To recognize International Customs Day on January 26, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) joins the World Customs Organization (WCO) and customs agencies around the world for this year's theme: “Customs delivering on its commitment to efficiency, security and prosperity”.
Please see the Press Release here: https://www.canada.ca/en/border-services-agency/news/2025/01/the-cbsa-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-efficiency-security-and-prosperity-on-international-customs-day.html to review all the incredible accomplishments achieved by the CBSA in 2024, such as:
- kept more than 17,200 weapons and 930 firearms off our streets
- stopped over 34,400 kg of illegal drugs (both inbound and outbound) from entering communities.
- conducted more than 34,600 searches by Detector Dog Service Teams,
- identified almost 40,000 foreign nationals seeking to enter Canada at a port of entry along the land border with the U.S.
- removed over 16,470 foreign nationals from Canada for violating the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA).
Plus the successful launch of CARM, which has:
- processed over 7.9 million Commercial Accounting Declarations
- calculated over $10.3 billion in duties and taxes
- received approximately $7.8 billion payments
- successfully registered over 124,325 businesses
Included in the above link is the "2024 CBSA Year in review: Accomplishments by the numbers" found here: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/transparency-transparence/yir-aer-eng.html?utm_campaign=cbsa-asfc-yir-fda-24-25&utm_source=news&utm_medium=mdpr&utm_content=review-national-en