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Notices set out the administration of the TPLs and identify where import permits / certificates of eligibility are required From:    <eics.scei@international.gc.ca>    To:    <eics.scei@international.gc.ca>    Subject:    EICS/SCEI Bulletin : Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) Tariff Preferential Levels – Notices to importers and exporters / Accord Canada–États-Unis–Mexique (ACEUM) niveaux de préférence tarifaire – Avis aux importateurs et aux exportateurs    Date…

Updated 2020-06-15 Read More

Updated 2020-06-15 Read More

The implementation of these chapters will not have an impact on existing import conditions or international trade Read More

Effective August 1, 2020, the RIV Vehicle import fee will be $325 and Parts fee will be $100 (From $310 and $95) Read More

Tribunal will now determine whether the expiry would likely result in injury to Canadian industry In January the Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated an expiry review of its order concerning the dumping of certain hot-rolled steel plate originating in or exported from Ukraine. The order, issued in 2010 and extended in January 2015, imposed anti-dumping…

Tribunal is seeking opinions on whether it should let the finding expire or conduct an expiry review. The Canadian International Trade Tribunal’s finding concerning the dumping of certain whole potatoes imported from the United States of America, for use or consumption in the province of British Columbia, is scheduled to expire on September 8, 2020,…

Interim mutual arrangement means certain organic products may be sold as organic in Canada or Taiwan. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced that Canada and Taiwan have reached an interim arrangement for the trade of organic food. This means for one year certain organic products may be sold as organic in Canada or Taiwan while…

Statistics Canada reports that the import transaction count rose 14.8% in May compared with April. Statistics Canada is now publishing quick monthly counts of import transactions. Although not as complete as the final trade statistics which are published around 35 days following a month’s end, the count of import transactions for the immediate past month…

Certain Hot-rolled Carbon Steel Plate originating in or exported from Ukraine. Expiry review determination Available Quantities for Reallocation under CPTPP Supply Managed Goods TRQs Opening of the Application Period for the Dairy Export Thresholds under CUSMA Textiles and Clothing Free Trade Agreement Tariff Preference Level Utilization 2020 Imports – Updated Textiles and Clothing 2020 Tariff…

Statistics Canada announced that exports fell 29.7 percent while imports declined 25.1 percent. Statistics Canada announced that the country’s merchandise trade deficit with the world widened from $1.5 billion in March to $3.3 billion in April The Federal agency says April production shutdowns in a number of manufacturing industries, falling energy product prices, the closure…

Governments of Korea and Turkey requested review in light of WTO dispute settlement decisions. Following representations from the Government of Korea and the Government of Turkey, the Minister of Finance requested the President of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to review the final determinations of dumping and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) to…

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 least July 6, 2020. This temporary closure includes all Canadian public access to NEXUS and…

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 export shipments. Grain exporters in Canada can choose to have their grain shipments tested by…

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 by a series of video-conferences. By holding this round, the EU and Australia demonstrated a…