2019

European Union and Mercosur reach free trade agreement

The EU is the first major partner to strike a trade pact with Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil Paraguay and Uruguay) The European Union (EU) and Mercosur reached a political agreement for an ambitious, balanced and comprehensive trade agreement. The agreement –…

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Washington will not impose extra duty on Canadian uranium

Uranium imports not found to threaten the national security of the United States. A year ago the U.S. Department of Commerce initiated an investigation into whether imports of uranium threaten to impair the United States’ national security (Section 232). A…

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Technical documents: Government memorandums, notices and decisions

Memorandum D14-1-8 – Re-investigation Policy – Special Import Measures Act (SIMA). Revisions Anti-dumping and Countervailing – Normal Values: Making Representations to the CBSA Textiles and Clothing Free Trade Agreement Tariff Preference Level Utilization 2019 Imports – Updated Textiles and Clothing…

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France’s parliament approves Canada-EU trade agreement

Half of the European Union’s member countries have so far approved the agreement. France’s National Assembly approved the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union (EU) and Canada. This week’s vote came after a heated debate about…

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New Foreign Trade Zone Point created in Montreal

FTZ Point will be serving the whole Montreal metropolitan community. A Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) Point has been created for the Montreal metropolitan community. The Metropolitan Cluster of logistics and transportation in Montreal, CargoM, made the announcement on Monday during…

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Wheat and barley tariff rate quotas reopen on August 1, 2019

Quotas for wheat, barley, wheat products and barley products covered by the Import Control List. Global Affairs Canada advises that the 2019-2020 tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for wheat, barley and their products will become accessible August 1, 2019. More specifically,…

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Ottawa announces more measures to prevent steel dumping

Anti-dumping levels to be reviewed more frequently and CBSA to get greater flexibility to calculate duties. The Government of Canada announced more measures aimed at protecting the domestic steel industry from imports of dumped or subsidized foreign steel. First, the…

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Technical documents: Government memorandums, notices and decisions

Customs Notice 19-21 Decommissioning of the legacy release service options other government department pre-arrival system 463 and other government department release on minimum documentation 471 Large Diameter Carbon and Alloy Steel Line Pipe exported from Japan to Canada by Sumitomo…

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Reinvestigation of values of dry wheat pasta from Turkey

Revised amounts could change the rates of anti-dumping and countervailing duties payable on imports. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) initiated a Re-investigation of the normal values, export prices and amounts of subsidy respecting certain dry wheat pasta originating in…

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Technical documents: Government memorandums, notices and decisions

This page lists newly published government memorandums, notices, regulations and decisions. Clicking on a title will open the document (in a new window) as published by the relevant department or agency on its own Web site. Canada Border Services Agency…

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