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Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. v. CBSA, Appeal No. AP-2013-003

Decision and reasons issued Thursday, February 13, 2014 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on October 24, 2013, 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 January 9, 2013, with…

CFIA Scheduled Network Maintenance, 26 February

Please note that as part of the Canada Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) ongoing efforts to improve client service, a maintenance window of the production database is scheduled for Wednesday, February 26, 2014. The CFIA Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) system will be affected by this maintenance…

Update to CFIA AIRS Website

a) Chapter 03 was published to modify the import conditions for the end uses “Food services" and "Retail Use", originating from Croatia, for the following HS codes. 03.01 - Live fish 03.02 - Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading No. 03.04. 03.03 - Fish, frozen…

U.S., Canada harmonizing names of meat cuts

Canada and the United States have agreed to harmonize the terminology used for wholesale cuts of meat. This common understanding of terms will benefit industry through reducing costs of maintaining separate inventories, easing trade and reducing red tape and regulatory burden. As of February 24…

Iraq, a New Member of CITES

The CITES Secretariat is pleased to welcome the Republic of Iraq as the 180th Party to CITES. Iraq is located in the Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf in the south east. Iraq is home to a variety of fauna and flora, of which over 100 are included in the CITES Appendices, including Arabian oryx…

Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

Subscribers may be interested in the following, published on 22 February 2014 in Part I of the Canada Gazette. Environment, Dept. of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 Significant New Activity Notice No. 17420 Canadian Food Inspection Agency Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative…

Update to CFIA AIRS Website

a) Chapter 02 was published to change the release recommendation to "Refuse Entry" for the following HS codes originating from the European Union for the end uses "In transit through Canada", "Other end uses", "Samples for testing", "Show or exhibition" and to streamline the import requirements for…

Obama signs executive order on streamlining the export/import processes

President Barack Obama, Wednesday, issued an executive order setting a Dec. 31, 2016 deadline for more than 40 federal agencies to have their systems ready to regulate import and export transactions through a common, government-wide, data-transmission pipeline. The International Trade Data System…

CBSA/Health Canada Webinar Documents

The following documents from the CBSA/Health Canada Trade Consultation Session on Importation of Products Regulated under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act held on January 16, 2014 are now available on the BCCC OGD sub-committee page: Webinar Summary Webinar Presentation Q & A Log To access…

CFIA Scheduled Network Maintenance, 23 February

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 February 23, 2014. The CFIA Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) system will be affected by this maintenance window…

Decisions Pending, Appeals

Appeal No. Appeal Name Act AP-2011-033 Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. Customs Act AP-2012-017 Oceaneering Canada Limited Customs Act AP-2012-052 Cross Country Parts Distribution Ltd. Customs Act AP-2012-067 Hudson's Bay Company Customs Act AP-2013-003 Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. Customs Act AP-2013…
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CBSA - Targeted Verification Results

At the February 2014 BCCC meeting, CBSA presented their Targeted Verification Results. This presentation was included in the package of documents from that meeting and made available to members on February 14th. However, we want to draw the attention of our members’ to this specific presentation…

COOL Compliance Hearings Kick Off at WTO

The US’ controversial country-of-origin labelling (COOL) requirements for livestock and meat imports were once again under scrutiny at the WTO this week, as hearings began to determine whether recent changes to the policy have brought it in line with international trade rules. The dispute dates back…

US, Canada, Mexico stress trade at North America summit

US President Barack Obama and leaders of Mexico and Canada pledged to improve their massive North American trade links at a summit shadowed by friction between the neighbors. The one-day talks hosted by President Enrique Pena Nieto ...in Toluca, near Mexico City, sought to find ways to revitalize…