Each year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is required to inspect a certain number of foreign food facilities under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). FDA has stated …
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has posted Import Alerts by Major Revision Date.
A “clean†bill was passed by the House that funds U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the rest of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through September 30th, 2015. …
By May 10, 2015 the Centralized Examination Station (CES) located in Detroit, MI will be terminating operations. Any commercial shipments requiring a CBP exam will be inspected at Fort Street …
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Development has advised that the 2015 Tariff Preference Level Utilization for imported goods from Honduras is, to date, 26402 SMEs. The total for …
The following is available on the Canada Border Services Agency website. Preliminary Decisions Respecting Certain Photovoltaic Modules and Laminates The goods in question are usually classified under the following Harmonized …
Commercial shipments of rice, soybeans, safflower seeds, and chickpeas originating from Khapra beetle infested countries must be inspected by CBP Agriculture Specialists upon entry, and must be accompanied by a …
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will need a “clean†funding bill to avoid approximately 6,000 staff furloughs which would impact the resumption of business at West Coast ports. U.S. …
The following is provided by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. A search engine has been created to locate information that is relevant to food labelling requirements and can be accessed …
Recently, the United States, Canada and the State of Michigan signed an arrangement on the establishment of a U.S. Customs plaza at the proposed New International Trade Crossing (NITC) linking …
An amended CBP Form 434, NAFTA Certificate of Origin, is available on CBPs “forms†page with new enhancements. CBP will also accept prior versions of the form along with the …
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has provided an updated memo regarding the labour disruption and the non-report of containers on vessels diverted from a US Marine Port to a …
D8-1-7, Use of A.T.A. Carnets and Canada/Chinese Taipei Carnets for the Temporary Admission of Goods This memorandum provides information on the use of carnets in Canada. This update consists of …
The following is available on the Canadian International Trade Tribunal website. Refined Sugar, Expiry Review No. RR-2014-006 Notice of Expiry Review of Orders Tribunal Initiates Expiry Review—Refined Sugar from the …
A basic edition of the 2015 Harmonized Tariff Schedules (HTS) took effect on January 29, 2015. The full edition in pdf format has been updated. HTS Available here
