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Conclusion of normal value review: Piling Pipe (PP 2025 UP1)

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today concluded an administrative review (review) to determine normal values, export prices, and an amount of subsidy applicable to certain steel piling pipe (piling pipe) originating in or exported from China by Auriga (Shanghai) Enterprise Co., Ltd.…

UK and US Announce a Trade Deal

At the G7 Summit being held in Kananaskis, Alberta, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer and United States President Donald Trump have announced the General Terms for the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Economic Prosperity Deal. "The deal…

Carney and Trump commit to reaching trade deal within 30 days

Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump met at the G7 summit, currently being held in Kananaskis, Alberta, and have agreed to put an end to the tariff war between the two countries, sometime in the next 30 days. "We agreed to pursue negotiations toward a deal within the coming 30…

Food animal information document for poultry – Section 4.1 Update

Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has updated section 4.1 of Food animal information document for poultry on May 27, 2025. For vaccines not licensed in Canada but administered to live birds or in-ovo fertilized eggs before importing them into Canada, the withdrawal times on the vaccine labels…
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AccessLogix Customs Corp. – CSCB Membership Application

We received an application for membership from AccessLogix Customs Corp. The CSCB contact is Jieru Zhao, Operating Manager, who is also the qualified officer. The licence was issued in May 2025. The contact information follows: AccessLogix Customs Corp. Unit 20, 7975 Heritage Rd Brampton, ON L6Y 5X5…

TCC25-0076 - RESOLVED - Intermittent Customs Internet Gateway (CIG) Outage

The problem reported below has now been resolved. _______________________________________________ We are currently unable to process inbound and outbound data for some clients using the Customs Internet Gateway (CIG). During this time, the CBSA is unable to receive all incoming data or send outbound…

How Canada emerged as the safest port in a storm of global trade

A new report from RBC's chief economist Frances Donald and associate chief economist Nathan Janzen found that Canada now faces the lowest average effective tariff of any major U.S. trade partner. "RBC found that 86 per cent of the products Canadian businesses shipped to the U.S. last year would…

US Adds Tariffs to Steel Derivative Products

Effective as of 12:01am EST on June 23, 2025, the US Bureau of Industry and Security announced that the Section 232 tariff on imports of steel (see this Trade News article for more info) will be imposed on the value of the steel content in the following products: combined refrigerator-freezers under…
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AI developer seeks beta testing participants

The CSCB has been informed of an opportunity for customs brokerages to beta-test an AI product called a “synthetic clerk” that purports to streamline and automate data entry for aspects of the customs process. Please note that the CSCB in no way endorses or is involved in the development of this…
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CSCB participates in Trade Mission to Washington, DC

On June 10 and 11, 2025, CSCB President Janine Harker represented the CSCB as part of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Trade Mission to Washington, D.C., engaging alongside key industry and government leaders at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. Council for International Business, and the…

CFIA scheduled system maintenance

As part of CFIA’s ongoing efforts to improve client service, please be advised that CFIA will be performing network maintenance on: June 15, 2025 from 3:00 am to 7:00 am (ET) Consequently, the following services may not be available for this period: Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) Automated…

Notice of conclusion of administrative review: Mattresses (MAT 2025 UP1)

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has concluded an administrative review concerning the normal values, export prices and amounts of subsidy applicable to mattresses exported from China by Jiangsu Manope Hometextile Co. Ltd. The administrative review is part of the CBSA’s enforcement of the…

Federal government to put latest Canada Post offer up for union vote

With the hopes of preventing additional job action due to the longstanding impasse between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says she's going to put Canada Post's latest offers to unionized postal workers up for a vote. The Canada Industrial…
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Outstanding Adjustments Exceeding 90 days in the CCP

The CSCB has received many inquiries from members regarding outstanding adjustments exceeding 90 days in the CCP. We asked the CBSA for the appropriate contact information for our members to reach out to the CBSA regarding CAD adjustments submitted over 90 days ago and they provided the following…

Notice to Industry – Registration in China’s DAPQ Online System

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Market Access Secretariat (MAS) would like to remind all Canadian establishments registered in the General Administration of Customs China (GACC) Department of Animal and Plant Quarantine (DAPQ) online system of the importance of verifying the…

Trump’s tariffs on Canada, world to stay in place during case, court rules

Last month, t he U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that US President Trump's use of the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose wide-sweeping tariffs on imported goods was unconstitutional. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will hear the case next…

CFIA-AIRS Updates June 11, 2025

A) Chapter 06 Chapter 06 was published to add the miscellaneous code “With growing media that is free of soil and related matter (CGMP)” to the following HS code originating from the Netherlands: 06.02.90.0031.99 – Hibiscus – Rooted plants (Hibiscus spp.) B) Chapter 16 Chapter 16 was published to…