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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has concluded consultations on an improved food inspection model and has posted the final document to the Agency’s external website. The model has been built by stakeholders and proposes a single and consistent approach to food inspection across all…

Following is a message from Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada. The EICS application will be unavailable due to technical problems. Connectivity to EICS Web and EDI will be affected. We will advise once the technical problems as been resolved.

The following is a CBSA Message (EDI13-051) This bulletin is intended for clients using the eManifest Portal to submit their Housebill data to CBSA. Please note that there is a planned maintenance of the GCKey service scheduled for Sunday, July 21, 2013, between 02:00 and 06:00 ET. GCKey will not be…

The following has been updated and is available on the Canada Revenue Agency website: EDM1-5-1 Rates of Excise Duty http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/em/edm1-5-1/README.html

a) Chapter 03 was published i) to modify the import conditions for the end uses " Aquarium - commercial", "Aquarium - private", "Outdoor holding unit - commercial" and "Outdoor holding unit - private" originating from; Brazil, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka…

The following is available on the CBSA website: Customs Notice 13-017, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Transforming Client Outreach http://cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/cn-ad/cn13-017-eng.html

The following is excerpted from an 18 July 2013 release by Statistics Canada. Wholesale sales rose 2.3% to $50.3 billion in May, the largest rate of growth since the beginning of 2011. The increase was largely due to higher sales in the agricultural supplies industry and the food industry. In volume…

This message is further to an earlier message regarding two-port processing, and addresses the issue of Y50s issued to brokers when cargo report data does not match PARS data, pre-arrival. Members have asked if there is a mechanism by which CBSA can also advise the carrier when a match does not…

CBSA has confirmed the process for two-port processing under eManifest. If a carrier reports at a port that is different from the port of destination indicated on the PARS, Border Services Officers (BSOs) are being instructed to change the port of report on the cargo report or the port of release on…

Certain Mattress Innerspring Units from the People's Republic of China - 2013 Dumping file #: 4214-24 Dumping case #: AD/1383 The Notice of Initiation of Re-investigation is available here on the CITT website: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima-lmsi/ri-re/ad1383/ad1383-ri13-ni-eng.ht…

Members may be interested in the following index, published on 17 July 2013 in Part I of the Canada Gazette. http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2013/2013-07-17/html/index-eng.php

The following is excerpted from a 17 July 2013 report by the Bank of Canada. Following growth of 1.7 per cent in 2012, the Canadian economy is expected to grow by 1.8 per cent in 2013 and 2.7 percent in 2014 and 2015, and to reach full capacity in mid-2015, as anticipated in the April Report. The…

The Notice of Commencement of Inquiry and an associated Press Release are available on the CITT website. The Notice of Commencement of Inquiry http://www.citt.gc.ca/dumping/inquirie/notices/nq2n002_e.asp Press Release - Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiates Final Inquiry Unitized Wall…

Starting Date Case No. Product 2013-07-22 NQ-2013-001 Galvanized Steel Wire 2013-10-15 RR-2012-004 Thermoelectric Containers 2013-10-15 NQ-2013-002 Unitized Wall Modules 2013-10-28 RR-2013-001 Structural Tubing 2013-11-12 RR-2013-002 Hot-rolled Carbon Steel Plate and High-strength Low-alloy Steel…

Please be advised that a modernized version of the Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) website will be released on Tuesday July 30, 2013. Consequently, the AIRS website will not be available on Tuesday July 30th from 12:00am to 2:00am EST. The following changes will be made to make the AIRS…

The purpose of this message is to inform you that the 2013-2014 tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for wheat, barley and their products will become accessible August 1, 2013. Details are available on the Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada website at: http://www.international.gc.ca/controls…

Please be advised that a new establishment has been added to the CFIA Internet site in the "List of Establishments Approved to Export Live or Raw Molluscan Shellfish from Ireland to Canada": http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/fispoi/import/iroyshuie.shtml