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 Import data is also used for enforcement, to maintain trade statistics and negotiate trade agreements. Beyond its usual function for determining the rate of duty on imported goods, tariff classification is a crucial component of several additional economic purposes. Canada’s Customs Tariff is based on the Harmonized System (HS), the standardized coding system of names…

 Tribunal is seeking opinions on whether it should let the finding expire or conduct an expiry review. The Canadian International Trade Tribunal’s March 2010 finding (extended in March 2015) concerning the dumping and subsidizing of certain oil country tubular goods originating in or exported from China, is scheduled to expire on March 1, 2020, unless…

More food commodities will require a valid Safe Food for Canadians licence to import. A new phase of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations is coming into force on January 15, 2020. Importers of the the following food commodities will require a valid Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) licence to import:   • Meat products…

The Canada Border Services Agency official Holidays and EDI system maintenance dates for 2020. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) electronic commerce systems published the list of official Holidays for the next year. They apply to all provinces except where indicated otherwise:   • Wednesday, January 1, 2020  • Monday, February 17, 2020 (Alberta, New…

The 5.4% decline was widespread across many commodity groups. Statistics Canada announced that the country’s railways carried 33.0 million tonnes of freight in October, down 5.4% compared with the same month last year. The Federal agency reports that non-intermodal operations (carloads) were largely responsible for the shortfall in the overall volume, declining 6.0% to 26.6…

 Each country will now follow its domestic process toward ratification and implementation of the new agreement. Representatives from Canada, Mexico and the United States signed this week an agreement on amendments to the new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). According to the three countries, the amendments involve improvements to the new NAFTA, first signed…

Finding is scheduled to expire unless CBSA and Tribunal decide to maintain it. The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated an expiry review of its finding concerning dumping of concrete reinforcing bar from China, Korea and Turkey and the subsidizing of concrete reinforcing bar from China. The Tribunal’s finding, issued in January 2015, imposed anti-dumping and/or…

 This could become a major disturbance to the international rules-based trade system. The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Appellate Body has essentially stop functioning on December 11, as it is no longer able to take on any new appeals. The United States has been blocking the processes to appoint new judges to the Appellate Body, and…

Most blanket certificates are filled-out to expire on December 31 and have to be renewed.  Blanket certificates of origin, whether for NAFTA or for other free trade agreements, are usually filled-out to begin on January 1 and to expire, twelve months later, on December 31. As happens every year, the majority of blanket certificates in…

This page lists newly published government memorandums, notices, regulations and decisions. Clicking on a title will open the document (in a new window) as published by the relevant department or agency on its own Web site. Canada Border Services Agency Customs Notice 19-24 Cannabis: Edibles, Extracts and Topicals Customs Excise Duty Procedures Customs Notice 19-23 FAST Notices…

This page lists newly published government memorandums, notices, regulations and decisions. Clicking on a title will open the document (in a new window) as published by the relevant department or agency on its own Web site. Canada Border Services Agency Customs Notice 19-25 January 1, 2020 Version of the Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff Global…

This page lists newly published government memorandums, notices, regulations and decisions. Clicking on a title will open the document (in a new window) as published by the relevant department or agency on its own Web site. Canada Border Services Agency Customs Notice 17-19 (revised) – Interim Measures and Issuance of ACI Penalties to Highway Carriers Canadian…

Provisional duties could soon apply to sucker rods from Argentine, Brazil and Mexico. After completing its preliminary injury inquiry the Canadian International Trade Tribunal announced that it found a reasonable indication that the dumping of sucker rods from Argentine, Brazil and Mexico has caused injury or is threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry.…

Statistics Canada says exports rose 0.8% while imports were up 0.5%. Statistics Canada announced that the country’s merchandise trade deficit with the world narrowed slightly from $1.2 billion in September to $1.1 billion in October. The Federal agency says total exports were up 0.8% after a 1.7% decrease in September. Exports of consumer goods rose…

This marks a weak start to the traditional peak season and the twelfth consecutive month of decline. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reports that demand in global air freight markets decreased by 3.5% in October compared to the same period in 2018. This marks a weak start to the traditional peak season for air…