November 9, 2010

As per the following notice effect today November 9, 2010 the Government Fee for certain Steel Permits (see link to PDF with effected Classifications) will no longer be collected. The Dell Will service fee for preparation of the steel permit still applies. 

Going forward at some point in the near future EICS and CBSA are planning on phasing out the requirement for certain Steel Permit preparation all together, a notice will be posted to our website when this happens.

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SUBJECT: ELIMINATION OF PERMIT FEES RELATED TO THE IMPORTATION OF ITEM 80 – CARBON STEEL AND ITEM 81 – SPECIALTY STEEL OF THE IMPORT CONTROL LIST

The purpose of this notice is to inform you that effective Nov 9 2010 , further to the Ministerial Order, amending the Export and Import Permits and Certificates Fees Order, the Trade Controls and Technical Barriers Bureau will no longer collect fees on permits related to the importation of Item 80 – Carbon Steel and Item 81 – Specialty Steel of the Import Control List. The carbon steel and specialty steel products subject to this measure can be found at: http://www.international.gc.ca/controls-controles/assets/pdfs/general/Bluebook/C_Section/documents/C2-Steel-e.pdf.  Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada , Finance Canada and the Canada Border Services Agency are working toward reducing the regulatory burden at the border through the implementation of a new Canada Border Services Agency information sharing system, Pathfinder, to access import data which is currently only available through the import permit system under the Export and Import Permits Act. As an interim measure, pending the full implementation of Pathfinder, the Trade Controls and Technical Barriers Bureau is eliminating the fees on steel permits as a cost saving measure for the industry.

If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Louis Gionet at 613-995-8367 or e-mail: louis.gionet@international.gc.ca or Mr. Simon Rainville at 613-992-6464 or e-mail: simon.rainville@international.gc.ca.