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Utilization levels have been updated to July 12, 2021 Read More

Utilization levels have been updated to July 12, 2021 Read More

The country’s merchandise imports increased 2.1% in May, while exports fell 1.6% Statistics Canada announced that the country’s merchandise imports increased 2.1% in May, while exports fell 1.6%. As a result, Canada’s merchandise trade balance moved from a surplus of $462 million in April to a deficit of $1.4 billion in May. Total imports increased…

Trade Tribunal will first determine whether the imports are harming Canadian producers The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced that it is launching an investigation to determine whether certain oil country tubular goods from Austria are being sold at unfair prices in Canada. The investigation is the result of a complaint by a Canadian producer…

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 of certain small power transformers from Austria, Chinese Taipei and South Korea within the normal ninety days, the Canada…

 Anti-dumping duties will be collected by the CBSA on importations of these goods The Canadian International Trade Tribunal announced its finding that the dumping of concrete reinforcing bar originating in or exported from Oman and Russia has not caused injury but is threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry. Anti-dumping duties will therefore be…

Due to the temporary closure of the adjoining Limestone, Maine POE in the United States, the CBSA has reviewed its operations and will temporarily suspend service at the Gillespie, New Brunswick Read More

Customs Notice 21-17 Read More

The Utilization levels for certain items have been updated to 2021-07-05 Read More

Utilization levels have been updated to July 6, 2021 Read More

Utilization levels have been updated to July 6, 2021 Read More

China imposed suspensions and enhanced import procedures on Canadian canola seed exporters Canada submitted its first request for the establishment of a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute panel to examine two sets of measures affecting the importation into China of canola seed from Canada: measures suspending the importation of canola seed from two Canadian companies;…

 Loadings from American railways rose 17.2% in April compared with the same month last year Statistics Canada reports that Canadian railways carried 31.7 million tonnes of freight in April. This was up 6.7% from 29.7 million tonnes in April 2020 when rail traffic volumes fell to a 5-year low due to widespread shutdowns at the…

A duty of 25% will continue to apply when the level of traditional trade flows is reached The European Union (EU) announced that it is prolonging for three additional years the safeguard measure currently in place on imports of certain steel products. The prolongation will apply from July 1, 2021. The initial safeguard measure was…

The past several months saw international cooperation and coordination increase among nations According to the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) latest Trade Monitoring Report, trade policy restraint by G20 economies, as well as WTO members more broadly, prevented a destructive acceleration of protectionist trade measures that would have further hurt the world economy. The Report comes…