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The 5272 form now contains a “Submit Email” button, which connects to the user’s default email program to create a new message From:    Import Systems Unit / Unité des systèmes d’importati on (CFIA/ACIA) <[email protected]>    To:    [email protected]    Subject:    Update of the Request for Documentation Review CFIA 5272 / Mise à jour de la Demande de révision de…

The Trade Tribunal says resumption of dumping would result in injury to Canadian industry The Canadian International Trade Tribunal announced that it continued its finding made in March 2010 (and prolonged in 2015) concerning the dumping and subsidizing of oil country tubular goods from China. The Tribunal found that the dumping and subsidizing of the…

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 at the end of March. Canadian and U.S. officials have again mutually determined that non-essential travel between the United States and Canada…

Government says any duties imposed on Canadian softwood lumber by the United States are unwarranted The Government of Canada announced the filing of a request for a panel review under Chapter 10 of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) regarding U.S. countervailing duties on imports of Canadian softwood lumber. The U.S. Department of Commerce established on…

WTO members introduced the lowest number of “regular” trade-related measures since 2012 The World Trade Organization (WTO) published its Annual overview of trade-related developments last Friday. The report notes that WTO members introduced the lowest number of “regular” trade-related measures since 2012 – that is, those unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic. The trade coverage of import-facilitating measures…

Customs Notice 20-36  provides guidance on importing COVID-19 drugs, including vaccines, covered under Health Canada’s Interim Order Respecting the Importation, Sale and Advertising of Drugs for Use in Relation to COVID-19 Read More

 Customs Notice 20-35 advises that the 2021 Tariff reflects Statistics Canada changes to units of measures in Chapters 72 and 73. Scheduled rate reductions contained within the legislation of individual free trade agreements are also reflected Read More

Memorandum D11-5-9 has been revised to describe the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCOFTA) Rules of Origin and to provide updated links to the text of the Agreement Read More

Circumstances make it unusually difficult for CBSA to make a preliminary determination within ninety days Read More

Utilization levels have been updated to December 14, 2020 Read More

Utilization levels have been updated to December 14, 2020 Read More

The animal health import policy Milk and Regulated Milk Products has been  replaced Read More

The agreement will maintain mutual preferential access to traders of both countries Following the official signature this week of the Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA) by representatives of the two countries, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-18 in the House of Commons to implement the agreement. This agreement will maintain preferential access to…

Trade Tribunal will first determine whether the imports are harming Canadian producers The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), on its own initiative, launched an investigation into whether or not certain concrete reinforcing bar from A from Oman and Russia are being sold at unfair prices in Canada. In the next step of the investigation the…

Statistics Canada reports that the trade deficit with the world was virtually unchanged at $3.8 billion Statistics Canada announced that the country’s merchandise exports increased 2.2% in October, partially on higher exports of pharmaceutical products, and imports rose 1.9%, in part due to higher imports of cell phones. As a result, Canada’s merchandise trade deficit…