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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…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has drafted two documents, which are now available for comment. The documents are as follows: Draft Compliance Promotion Strategy - describes how the CFIA, other governments, industry, academia, non-governmental organizations and consumers can work together…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) invites your feedback on its discussion paper entitled CFIA Guidance Documents: Supporting Compliance with the Proposed Safe Food for Canadians Regulations. The CFIA is committed to providing information to stakeholders that will increase their…

The CFIA invites your feedback on its document, Enhancing Risk Analysis: A more systematic and consistent approach. www.inspection.gc.ca/eng/1401877060366/1401877061647

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) Healthy and Safe Food Regulatory Forum is set to go on June 17 and 18, 2014. Although Forum attendance is at capacity, I wanted to take this opportunity to draw your attention to the following: 1. Due to the overwhelming interest this year, the Forum’s…