Global Affairs Canada

Today, the London Court of International Arbitration issued a softwood lumber ruling on provincial programs administered by the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The tribunal ruled against US government claims for damages on many of the programs and found these programs to be consistent with the...

The purpose of this Notice is to advise exporters that, pursuant to the Export and Import Permits Act, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has issued a General Export Permit (GEP) relating to exports to the United States of Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Items identified in Group 9 of the Export Control...

1.1 The purposes of this Notice are: a. To inform importers of the Ministers policies and practices respecting the administration of the 3,274,000 kilogram tariff rate quota (TRQ) for butter, dairy spreads, and fats and oils derived from milk, other than butter or dairy spreads. It should be read...

Under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union (EU) and its Member States, the EU agreed to establish origin quotas for imports of textiles and apparel from Canada.

1.1 This Notice supersedes Notice to Importers No. 520 dated November 27, 1995; it refers to item 140 of the Import Control List. This item covers margarine falling under tariff item Nos. 1517.10.10 or 1517.10.20 (margarine, excluding liquid margarine), and 1517.90.21 or 1517.90.22 (substitutes...

In Brief Imports of milk protein substances (MPS) with a milk protein content of 85% or more by weight, calculated on the dry matter, that do not originate in a NAFTA country, an EU country or other CETA beneficiary, Chile, Costa Rica or Israel into Canada are subject to import controls under...

1.1 The purpose of this Notice is to provide information to exporters regarding new financial procedures on fees payable pursuant to the Export and Import permits and certificates fees Order and the Softwood Lumber Products Export Permit Fees Regulations. 1.2 The Export and Import Controls Bureau...

1.1 The purposes of this Notice are: a) to inform importers of the Minister’s policies and practices respecting the administration of the tariff rate quota (TRQ) for Broiler Hatching Eggs and Chicks for chicken production. It should be read with the Import Allocation Regulations and the Import...

1.1 The purpose of this Notice is to inform importers of amendments to the steel import monitoring program. A reporting and record keeping requirement has been added as a term and condition to the General Import Permits (GIPs) No. 80 and 81 for importing certain steel goods that are listed in...

1.1 The purpose of this Notice is to inform importers of the rules and procedures governing the administration of the tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for wheat, barley and their products.

1.1 The purpose of this Notice is to inform importers of the procedures governing the administration of safeguards, in the form of tariff rate quotas (TRQ), for certain steel goods that are listed in item 82 on the Import Control List (ICL). 1.2 These goods are included on the ICL to implement...

1.1 The purpose of this Notice is to inform importers of the procedures governing the administration of provisional safeguards, in the form of tariff rate quotas (TRQ), for certain steel goods that are listed in item 82 on the Import Control List (ICL).

2.1 The purpose of this Notice is to advise importers that the wheat products tariff rate quota (TRQ) will be filled on October 26, 2012. Consequently, October 26 , 2012 (at 11:59 p.m.) will be the cut-off date for accounting for imports of all wheat products classified under a “within access...

1.1 The purpose of this Notice is to advise importers that the barley products tariff rate quota (TRQ) will be filled on October 12, 2012. Consequently, October 12, 2012 (at 11:59 pm) will be the cut-off date for accounting for imports of all barley products classified under a "within access...

U.S./Canada Data Reconciliation Refined Sugar and Sugar-Containing Products.

1.1 The purpose of this Notice is: To inform importers that the steel import monitoring programme has been extended to August 31, 2008. 1.2 This Notice extends previous notices to importers concerning the steel import monitoring programme, including the Notice to Importers of March 12, 2001. 1.3...

Since 2003, the World Bank publishes the Ease of Doing Business (EDB) Index aimed at measuring the regulatory efficiency and institutional quality of key processes that affect the business environment in a given economy. While highly influential, particularly in the developing world, the EDB has...

2019: This report provides a comprehensive summary of the main developments in Canada’s commercial activities during the previous year. It describes the events that took place in the global economy and trade in 2018, the main developments in Canada’s economy and those of its most important...

On September 21, 2017, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), Canada’s most ambitious trade agreement since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), provisionally entered into force. The 27 European Union members and the United Kingdom (referred as...

This study focuses on the diversity of merchandise exports by product. Export diversity by product is important to hedge against price shocks and sector-specific drops in demand. Product diversity is also important for ensuring that a positive shock in demand or price for a given product does not...