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CFIA EDI Addition to Current Refusal/Reject Table

As part of the CFIA’s Enforcement Transparency Initiative to improve service delivery as an open, transparent, visibly accountable regulatory agency, the CFIA has added additional reasons to the current EDI Refusal/Reject table. This information will clearly and accurately identify the specific Act…

Public Hearings, Dumping and Subsidizing

Starting Date Case No. Product 2013-06-24 RR-2012-003 Carbon Steel Welded Pipe 2013-07-22 NQ-2013-001 Galvanized Steel Wire 2013-10-15 RR-2012-004 Thermoelectric Containers 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…
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CBSA Questionnaire – Examination of Goods

As a participant in CBSA’s BCCC Examination Subcommittee, the CSCB has been asked to forward a questionnaire to its members. Reponses to this questionnaire will enable the CBSA to assess the effectiveness, efficiency and best practices of the current examination processes with a goal to improve and…

NCBFAA protests Customs plan for disciplining [US] brokers

The following is excerpted from 29 April 2013 article by the National Post. The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America has come out against a U.S. Customs proposal to improve due process procedures for suspending a broker's entry-filer code, saying that going after the code…

Battle over Peace Bridge stokes Canada-U.S. cross-border tension

The following is excerpted from 29 April 2013 article by the National Post. Three U.S. lawmakers have launched a bid to scrap the “dysfunctional” binational agency that has overseen operation of the Peace Bridge between Ontario and New York for nearly a century, part of the escalating fallout from a…

CBSA Vancouver Port 809 - New Hours of Operation

Port 809, Vancouver, has distributed a notice regarding their hours of operation. Here they are: Effective April 29 2013 Hours of Operation for the Long Room will be 8:00-16:00 Cash office: 8:00-15:30 -All entries submitted after 15:30 will be processed the next business day. Manifest Desk: 8:00-15…

Update to CFIA AIRS Website

Chapter 03 was published to streamline the import requriements for the end use "Further processing for human consumption" for the following HS codes originating from the United States . 03.07.81 - Abalone (Haliotis spp.) : Live, fresh or chilled 03.07.89 - Abalone (Haliotis spp.) : Other 03.07.91…

Release of The Fiscal Monitor, February 2013

The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, released The Fiscal Monitor for February 2013. Highlights February 2013: budgetary surplus of $1.6 billion There was a budgetary surplus of $1.6 billion in February 2013, compared to a surplus of $1.5 billion in February 2012. Revenues increased by…

Seasonal hours begin April 29 at Wild Horse

The following is a 29 April 2013 news release by CBSA. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) advises travellers that the Wild Horse port of entry will extend its seasonal hours of operation effective April 29, 2013. The seasonal hours of operation will be from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week…

Newer Ports in Canada, Mexico Lead North American Growth

The following is excerpted from the 26 April 2013 article by the Journal of Commerce. The United States may be the trade capital of the world, but if you’re looking for North America’s fastest-growing container ports, you’ll have to look north and south of its borders. Among the Top 25 North…

Toxic materials on busiest Canada-U.S. border crossing proposed

The following is excerpted from the 26 April 2013 article by CBC News. The Ambassador Bridge connecting Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, Mich., carries one quarter of all trade between Canada and the United States. It could soon be carrying hazardous materials, too. Michigan transportation officials want…

Big Gains for Alberta in a Canada-EU Trade Agreement…

The following is excerpted from the 26 April 2013 news release by DFAIT. The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade …, today said that a wide range of sectors in every region of the country, including Alberta, would benefit from an ambitious Canada-EU comprehensive economic and trade…

Edmonton intermodal project will grow exports and benefit the local economy

The following is excerpted from the 26 April 2013 news release by Transport Canada. …[The Government of Canada has begun] construction of the Queen Elizabeth II Highway (QEII) and 41 Avenue Southwest Intermodal Access project in Edmonton, Alberta… The total cost of this project is estimated at $205…

Tabling of the Notice of Ways and Means Motion on Certain Tax Measures

The following is excerpted from the 22 April 2013 news release by Finance Canada. ...[Government of Canada] has tabled in the House of Commons a detailed Notice of Ways and Means Motion to implement certain tax measures in Economic Action Plan 2013… The Notice of Ways and Means Motion includes the…

Update to CFIA AIRS Website

Chapter 03 was published to: i) modify the import instructions for the following HS code from the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech , Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,Germany, Greece, Hungary,Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta…

CSCB/CBSA Joint Seminar on Valuation in Montreal - Tomorrow!

Last chance to register for tomorrow's CSCB/CBSA joint seminar on valuation in Montreal. Presenters include, from CBSA headquarters: Edward Hayes, Senior Program Officer, Policy Unit Mark Grant, Manager, Policy Unit Jean-François Bedard, Senior Program Officer, Policy Unit. And from the CSCB…