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RESOLVED - Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Outage from Some Direct Connects

La version française suit Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-04-11 10:08 (ET) 2025-04-11 13:20 (ET) Some clients and service providers who transmit trade data through Direct Connect. Description The problem reported below has been resolved. The CBSA is currently experiencing an…

UPDATED CFIA scheduled system maintenance

(Le texte français suit le texte anglais) As part of CFIA’s ongoing efforts to improve client service, please be advised that CFIA will be performing network maintenance on: April 13, 2025 from 3:00 am to 7:00 am (ET) Consequently, the following services may not be available for this period…
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CBSA CARM Email for RPP Financial Security Requirement

In 5 weeks the RPP Transition Plan will come to an end and the requirement for importer financial security will be effective as of 3am EDT on May 20, 2025. As CBSA mentions in the Gazette; only 27,745 or 14% of active importers have obtained financial security as of March 19, 2025. The CBSA realizes…

TCC25-0045 - EDI/Portal SCHEDULED Maintenance Unavailability

EDI/Portal Scheduled Maintenance Unavailability eManifest Portal Maintenance Start Date / Time 2025-04-12 06:00 (ET) 2025-04-13 06:00 (ET) End Date / Time 2025-04-12 07:00 (ET) 2025-04-13 07:00 (ET) Clients Affected All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using the eManifest Portal…

European Union hits pause on planned retaliatory tariffs for U.S.

European Union (EU) retaliatory tariffs, that were scheduled to take effect as early as next week, have been paused for 90 days due to the U.S. temporarily lowering the tariff rate on dozens of countries. "We want to give negotiations a chance," said European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen…

Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 159, Number 8

Regulations Amending the Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Administered and Enforced by the Canada Border Services Agency: SOR/2025-116 As of March 19, 86% of importers have not yet posted security and would be required to follow a paper-based process to obtain release of their goods at the…

CFIA-AIRS Updates April 10, 2025

A) Foot-and-Mouth Disease AIRS Updates New Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) admissibility requirements/instructions have been implemented in the Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) for commodities originating from Austria. The affected commodities can be found in the following link: Foot and Mouth…

Zoosanitary certificate for pet supplements from New Zealand

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) have completed negotiations for a certificate to allow the importation of pet supplements from New Zealand. AIRS will be updated as of April 22, 2025, which is the day that the certificate will come into effect…

CSCB Course: Rules of Origin and Trade Agreements

CUSMA - everyone is talking about it. Now might be the perfect time to ensure you have the right information for your clients by enrolling in the CSCB's course " Rules of Origin and Trade Agreements". You'll learn about: CUSMA - Essential Origin Tools CUSMA Rules of Origin Regulations Determination…

EU votes to approve retaliatory tariffs on $23B USD

The European Union member states have voted to approve retaliatory tariffs on $23 billion US in goods in response to 25% tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, imposed by the United States. These retaliatory tariffs are expected to be enacted in stages with dates set for April 15, May 15 and…
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CN25-15; Goods Shipped Today

On March 4, 2025, when the first round of U.S surtax went into effect, members came to the CSCB asking for clarification of the in-transit rules. Below is the reply that we received from the CBSA, as found in our U.S. surtax Q&A section on the CSCB site: If I have a truck shipment that is sent this…
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U.S. Surtax and the Duties Relief Program

In the customs notices related to Surtax (CN25-10, 25-11 and 25-15), the CBSA has advised Canada’s Duties Relief and Duty Drawback Programs will be available for surtax paid or payable, subject to the provisions of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). Members have come to us with…

CN and TCRC New Collective Agreement, From Arbitrator

William Kaplan, the arbitrator working with CN and Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), provided his decision regarding the terms of the new collective agreement. The new three-year agreement, effective from January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2026, includes an annual wage increase of 3%. This…