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 The border closure does not apply to freight and to certain essential travel Canada and the United States will be extending by another month the border restrictions put in place a year ago. It has been determined that non-essential travel between the United States and Canada still poses additional risk of transmission and spread of…

Negligible-risk status for bovine spongiform encephalopathy would help access to certain trade markets for Canadian products Canada is now closer to being recognized by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) as a negligible-risk country for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). A change from controlled to negligible BSE-risk status would help secure and negotiate access for…

Customs Notice 21-04 reminds importers that as of March 15, 2021, an SFC licence is mandatory to import foods such as meat, fish, dairy, eggs, processed eggs, processed fruits or vegetables, honey, maple and, fresh fruits or vegetables Read More

Under the protocol, all trade in live swine, swine germplasm, and untreated swine products would initially stop if ASF is found in wild pigs, while trade in products treated to make the ASF virus ineffective could continue Read More

Utilization levels have been updated to March 23, 2021 Read More

Utilization levels have been updated to March 15, 2021 Read More

Provisional duties at rates ranging from 8% to 45% will now be payable on the subject goods The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) made a preliminary determination of dumping respecting certain concrete reinforcing bar from Oman and Russia. Provisional duties at rates ranging from 8% to 45% will now be payable on the subject goods…

Anti-dumping finding scheduled to expire unless CBSA and Tribunal decide to maintain it The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated an expiry review of its finding of March 2016, which resulted on anti-dumping and countervailing duties being applied to carbon and alloy steel line pipe from China. The Tribunal will determine if the expiry of the…

Circumstances make it unusually difficult for CBSA to make a preliminary determination within ninety days Due to the existence of circumstances that make it unusually difficult to make a preliminary determination regarding the alleged injurious dumping and subsidizing of certain grinding media from India within the normal ninety days, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)…

Merchandise exports increased 8.1 percent, while imports were up almost one percent Due to the existence of circumstances that make it unusually difficult to make a preliminary determination regarding the alleged injurious dumping and subsidizing of certain grinding media from India within the normal ninety days, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced that it…

 Four months suspension allows both sides to focus on resolving this long-running dispute. A similar agreement was reached between the U.S. and the UK The United States and the European Union announced that they agreed to suspend all retaliatory tariffs on EU and U.S. exports imposed in the Airbus and Boeing WTO disputes for a…

Memorandum D3-3-1 has been revised Read More

Memorandum D8-3-6 has been revised Read More

The Utilization levels have been updated to March 1, 2021 Read More

Under the Agreement, members committed to review the operation and implementation of the TFA four years from its entry into force Read More