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eManifest (Proposed Regulations) - Feedback Deadline Approaching

Members are reminded that included in Part I of the Canada Gazette are proposed regulatory changes in support of full eManifest implementation. These changes are the first of two packages of proposed changes. This package includes requirements for electronic pre-arrival information in the highway…
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BCCC Contingency Planning Sub-committee Meeting Record of Decision

The record of decision from the 6 February 2014 BCCC Contingency Planning Sub-committee teleconference is now available on the CSCB members site. To access, please go to our website at www.cscb.ca, login, click "My Account", then the "Member Services" tab and look under “CSCB Advocacy" or “Recent…

EU proposes scheme to certify mineral imports are blood-free

Importers of minerals from conflict zones will be able to certify their goods have not financed warlords under a European scheme proposed on Wednesday, which would also help manufacturers show products are free of 'blood metals'. Much of the gold, tantalum, tin and tungsten used in electronics and…

2014 Toronto Region Education Seminar on NAFTA

The CSCB Toronto Region would like to invite you to an education session on NAFTA - Origin Determination and Certification. The objective of this seminar is to provide an overview of various means of determining, under NAFTA, that a good exported from one NAFTA country to another is an originating…

Ottawa pressured to stop trans-shipments of whale meat

[A] Toronto lawyer... has provided the federal government with a legal opinion supporting public cries for Canada to stop serving as a transshipment destination for the trade in meat from endangered whales between Iceland and Japan. ...Ottawa has the power to stop shipments of “endangered whale meat…

Windsor-Detroit border project needs $250M from U.S.

Canadian politicians and border critics want U.S. President Barack Obama’s to include $250 million US in his next budget for a new customs plaza in Detroit. It's one of the biggest and most critical pieces of infrastructure needed in a new international crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit…

Ubisoft Canada Inc. v. CBSA, Appeal No. AP-2013-004

Decision and reasons issued Tuesday, January 28, 2014 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on October 1, 2013, 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 January 22, 2013…

Update to CFIA AIRS Website

Chapter 30 was published to add the following OGD extension. 30.02.10.1095.23 - Therapeutic/transfusion products of other species. This created a requirement version change for the following HS code. 30.02.10.1095.01 Therapeutic/transfusion products of canine and feline species. Please check your…
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Windsor CBSA/Customs Brokers' Meeting

Minutes of the Windsor CSCB-CBSA meeting held on 20 February 2014 are now available on the Ontario Region page of the CSCB members site. To access, please go to our website at www.cscb.ca, login, click "My Account", "Member Services" tab and look under “Regional Activity" or “Recent Updates”…

2014 CSCB Prairie Region Annual Conference

Looking for the latest news about border policies and procedures? Register today for the CSCB Prairie Region Annual Conference, featuring a business program specifically designed for customs brokers. This year’s event will take place March 25th at the Four Points Hotel in Winnipeg. Please see the…
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Customs Notices 14-003 and 14-004

Further to our message of February 27, 2014, regarding changes in the refund provisions included in the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement, the CSBA has responded to our question concerning possible changes in refund provisions of other free trade agreements. Following is CBSA’s response: ... I am…