Concurrently, on February 25, 2020, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) initiated an expiry review investigation to determine whether the expiry of the above finding is likely to result in the continuation or resumption of dumping of the subject goods

The CBSA will make a determination no later than July 23, 2020 and will issue a Statement of Reasons by August 7, 2020.

For detailed product descriptions, including exclusions and the tariff classifications of the subject goods, please refer to the Measures in Force.

As part of its expiry review investigation, the CBSA has forwarded questionnaires to Canadian importers, producers and exporters. Any Canadian producers, importers or exporters who have not received a letter and wish to provide a response to the questionnaire or have additional questions concerning the expiry review are advised to contact:

Aaron Maidment: 613-948-4415

Or by e-mail to: simaregistry-depotlmsi@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca

Responses to all questionnaires are due at the CBSA’s office in Ottawa by April 2, 2020.

The complete CITT Notice of Expiry Review containing an expiry review schedule is available on the CITT website.

The CBSA Notice of Initiation of Expiry Review Investigation is available on the CBSA website.

Please contact your Livingston account representative should you have any questions.

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Further product details as well as the applicable tariff classification numbers of the subject goods are contained in Appendix 1 of the Notice of Normal Value Review.

If the exporter (Nervacero) decides to participate in the normal value review, they are required to provide a complete and accurate response to the CBSA’s Request for Information (RFI) by April 2, 2020.

Should the exporter not provide a complete response to the RFI by the deadline date, any previous normal values issued to the exporter will be immediately revoked.

Any questions concerning the above should be directed to:

Robert Wright: 613-954-1643

Paul Pomnikow: 613-952-7547

Or by Email to: simaregistry-depotlmsi@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca

The CBSA Notice of Initiation of Normal Value Review containing additional details is found on CBSA’s website.

Please contact your Livingston account representative should you have any questions.

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The policy options on Comprehensive Review of the Allocation and Administration of TRQs for Dairy, Poultry and Egg Products – Phase II is documented:

• Policy Options for the Allocation of Supply-Managed TRQs.
• Policy Options for the Administration of Supply-Managed TRQs.

Your feedback and comments to submit is open till April 3, 2020 when the consultation will close.

Background information on Canada’s TRQ policies can be viewed here.

Please provide your comments directly to the department, either as an individual or on behalf of an organization to: TRQConsultation.ConsultationCT@international.gc.ca.

Contact information

Supply-Managed Trade Controls Division
Global Affairs Canada
111 Sussex Drive,
Ottawa ON K1A 0G2

E-mail: TRQConsultation.ConsultationCT@international.gc.ca

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Adding Ysleta as a separate and distinct port of entry within CBP’s El Paso Field Office improves their proactive responses in the growing El Paso metropolitan area.

Members of the Trade Community are instructed to transmit as follows:

• E-Manifest – When arriving at Ysleta, port code 2401 must be used.
• Entry – Entry and Entry Summary transmission will continue to use port code 2402 (El Paso).
• In-Bond– For cargo arriving at Ysleta from Mexico, moving in-bond, the origination port will be 2401.

-The destination port for in-bond merchandise will be either 2402 for El Paso, or 2401 for Ysleta, depending on where destined.

• FIRMS Code – A new Facilities Information and Resources Management System (FIRMS) code of ‘SCN9’ was established for Ysleta’s Cargo Lot Facility.
• Exports – Port 2401 will be active for Electronic Export Information (EEI) submissions in the Automated Export System (AES), for modes road and hand-carried.

If you have any questions regarding CBP’s re-alignment of El Paso and Ysleta, Texas, Livingston can help!? Please contact either your Livingston account manager or our regulatory affairs group at usregaffairs@livingstonintl.com

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Publication and details on the consultations to modernize the Canada-Ukraine FTA is also published in the Canada Gazette Part 1:vol 154 February 15, 2020.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced their mutual interest in expanding the existing CUFTA in July 2019. A modernization of the CUFTA provides an opportunity to increase the Agreement’s benefits for Canadians by further diversifying and expanding Canada’s preferential access to Ukraine and advancing an inclusive approach to trade in order that the benefits of trade are widely shared.

The entry into force of CUFTA on August 1, 2017, was an important milestone in the Canada-Ukraine bilateral relationship. It has generated significant growth in bilateral trade over the past few years and has created commercial benefits for Canadians and Ukrainians alike.

Consultations on modernizing this agreement will provide businesses, industry and all Canadians the opportunity to help Canada define its interests in its negotiations with Ukraine. They will inform how the government diversifies and expands Canada’s preferential access to Ukraine while ensuring that this creates opportunities that will benefit everyone.

All interested parties are encouraged to participate in the consultation, which will take place from February 15 to March 16, 2020.

To share your views or concerns on a potential modernization of the CUFTA, please visit Global Affairs Canada consultations. Additional information on Canada’s relationship with Ukraine can be found on the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) web page.

Contacts

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Consultations
Global Affairs Canada
Trade Policy and Negotiations (TCE)
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A?0G2
Email: CUFTA-Consultations@international.gc.ca

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The actions include:

• Signing a protocol to allow the importation of U.S. fresh chipping potatoes;
• Lifting the ban on imports of U.S. poultry and poultry products, including pet food containing poultry products;
• Lifting restrictions on imports of U.S. pet food containing ruminant material;
• Updating lists of facilities approved for exporting animal protein, pet food, dairy, infant formula, and tallow for industry use to China;
• Updating the lists of products that can be exported to China as feed additives;
• Updating an approved list of S. seafood species that can be exported to China;
• Announcing tariff exclusions for imports of U.S. agricultural products subject to retaliatory tariffs; and
• Announcing a reduction in retaliatory tariff rates on certain U.S. agricultural goods.

If you have any questions regarding the Progress of U.S. Agricultural product exported to China, Livingston can help!? Please contact either your Livingston account manager or our regulatory affairs group at usregaffairs@livingstonintl.com

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This replaces the previous system that allowed multiple identification numbers, based on commodity or product manufactured, for an individual establishment. This practice often led to confusion for trading partners.

For exports of animal products and by-products to the United States, the CFIA will provide the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with a list of new numbers and their corresponding numbers from the old system. Companies that already have an import permit will be able to continue using the old number until their permit is renewed.

For exports of animal products and by-products to the European Union, the European database (TRACES) will be updated so that the new number does not interfere with exports for which certificates have already been issued.

Pet food establishments that currently export to Russia and China will continue to use the old number to avoid trade disruptions and will not be affected by this change for now.

Any new establishment will automatically be assigned an ABP number as of February 5, 2020.

The CFIA is providing a transition period of at least one year based on the type of establishment and importing countries.

If you are planning an export, please contact the Animal health offices in your area for more information.

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To avoid further gridlocks resulting from this unprecedented situation, MGT strongly recommends that all cargo be rerouted to move by truck. Once the Force Majeure is in place, import rail containers that are left sitting in the terminals for more than five days will be charged storage fees.

The Force Majeure will be in effect for cargo leaving Montreal, and destined to an inland port west of Belleville, ON, such as Toronto. It is recommended that you contact your freight forwarder or make arrangements with the steamship lines directly in order to redirect shipments.

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CBSA will proceed with turning off functionality for OGD Pre-arrival Release System (PARS) SO 463 and OGD Release on Minimum Documentation (RMD) SO 471 on April 1, 2020. Once this occurs, goods regulated by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Transport Canada (TC), and any shipments containing co-regulated goods can only be electronically released using the Single Window Initiative (SWI), Integrated Import Declaration (IID), SO 911.

The chart below outlines what release service options are currently available and what will be available after decommissioning has occurred:

Note: If clients utilize the SWI IID (SO 911) all required data elements must be submitted for all regulated commodities regardless of which PGA regulates the goods.

If you have not tested and certified to submit a SWI IID, you should contact the Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) immediately.

Contact Information

For information about the EDI registration/certification process contact the CBSA’s TCCU by e-mail tccu-ustcc@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca

For information about the Single Window Initiative (SWI), contact the SWI Generic Mailbox at CBSA.SW_Program-Programme_Du_GU.ASFC@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca

or visit CBSA’s SWI webpage.

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The complete Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) number 6505.00.8015 was excluded.

Partially excluded were 46 specific product descriptions.

Exclusions cover 67 separate exclusion requests, and are effective September 24, 2018, through August 6, 2020, using HTS number 9903.88.40.

Partial exclusions may be used when your product meets the specially prepared product description, whether you applied for the exclusion or not.

Refunds for duties previously paid, which are now excluded, may be applied for using a Post Summary Correction (PSC) for unliquidated entries; or a Protest for entries liquidated within the past 180 days.

Importers should contact their Livingston Service representative to request any applicable PSCs or Protests be filed.

If you have any questions regarding Additional Section 301 Exclusions for List 3 Chinese origin products, Livingston can help!? Please contact either your Livingston account manager or our regulatory affairs group at usregaffairs@livingstonintl.com

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