CBSA Updates D Memo on Importing Energy-Using Products

The Canada Border Services Agency updated Memorandum D19-6-3 on importing energy-using goods to add some new product requirements. The memo was updated to reflect an amendment that "as of April 30, 2019, adds import reporting requirements for the following new products: battery chargers, commercial pre-rinse spray valves, metal halide lamp ballasts, microwave-ovens, small electric motors, walk-in coolers, walk-in freezers, and whole-home dehumidifiers," the CBSA said. Natural Resources Canada released an updated list of the affected Harmonized System codes in March (see 1903250036). The CBSA also said in an April 25 email that it updated the Single Window Initiative (SWI) Integrated Import Declaration (IID) Regulated Commodities Data Element Matching Criteria. The memo was also updated to account for the amendment that "as of November 1, 2018, removes import-reporting requirements for external power supplies, electric motors and fluorescent lamp ballasts, when they are imported as a component of another end-use product."