May 31, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is targeting textile bags in its 2011 national priorities for post-release trade compliance verifications. Is this a coincidence or a result of the increase in imports of textile bags due...
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May 30, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is targeting copper and articles thereof in its 2011 national priorities for post-release trade compliance verifications. I believe that copper and copper products are being targeted...
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May 29, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
As discussed in my post yesterday about the Canada Border Services Agency's hit list for post-release national priorities verifications (audits), importers of jewelry will be under a microscope in 2011. The CBSA plans to conduct...
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May 28, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) conducts 4 main types of verifications (audits) in connection with imports of commercial goods:
1. At-the-border Verifications: These verifications occur at the time goods and people pass...
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May 27, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Why do importers feel the need to immediately pick up telephone and call the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) when they hear from their customs broker that the CBSA is asking questions about particular import transactions?...
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May 26, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
NEXUS pass holders may discover that their "disagreement" with the Canada Border Services Agency (or U.S. Customs) upon re-entering Canada (or the United States) may result in the immediate confiscation of their NEXUS pass or...
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May 25, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On May 24, 2011, the Government of Canada, for the first time, imposed economic sanctions and trade restrictions against the Syrian government. The sanctions are in the form of regulations promulgated pursuant to the Special...
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May 17, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On May 17, 2011, Canada's Controlled Goods Directorate (division of Public Works and Government Services Canada) issued notice "NOTICE TO CONTROLLED GOODS PROGRAM REGISTRANTS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS...
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May 10, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On Friday May, 6, 2011, I came across an interesting article in the Globe and Mail written by Paul Waldie entitled "Border guard's suspended after putting gun in filing cabinet". For a copy of the article, please go to the...
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