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CBSA – Systems Maintenance (October 14 and October 15)

The following is provided by the Canada Border Services Agency. TCC17-197 – Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) SCHEDULED Maintenance Outage For maintenance purposes, all EDI applications will be unavailable on Saturday …



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Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) – Special Edition!

Willson International encourages our clients to pursue participation in Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) CTPAT program. CBP has launched the CTPAT 2.0 Portal; which existing CTPAT partners may access 24/7/365. …



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CETA Cheese Quotas

The following are available in their entirety on the Global Affairs Canada website. CETA Cheese Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) (Items 141 to 157 on the Import Control List) This Notice …



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CETA Origin Declaration

There is no Certificate of Origin required for goods that originate under CETA.  According to the Agreement, an origin declaration, as indicated in Annex 2 is what is required. The …



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Anti-Dumping Duties

The following is available on the Canada Border Services Agency website. Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Plate – Notice of Initiation of Expiry Review Investigation On October 3, 2017, the Canadian International …



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Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Due to Expire on December 31, 2017

The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) provides duty-free treatment to certain goods of designated beneficiary countries.  To qualify for this duty free treatment, goods must be ‘direct shipped’ from the …



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National Marine Fisheries Import/Export Program Reminder

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently issued CSMS 17-000568. This message was issued to remind brokers, importers, and exporters about the importing and export filing requirements for three National …



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Seafood Import Monitoring (SIM) Program Becomes Mandatory on January 1, 2018

NOAA Fisheries published the final rule establishing the Seafood Import Monitoring (SIM) Program on December 9, 2016.  This program establishes the reporting and record-keeping requirements for imports of certain seafood …



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Anti-Dumping Duties – Carbon and Alloy Steel Line Pipe

The following is available in its entirety on the Canada Border Services Agency website. Carbon and Alloy Steel Line Pipe – Preliminary Determination – Statement of Reasons (SEP.21.2017) Concerning the …



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Tariff Rate Quotas

Milk Protein Substances with a Milk Protein Content of 85% or more by Weight, Calculated on the Dry Matter, that do not Originate in a NAFTA Country, an EU country …



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Windsor-Detroit Tunnel Closure for Renovations

The Windsor-Detroit Tunnel crossing will be closed for renovations beginning at 8 pm on Friday, October 20, 2017 and will reopen at 5:30 am on Monday, October 30, 2017. During …



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Trilateral Statement on the Conclusion of the Third Round of NAFTA negotiations Statements

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, Mexican Secretary of the Economy Ildefonso Guajardo, and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer today successfully concluded the third round of the renegotiation and …



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New EU Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Regulations: Amendments to Veterinary Certificates

The following is provided by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Please be advised that due to the new Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) regulations: (EU) 2017/622 and (EU) 2017/731 brought into …



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CETA in the Canada Gazette

Importers may wbe interested in the following CETA information, recently posted in the Canada Gazette: CETA Rules of Origin Regulations SOR/2017-175 CETA Rules of Origin for Casual Goods Regulations SOR/2017-176 …



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ISF & Ocean Shipments: What you need to know

Regardless if the final destination is the United States or Canada, if your ocean shipment is docking in the United States then an ISF (Importer Security Filing) must be filed …



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