Thursday, March 20, 2008

CBSA Electronic Commerce Unit – Easter Period Batch 2008

(CBSA)

The Electronic Commerce Unit will be closed for the Easter holiday from Thursday March 20, 2008 at 5:00 pm (ET) until Monday March 24, 2008 at 8:00 am. On Monday, March 24, between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm, three officers will be available at 1-888-957-7224 to deal with urgent matters in production. At all other times during the long weekend, clients with EDI emergencies are asked to call the EDI hotline to obtain the number of the EDI pager for assistance with CADEX, ACROSS, ACI and other EDI systems.

CADEX reports will run on the evenings of Thursday, March 20 and Tuesday, March 25. Entries processed on Thursday March 20 will appear on the K84 notice (ready for pickup on Friday morning). Entries processed from Friday, March 21 to Tuesday, March 25 (inclusive) will appear on the daily K84 notice dated Wednesday, March 26. The rates of exchange appearing on the report generated on the morning of Friday March 21 will remain in effect from Friday, March 21, until Tuesday March 25 inclusive.

Since Friday March 21 and Monday March 24 are government holidays, they will not be counted in the calculation of overdue entries.

Please note that the cut off date for March’s monthly K84 will be March 20th, 2008.