Canadian Government Notices as of Dec. 5

December 5, 2018 |International Sources

The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of Dec. 5 (some may also be given separate headlines):

Implementation of CPTPP. The Canada Border Services Agency, by way of the Dec. 5 Customs Notice 18-22, advises that the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will be implemented in Canada, Australia, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand and Singapore on Dec. 30, 2018. The agreement will enter into force for Vietnam on Jan. 14, 2019. With the exception of a few agricultural goods, the CPTPP will essentially eliminate the customs duties on all qualifying imports into Canada from a country for which the CPTPP is in force.
Use of Form BSF241, Non-monetary General Receipt. The Canada Border Services Agency on Dec. 4 issued updates to Memorandum D2-6-7, which outlines the use of Form BSF241, Non-monetary General Receipt as it applies to goods or currency and monetary instruments that are abandoned to the Crown or detained by CBSA. Among the changes are: a revision to the title; an amendment to the form number of the Notice of Detention/Determination from BSF295 to K27/BSF295; modifications to reflect that the use of Form BSF241 for interceptions of food, plant, animal (FPA) and related products is replaced by Form BSF156, FPA Interception Receipt; and adding the maximum statutory periods for the storage of detained perishable and prescribed goods.
Product Recalls: Signature Hardware recalls wall-mounted, folding teak shower seats manufactured in China, for fall and laceration hazards; Mammut Sports Group Inc. recalls Generation 3.0 Avalanche Airbag manufactured in Hungary, for injury or burial hazard posed by issue with inflation mechanism.