The LRMA and Preclearance Act, 2016 entered into force on August 15, 2019. In March 2015, Canada and the United States signed a new treaty entitled the Agreement on Land, Rail, Marine and Air Transport Preclearance between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States (LRMA), which was a commitment of the […]
ARGO Customs Informs Canadian Exporters That Mandatory Electronic Reporting Is Coming
August 15, 2019 - Toronto, ON - The expert exporters at ARGO Customs want all Canadian exporters to know about coming changes to Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) regulations which will affect all outgoing shipments. Beginning June 30, 2020, the CBSA will no longer accept the paper Export Declaration Form B13A. Instead, all exports will […]
Advance Rulings for Tariff Classification
This memorandum has been revised to include: – updates on the policy regarding the postponement of the effective date of an advance ruling and situations where an advance ruling will not be issued and the request rejected; – new policies on the retention, disposal and the returning period of the advance ruling request (and/or supporting […]
How to Efficiently Process Your Marine Container Through the Canadian Border
The Canada Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) is responsible for processing marine containers (and more broadly, all goods that seek to enter Canada). The CBSA is charged with ensuring that these goods do not pose a danger to Canada and Canadians while ensuring that goods pass through the border as seamlessly as possible. Examinations In that […]
CETA Origin Declaration
Only the following seven identifiers are acceptable: Canada, CA, CAN, EU, European Union, CANADA/EU (or their short/long form versions), or CM (for products that originate in whole or in part in Ceuta or Melilla).
Remolded tires (tires manufactured by remolding new tread and sidewall rubber to a used tire carcass)
Transport Canada recently clarified, by defining a retreaded tire in Technical Standards Document #119, that remolded tires are not retreaded tires. As such, remolded tires are considered newly manufactured tires and must meet Transport Canada tire safety standards.
Argo Customs Announces Changes to Steel Shipment Processes
[July 9, 2019 – CANADA] Global Affairs Canada (GAC), one of Canada’s largest trade promotion agencies, announced recently that steel shipments may be processed using the SWI IID. This is a change from prior policies and also includes those shipments subject to safeguard measures. The information is a major change to that previously posted on […]
ARGO Customs Brokers: Certain Copper Pipe Fittings, Notice of Conclusion of Re-investigation,
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today concluded a re-investigation of the normal values and export prices respecting certain copper pipe fittings from the United States, South Korea and China and the amounts of subsidy of certain copper pipe fittings from China, in accordance with the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA). This re-investigation was […]
Everything You Need to Know About Importing Plants (and Plant-Products) into Canada
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (“CFIA”) is responsible for managing the import of plants and plant-related products to protect Canada’s animal, food, and plant resources from invasive species. Invasive species are non-native animals or plants that are introduced into a local biome and, because they may lack natural predators or other controls, run rampant over […]
ARGO Customs news: Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) Important Information.
New changes are coming: CBSA provided information regarding CUSMA, de minimis, and CLVS. Under Article 7.8 of the CUSMA, the de minimis threshold for goods shipped to Canada has been raised to $40. Between $40 and $150, only tax will be collected. After $150, duty and tax apply. Regulatory amendments to the Courier Imports Remission […]