The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that the APHIS Core program will begin on January 25th, 2021.  APHIS and Willson International strongly …

Carbon Steel Fasteners – Notice of Normal Value Review The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has initiated a normal value review (review) to update the normal values and export prices …

The local FDA offices have notified the trade community of their hours for the holiday weekend: Peace Bridge Buffalo Saturday, October 10th: CLOSED Sunday, October 11th: 1:00 PM to 9:00 …

On October 2nd, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) initiated a Section 301 Investigation on the trade practices of Vietnam.  In the announcement, the USTR cited both illegally …

A lawsuit was filed in the Court of International Trade (CIT) alleging that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) neither had the authority nor was within the proper …

Certain Concrete Reinforcing Bar – Initiation of Investigation The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) initiated an investigation on September 22, 2020, respecting the alleged injurious dumping of certain concrete reinforcing …

New import requirement: E. coli testing for some California romaine Effective October 7, 2020, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will introduce a new temporary sampling and testing requirement for some …

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has delayed the implementation of the requirement to upload a copy of the organic certificate for imported organic products. Starting October 5, 2020 AIRS registration type …

The FDA Food Facility Biennial Registration is upon us again. Food facilities are required to renew their registration in every even numbered year between October 1st and December 31st.  The …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that the APHIS Core program will begin on January 25th, 2021.  APHIS and Willson International strongly …

On October 1st, 2020, the Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) will be increasing again. On entries with a value less than $2,500 USD, MPF is assessed at a rate of 0.3464% …

Digital copies of the ‘organic products certificate” will not be required to be transmitted with the Integrated Import Declaration (IID) release request, that was set to go into affect October …

Global Affairs Canada has prepared new Notices to Importers for the 2021 calendar year TRQs with an application period starting on October 1, 2020 and a deadline of November 15, …

Please note the application process for a share of the tariff rate quota for beef and veal for 2020 is now open. Notice to Importers – Beef and Veal Imports …

The following is a message from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is reaching out to importers of off-road diesel engines into Canada, and …