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CSCB Webinar: CPTPP - Textile & Apparel Rules of Origin and Beyond
May 8, 2019
On October 29th, 2018, Canada ratified the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The agreement took effect on December 30, 2018. The CPTPP includes a stand-alone chapter that includes specific provisions related to textiles and apparel goods.
Incorporating organic import requirements into the Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)
May 7, 2019
The organic import requirements in Part 13 of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations will be incorporated into the Automated Import Reference System (AIRS).
To implement the import requirements into AIRS, CFIA will use a phased-in approach which will involve creating new commodity identifiers (OGD extension codes) for organic products by commodity type.
Canadian pork exports to Japan catching up to the United States under CPTPP
May 7, 2019
Canadian pork exports to Japan are closing in on those of the United States as homegrown producers race to take advantage of a new Asia-Pacific trade deal abandoned by the U.S. in 2017.
Opening of the application period for Dairy Year CPTPP tariff rate quotas (TRQ), August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2020
May 6, 2019
The deadline to apply for an allocation under the following CPTPP Dairy Year TRQs is June 15, 2019: