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EICS Message: Softwood Lumber quota for March 2014

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

RCC Action Plan Webinars

Ongoing stakeholder engagement is an important part of the Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council’s (RCC) work. Canada and U.S. working group leads will be holding jointly-planned and executed webinars to allow stakeholders more opportunities to simultaneously interact on RCC issues…

CBSA Message (EDI14-016) - Family Day in the Provinces of ON, AB, SK and MB

Family Day – February 17, 2014 in the provinces of Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba: For the purposes of calculating the accounting period, February 17, 2014 will be considered a holiday for these provinces and any late accounting penalties will be waived without the client having to…

Update to CFIA AIRS Website

a) Chapter 6 was published to modify the release recommendation from "Refuse entry" to "Approved" for the following HS code originating from all origins with the exception of countries of the European Union, Norway, Switzerland and the United States. 06.04.20.0047.17 - Foliage, branches - fresh -…
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BCCC Trusted Trader Sub-committee Meeting Documents

The following documents from the BCCC Trusted Trader Sub-committee meeting on 20 November 2013 are now available in the CSCB Advocacy section of the CSCB members site. Record of Meeting Trusted Traders Portal FAST Pilot in Sarnia To access, please go to our website at www.cscb.ca, login, click "My…

BC Region CSCB-CBSA Meeting Minutes, 8 January 2014

Minutes of the BC Region CSCB-CBSA meeting held on 8 January 2014 are now available on the BC 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”. Questions…

Canada Gazette - Official Regulations

Subscribers may be interested in the following, published on 12 February 2014 in Part II of the Canada Gazette. SOR/2014-10 January 29, 2014 Canada Agricultural Products Act Icewine Regulations SOR/2014-8 January 29, 2014 Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act Regulations Amending the Consumer…

Canada Revenue Agency Forms

On February 11, 2014, the Government of Canada announced in its Budget that it proposes to amend the Excise Act, 2001. As a result, the following forms are available on the Canada Revenue Agency website: EDN35 Changes to Excise Duty Rates on Tobacco Products http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/em/edn35

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-2012-067 Hudson's Bay Company Customs Act AP-2012-072 R. Christie Customs Act AP-2013-003 Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. Customs Act AP-2013-004 Ubisoft Canada Inc…

Loonie rises as traders await Ottawa budget

The Canadian dollar advanced Tuesday morning while traders looked ahead to the release of the federal government’s new budget. The loonie was ahead 0.14 of a cent to 90.6 cents US as the U.S. dollar backed off amid the other major market event of the day – congressional testimony by the new chair of…

COOL: Gov't vows to fight U.S. provisions on meat labelling

Ottawa will do everything it can to fight provisions of a farm law in the United States that is hurting Canada’s meat producing industry, International Trade Minister Ed Fast said. Fast described a country-of-origin labelling (COOL) requirement for meat in legislation signed last week by U.S…

Budget 2014: 6 promises Canadians could see

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is tabling the 2014 budget this afternoon. It'll be his 10th budget for the federal Conservatives. Here are six things to watch for. 1. Closing the Canada-U.S. price gap Flaherty allowed at a news conference last week that there will be something more for…

Update to CFIA AIRS Website

Chapter 44 was published to streamline the import conditions for the following HS codes originating from continental US. 44.01.21.0121.02 - Douglas fir - wood chips, wood particles, nuggets 44.01.21.0121.99 - Other - conifer - wood chips, wood particles, nuggets 44.01.22.0122.08 - Beech - wood chips…
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CBSA Policy re: Frito Lay Decision

The CSCB has followed up with CBSA regarding ongoing appeals for situations identical to those in the Frito Lay appeal. CBSA has responded with the following: The CBSA will not be appealing the CITT decision on Frito-Lay. Notwithstanding the withdrawal of the CBSA’s appeal to the Federal Court of…

Canada’s bridge over troubled waters

At first blush, the government of Canada is acting like a clumsy, overeager suitor in its efforts to get a new bridge built across the Detroit River. Already on the hook for almost the entire $2-billion cost of the link, Ottawa has now said, to keep the project moving forward, it is going to start…

NAFTA Partners Consider Agreement's Future Amid Broader Initiatives

A Feb. 19 summit among the leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico is expected to signal if and how the NAFTA partners will work to upgrade a pact that marks its 20th anniversary this year. Panelists at a recent congressional hearing identified a number of improvements that should be made to…