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Please be advised that the CFIA has updated its information for industry regarding cold storage warehouses. The cold storage warehouses are to be identified on the export certificate as indicated on the EU certification requirements webpage section 6.3: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/eng/1308322862954…

The Preliminary Injury Inquiry and an associated Press Release are available on the CITT website. Preliminary Injury Inquiry No. PI-2013-002 http://www.citt.gc.ca/dumping/preinq/determin/pi2n002_e.asp CITT issues Determination of Reasonable Indication of Injury Circular Copper Tube from Brazil…

Preliminary Determinations Respecting Certain Silicon Metal from the People's Republic of China are available at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima-lmsi/i-e/ad1400/ad1400-i13-np-eng.html

Final Determinations Respecting Certain Galvanized Steel Wire from the People’s Republic of China, the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Spain is available at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima-lmsi/i-e/ad1397/ad1397-i13-nf-eng.html

Starting Date Appeal No. Appellant Act Type of Hearing 2013-08-01 AP-2012-060 Cycles Lambert Inc. Customs Act File Hearing 2013-08-06 AP-2012-055 L. Lavoie Customs Act File Hearing 2013-08-20 AP-2012-057 Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. Customs Act Public Hearing 2013-08-22 AP-2012-065 R. Atkinson…

Following is a message from Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada. The EICS application technical problems have now been resolved.

Message to Customs Brokers regarding Softwood Quota Allocations The Prevailing Monthly Price for August 2013 is US$ 326. As such, export measures will apply from August 1st to 31st and companies in Option B regions who qualify will be issued an export allocation corresponding to their share of the…

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…