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Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, April 2013

June 14, 2013
The following is excerpted from a 14 June 2013 release by Statistics Canada. Manufacturing sales fell 2.4% in April to $48.2 billion — the fourth decline in five months and the largest monthly percentage drop since August 2009. Lower sales in the petroleum and coal product, and primary metal…

CBSA Message: Scheduled Maintenance Outage

June 13, 2013
Following is a CBSA Message (EDI13-042). Saturday, June 15, 2013 CCS / CADEX Outage: Please be advised that due to scheduled maintenance, CCS/CADEX will be down from 05:00 to 05:30 (Eastern Time). CADEX and CUSDEC B3s and AO release queries transmitted to the CADEX system will be affected by this…

CFIA Scheduled Network Maintenance, 15-16 June

June 13, 2013
As part of CFIA's ongoing efforts to improve client service please be advised that CFIA will be performing network maintenance on Saturday June 15, 2013, between 6:00PM & 10:00PM (EST) AND Sunday June 16, 2013 between 12:00AM & 10:00AM (EST). Consequently, the following services will not be…

...Government seeks report on impact of tariff elimination

June 13, 2013
The following is excerpted from the 12 June 2013 article by iPolitics. When the Harper government announced in the 2013 budget that it was eliminating tariffs on baby clothes and sports equipment to help hardworking Canadians, it was careful to clarify that the measures represented real “potential ”…

Export of Substances on the Export Control List Regulations, webinar

June 12, 2013
The following is a message from Environment Canada. A webinar will be held on June 18, 2013 from 1:00pm to 2:00pm EST to discuss the Export of Substances on the Export Control List Regulations. This presentation will be in English. Questions are welcome in the language of your choice. If you would…

CBSA Message: Y50 Related manifest in reject status...

June 12, 2013
The following is a CBSA Message (EDI13-040). This bulletin is intended to offer guidelines and clarification to importers and brokers regarding a release transaction reject notice generated by CBSA border officers in ACROSS. If you receive a reject message on your release transaction such as…

ATA Carnet Training

June 12, 2013
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the only organization in Canada approved for carnet issuance, had advised that they are available to provide ATA carnet training to interested parties. Training can take place in your own boardroom, or, if numbers allow, a full session may be provided in the fall…

CIFFA eManifest Workshops

June 12, 2013
Please note, we have just been informed by CIFFA that the event below is sold out. We will advise if another workshop is scheduled on this topic. CSCB members who have been attending the 2013 CSCB regional conferences have been hearing the latest news about eManifest from a customs broker’s…

CFIA Scheduled Network Maintenance, 16 June

June 12, 2013
Please be advised as part of CFIA's ongoing efforts to improve client service, CFIA will be performing system maintenance that will cause CFIA's EDI system to be offline on June 16, 2013 between 3:00am and 7:00 am EST. CFIA will continue to receive information during the scheduled maintenance…

Second CCS Quiz for 2013 available on 13 June!

June 12, 2013
The second quiz for CCS designates starts on 13 June. As always, the quiz is worth ten professional development points toward maintenance of the CCS designation, and is free of charge. Available Due Quiz 2 June 13 July 4 Quiz 3 September 26 October 17 Mark your calendar! Don't miss out on this…

Decisions Pending, Appeals

June 12, 2013
Appeal No. Appeal Name Act AP-2011-060 Cycles Lambert Inc. Customs Act AP-2012-022 Andritz Hydro Canada Inc. and VA Tech Hydro Canada Customs Act AP-2012-026 Euro-Line Appliances Customs Act AP-2012-038 Colonial Élégance Inc. Special Import Measures Act AP-2012-039, AP-2012-050 and AP-2012-059…

Regal Ideas Inc. v. CBSA, Appeal No. AP-2012-025

June 12, 2013
Decision and reasons issued Monday, May 27, 2013 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on April 23, 2013, pursuant to subsection 61(1) of the Special Import Measures Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. S-15; AND IN THE MATTER OF two decisions of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, dated July 6, 2012…

Importation of ash (Fraxinus spp.) regulated articles from New Hampshire, US.

June 11, 2013
Effective July 8, 2013, the following requirements will apply for the importation of ash regulated commodities from New Hampshire, US: A Phytosanitary Certificate will be required for the following commodities: 06.04.90.0046.44 - Foliage, branches - dried - Ash (Fraxinus spp.) - < 1.5 cm in diameter…

Update to CFIA AIRS Website

June 11, 2013
Chapter 6 was published to: i) Modify the release recommendation from "Refuse Entry" to "Refer to CFIA-ISC" for the end use "Propagation (growing or sowing)" for Belgium, Germany, France, United Kingdom and Netherlands, for the following HS codes: 06.02.10.0009.74 - Cherry - Unrooted plants (Prunus…

Full Enforcement of Importer Security Filing to Begin July 9

June 10, 2013
The following was published today by Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg LLP. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that after several years of what it calls a “measured and commonsense” approach to enforcing the Importer Security Filing (or 10+2) rule, effective July 9 it will begin full…