2020

Canada – U.S. border to remain closed to non-essential travel until June 22

The border closure does not apply to freight and to certain essential travel. Canada and the United States have announced that they are extending by another month the border restrictions put in place two months ago. U.S. and Canadian officials have mutually…

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Technical documents: Government memorandums, notices and decisions

Heavy steel plate from Chinese Taipei, Germany, South Korea, Malaysia, and Turkey. Notice of initiation of investigation Oil Country Tubular Goods and Seamless Casing from China, Chinese Taipei, India, Indonesia, the Philippines,South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine and Vietnam. Re-investigation of…

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Tribunal to review expiry of duties on photovoltaic modules and laminates from China

Anti-dumping finding scheduled to expire unless CBSA and Tribunal decide to maintain it. The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated a review to determine if the expiry of its July 2015 finding is likely to lead to continued or resumed dumping…

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Canadian rail freight volume was up 4.7 percent in March

Statistics Canada reports increases in rail shipments of fuel oil, crude petroleum and agricultural products. Statistics Canada announced that despite all the setbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s railways carried 33.2 million tonnes of merchandise in March, up…

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Oil country tubular goods and seamless casing assigned new values

 Revisions may result in a change to duties being assessed on importations of these goods. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) concluded, on May 25, 2020, a re-investigations of the normal values and export prices of certain oil country tubular…

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CBSA starts dumping investigation on steel plate from five countries

Tribunal will first determine whether the imports are harming Canadian producers. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) launched an investigation into whether or not certain hot-rolled carbon steel heavy plate and high-strength low-alloy steel heavy plate from Chinese Taipei, Germany,…

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Technical documents: Government memorandums, notices and decisions

Oil country tubular goods from Korea and Turkey and hot-rolled carbon steel plate from Korea. Notice of review of final determinations of dumping Opening of the Application Period for the CUSMA Dairy Export Thresholds EICS Bulletin – Sugar-Containing Products Export…

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EU reports progress in free trade negotiations with Australia

The seventh round of negotiations for an EU-Australia trade agreement was held virtually. Officials from the European Commission and Australia held the 7th round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between the European Union (EU) and Australia from May 4-15…

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CFIA expands the Recognition of Export Grain Analysis program

The Agency expands the program to give exporters more testing options to get their product to market faster. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) Recognition of Export Grain Analysis by Authorized Laboratories (REGAL) program provides a testing alternative for grain…

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Trusted trader and traveler programs enrollment in Canada and the U.S. closed until July 6

Customs authorities in both countries react in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced that in response to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, the closure of all FAST/NEXUS Enrolment Centres will be extended until at…

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