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Security key to strengthening trade ties with US

The following is excerpted from the 19 August 2013 article by Canadian Transportation & Logistics. Ensuring the security of our transportation systems is key to strengthening Canada-US trade relationship, according to Canada’s new transport minister, Lisa Raitt. Raitt …said that in implementing the…

Single Window Initiative – Integrated Import Declaration

CBSA has provided an updated version of the Single Window Initiative (SWI) Integrated Import Declaration (IID) Electronic Commerce Client Requirements Document (ECCRD). The IID is the new electronic message that CBSA has developed to allow the submission of information that meets CBSA requirements…

CFIA Scheduled Network Maintenance, 17 August

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 Saturday August 17, 2013. The CFIA Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) system will be affected by this maintenance window…

Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, June 2013

The following is excerpted from a 16 August 2013 release by Statisitcs Canada. Manufacturing sales declined 0.5% to $48.2 billion in June, the fourth decrease in six months. Manufacturing sales have been on a slow decline since the spring of 2012. The decline in June mostly reflected lower sales in…

Mid-Year Export Checkup

The following is excerpted from a 15 August 2013 commentary by Peter G. Hall of EDC. Economic data for the first half of 2013 are almost all tabulated. At the beginning of the year, hopes were high that international trade would step up, compensating for the increasingly sluggish consumer and…

CSCB - A Proud Member of the International Network of Customs Universities

We are proud to announce that the Canadian Society of Customs Brokers (CSCB) has been accepted as the first and only Canadian institution to the International Network of Customs Universities (INCU). The INCU is an international not‑for‑profit organisation established to: promote the academic…

Ambassador Bridge tolls set to rise to $5 each way

The following is excerpted from the 14 August 2013 article by CBC News. It will soon cost more to cross the Ambassador Bridge… Starting Thursday, the toll for cars, vans, motorcycles and empty pickup trucks will jump from $4.75 to $5 in both Canadian and U.S. funds. Buses, larger trucks and cars…

Update to CFIA AIRS Website

a) Chapter 01 was published to add the following OGD extensions: 01.06.90.2114 - Animal pathogen level 2 parasites- in animal product or by-product 01.06.90.2115 - Animal pathogen level 3 parasites- in animal product or by-product b) Chapter 08 was published to change the release recommendation from…

2013 CSCB National Annual Conference - Register Today!

Eight weeks until the CSCB national conference and delegates have been registering at a rapid pace. It will be a great event and we don’t want you to miss out on it. We understand that The Rimrock Resort Hotel is very busy during our conference period. And it is almost sold out! We encourage you to…

CBSA eManifest Open House

CBSA is hosting 10 open house eManifest information sessions at various highway Ports of Entry across Canada in September 2013. Although these sessions are geared toward carriers, anyone is welcome to attend. A CBSA representative is available at these sessions from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. A list of…

Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. v. CBSA, Appeals No. AP-2012-041 and AP-2012-042

Decision and reasons issued Monday, July 29, 2013 IN THE MATTER OF appeals heard on April 16, 2013, pursuant to section 67 of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF two decisions of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, dated August 9 and August 16, 2012…