Under the terms of a data sharing agreement, Canada and the United States both use the other country's import data to produce their export statistics. Both Statistics Canada and the United States Census Bureau (USCB) produce their national import data based on import documentation collected by their respective customs agencies.
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Impacts of the US government shutdown on the upcoming release of Canadian international merchandise trade data
January 19, 2019
CN 19-01, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)'s Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) coming into force on January 15, 2019
January 16, 2019
[U.S.] Customs brokers fret over border closure threat
January 16, 2019
The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America warned that closure of the U.S.-Mexico border would cause an “economic disaster.”
Canadian international merchandise trade, November 2018
January 16, 2019
Canadian exports fell 2.9% in November, mainly on lower crude oil exports, while imports decreased 0.5%. As a result, Canada's merchandise trade deficit with the world widened from $851 million in October to $2.1 billion in November.
Notification of SFCR Changes to Fish Importers
January 16, 2019
On January 15, 2019, the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) will come into force. The SFCR will consolidate 14 sets of regulations into one, including the Fish Inspection Regulations and the food related provisions of the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations.