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Are you ready – Changes to CBSA import declarations effective August 17, 2020

CN 20-21, Decommissioning of Legacy Release Service Options OGD PARS Please note that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced that the release service options known as Electronic Data …



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U.S. Customs & Border Protection Publishes USMCA Fact Sheets

This week, U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) published a variety of fact sheets on the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). These fact sheets include: Customs Duties Treatment of Customs Duties Regional …



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Harmonized Tariff Schedule Update

On July 1st, the International Trade Commission posted the fourteenth revision to the 2020 Harmonized Tariff Schedule. We encourage our clients to periodically review the tariff codes that are used …



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APHIS Core Implementation Delayed

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that the APHIS Core program has been delayed until January of 2021.  The Core Message Set …



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Anti-Dumping Duties

Decorative and other non structural plywood, Statement of Reasons The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) initiated investigations on June 11, 2020, respecting the alleged injurious dumping and subsidizing of certain …



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Updates to the Handbook of Export and Import Commodity Codes for CUSMA-related Tariff Rate Quotas and Export Thresholds

The following is provided by Global Affairs Canada This message is to inform you that Global Affairs Canada has updated its Handbook of Export and Import Commodity Codes with the …



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New Information for Regulated Parties available on Health Canada’s Consumer Product Safety Program

The Information for Regulated Parties on the Enforcement Approach for the General Prohibitions under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, can be found on the Canada.ca website



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CN 20-23, Import prohibition on goods produced wholly or in part by forced labour

On November 30, 2018, Canada, Mexico and the United States signed the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). Article 23.6 of the CUSMA establishes an obligation for each Party to prohibit the …



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Updates to the phytosanitary requirements for importing micro-organisms

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has updated its plant health requirements for importing micro-organisms. For more information, please see the notice to industry. Please direct questions regarding these updates …



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FDA – July 4th Holiday Hours

The local FDA offices have notified the trade community of their hours for the holiday weekend: Peace Bridge Buffalo Friday, July 3rd: 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM Saturday, July 4th: …



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Sugar for Export to the United States under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement – Serial No. 1002

This Notice sets out the policies and practices pertaining to the administration of Sugar referred to in TRQ – US 09 for export to the United States under the Canada-United …



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Sugar-Containing Products for Export to the United States under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement – Serial No. 1001

This Notice sets out the policies and practices pertaining to the administration of Sugar-Containing Products referred to in TRQ – US 10 for export to the United States under the …



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Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) requirement for the Manufactured food commodities

This notice is to inform importers and brokers that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will be updating the Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) to include the Safe Food for Canadians …



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Tariffs on Canadian Aluminum Possible

US Trade Representative (USTR) Lighthizer acknowledged last week in a Senate Finance Committee hearing that there have been recent surges in imported steel and aluminum from Canada and Mexico. Last …



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U.S. Trade Representative Publishes Final USMCA Regulations

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative posted both the implementing instructions and the USMCA Uniform regulations for the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement that goes into effect on July 1, 2020.  This …



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