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Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Digital Document Store (DDS) experienced delays. Please note there may be a delay (2 hours) in processing import documentation. During this time clients are instructed to continue to send requests to (613) 773-9999 or by email at nisc…

Monday, July 1, 2013 is a designated government holiday. The Bureau's offices will be closed (no officers or Help Desk staff will be available). The EICS and EXCOL systems will be available during normal hours. Questions or problems can be directed to the EICS/EXCOL help desk: EICS.SCEI…

The Notice of Undertaking Proposal is available on the CBSA website at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima-lmsi/i-e/ad1397/ad1397-i13-nup-eng.html

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will be holding the next Customs Brokers Professional Examination on October 24, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. For further information on the examination and how to apply, please refer to the English or French examination notice. CBSA's Memorandum D1-8-3, Canada Border…

Minutes of the CSCB/CBSA meeting held on 24 April are now available on the Toronto Region page of the CSCB members site. To access, please go to our website at www.cscb.ca, login, click "My Account", "Corporate Member Services" and look under “Regional Activity" or "Recent Updates". Please note that…

Chapter 04 was published to add the following OGD extension with the end use "Human consumption". 04.08.99.0284 - Chicken eggs, cooked, otherwise preserved 04.08.99.0285 - Quail eggs, cooked, otherwise preserved 04.08.99.0286 - Duck eggs, cooked, otherwise preserved 04.08.99.0287 - Goose eggs…

Preliminary Determination of Injury is available on the CITT website at: http://www.citt.gc.ca/dumping/preinq/determin/pi2n001_e.asp An associated press release is available on the CITT website at: http://www.citt.gc.ca/press/pi2n01a_e.asp

The following is excerpted from a 21 June 2013 release by Statistics Canada. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.7% in the 12 months to May, following a 0.4% increase in April. The year-over-year rise in the May CPI was led by higher shelter costs, notably natural gas. This release is available in…

The following is a CBSA Message (EDI13-047). The following is information concerning this year's civic holiday in Québec on Monday, June 24, 2013. For all clients, overnight reports will run the evenings of Friday, June 21, 2013 and Monday, June 24, 2013. Daily notices/statements covering entry data…

The following is a CBSA Message (EDI13-046). CCS - B3 processing issues impacted the clients’ ability to account for shipments within the required time frames. Late accounting penalties resulting from this issue for transactions due June 19, 2013 and accounted for June 20, 2013 will be waived…

I.E. Canada has announced that the 5th Annual CATIE Awards program is now accepting applications. This could be the year that your name is called to the winners’ podium to receive an award at the GALA event! The applications and other details can be found on the I.E. Canada website on the 2013 CATIE…

The ACROSS EDI release requests received report for May 2013 is available on the CSCB website at: http://cscb.ca/sites/cscb.ca/files/uploads/EDI_Report_May_2013.xlsx The national EDI percent was 94.6%.

The following is excerpted from a 19 June 2013 press release by the Bank of Canada. For Canada’s economy to grow in a self-sustaining, self-generating fashion, capacity needs to be rebuilt and business confidence strengthened, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz said today in a speech to the…