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The reviews are the result of recommendations and rulings from the World Trade Organisation The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced that it continued the final determination of dumping with respect to certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) originating in or exported from South Korea and Turkey with some amendments. The CBSA also continued the…

Customs Notice 20-27 advises that this office moved to a new loaction Read More

Memorandum D8-2-16 outlines the conditions under which a remission order may be granted on certain goods imported into Canada by courier services Read More

To date, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has received reports from more than 750 individuals across all Canadian provinces who have received unrequested packages of unknown seeds Read More

At the request of China, CFIA has developed a process to suspend the issuance of export certificates when an outbreak of COVID-19 occurs at establishments which export refrigerated and frozen meat and non-live fish and seafood to China From:    CFIA Webmaster <[email protected]>    To:    [email protected]    Subject:    20200810 – Export requirements for meat and non-live fish and seafood…

At the request of Panama, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has updated the Food Export Requirements Library to include the export of fish and seafood products to Panama at commercial risk  From:    CFIA Webmaster <[email protected]>    To:    [email protected]    Subject:    20200806 – New content online – Export (fish and seafood) to Panama at commercial risk / Nouveau…

Statistics Canada reports that exports increased 17.1 percent while imports rose 21.8 percent Statistics Canada announced that the country’s merchandise trade deficit with the world widened from $1.3 billion in May to $3.2 billion in June. The Federal agency says that merchandise imports and exports rebounded sharply, compared to May, mostly on the strength of…

The contingency measure will apply until the WTO Appellate Body becomes operational again On July 31, the participants in the multi-party interim appeal arrangement (MPIA) notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of the ten arbitrators who will hear appeals of WTO panel reports under the MPIA. This marks the final step to make the MPIA…

IATA says June global demand is a little less depressed that it was in May The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets in June showing improvement, but at a slower pace than some of the traditional leading indicators would suggest. Global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers, fell by 17.6%…

The Department of Commerce will issue antidumping and countervailing duty orders The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) announced that it determined that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of utility scale wind towers from Canada, Indonesia, Korea, and Vietnam that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are sold in…

Canada has free trade links with both sides through the CPTPP and the CETA The Free Trade Agreement between the European Union (EU) and Vietnam entered into force on August 1, 2020. The trade agreement will eliminate virtually all tariffs on goods traded between the two sides. It contains a chapter on Customs and Trade…

Memorandum D19-4-3 outlines and explains the legislation governing the role of the CBSA in dealing with counterfeit protected marks or pirated copyright goods Read More

Stricter rules and additional entry conditions now apply to travellers transiting through Canada to Alaska for a non-discretionary purpose Read More

Memorandum D19-6-1 has been updated to include recent changes Read More

CBSA and U.S. CBP will no longer conduct NEXUS and Free and Secure Trade (FAST) interviews at the Vancouver Urban Enrollment Centre Read More