piglets in North America and Asia, a farm ministry official said. The ban, due to be published on Saturday, aims to protect France from…
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AMPS and Corrections

May 1, 2014
Further to our message of March 25, 2014, the CSCB is still collecting feedback from members regarding requests made in the regions for corrections to NPAs. We’d like first of all to know if corrections are in fact being made in the regions, and the time frame in which they are made. And, if…
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It May Not be a Blog, But...

May 1, 2014
It May Not be a Blog, But. . . Introducing a Series of Messages from CSCB President Carol West I’ve just returned to Ottawa after travelling across Canada to the annual conferences of five of our regions: Quebec, Toronto, Ontario, Prairie and B.C. (Atlantic members, we’ll see you in St. John’s in…

CFIA Message: Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Delay - Resolved

May 1, 2014
Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is no longer experiencing delays in processing import documentation. Please continue to send requests to (613) 773-9999. The National Import Service Centre (NISC) will continue to process requests. We apologize for any inconvenience…

CFIA Message: Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Delay

April 30, 2014
Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) system is experiencing delays. Please note there may be a delay of 5 hours in processing import documentation. During this time clients are instructed to continue to send requests to (613) 773-9999…