The following is excerpted from a 13 November 2019 release by the Produce Marketing Association As of December 31st, 2019, Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) and Produce Marketing Association (PMA) will …

New summary guide available on Health Canada’s Consumer Product Safety Program web page. Summary overview for the Importing, exporting or transhipping consumer products and cosmetics into Canada for commercial purposes, can …

The following message is from Global Affairs Canada. To customs brokers representing softwood lumber companies, we would be grateful for onward transmission of this notice to your clients. Please note …

CN 20-01, Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) licence to import food to Canada This Customs Notice replaces CN 19-01 Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)’s Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) coming into …

Oil Country Tubular Goods – Notice of Expiry of Finding The Canadian International Trade Tribunal hereby gives notice, pursuant to subsection 76.03(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, that its finding …

FIRM is an information retrieval system that allows CBSA to generate reports related to all of the Canada Customs Coding Form (B3) fields that have been input into the Customs …

CSMS #41149692 was released instructing stakeholders on the requirements for claiming duty free treatment under the new U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement. In order to receive preferential treatment, a good must be …

As many of our readers are aware, the U.S. levied additional tariffs on goods made in China.  These tariffs have come in waves that began on July 6th, 2018.  The …

The Office of the U.S Trade Representative issued another round of product exclusions from the Section 301 tariffs for List 3.  This round of exclusions published on January 6th include …

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley stated that it may take three to four days for the agreement to pass through the Senate committees prior to a vote.  The vote …

The U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule: 2020 Basic Edition is released and available online.  The HTSUS changes throughout the year, so it is important that your company has a process in …

On January 15th, 2020, President Trump has stated that he expects to sign “Phase 1” of the China trade deal.  This deal would lower the List 4a rates from 15 …

As many of our readers are aware, the U.S. levied additional tariffs on goods made in China. These tariffs have come in waves that began on July 6th, 2018. The …

The local FDA offices have notified the trade community of their hours for New Year’s Day: Peace Bridge Buffalo 12/31/2019: 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM (this may be adjusted to …

It’s no secret that the current administration has levied record amounts of duty on imports since 2016, which makes tariff classification vitally important. The proper classification of a commodity is …