Trade News

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 Hungary and Slovakia. The affected commodities can be found in the following link…

Please note that the final walkthrough session below has been cancelled. This session will be rescheduled sometime in May 2025. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will be hosting two English and one French walkthrough session on the two “new eManifest notices” detailed below. These sessions…

Link: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/cn-ad/cn25-12-eng.html Ottawa, March 25, 2025 1. This notice is to inform you that the adjustments to Excise Duty Rates on Alcohol and Tobacco Products will be effective on April 1, 2025. The modifications, available in CBSA Assessment and Revenue…

The CFIA’s new Organic Import Requirements are coming into effect as a Phase 2 launch on May 26, 2025. Please join us on May 15 at 2 pm ET, along with representatives from the CFIA and the CBSA, to discuss how these changes will affect your imports into Canada. Do you have a specific question about…

The Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 159, Extra Number 3 has been published on March 24, 2025, ( link) and contains the following Proclamations: SI/2025-57 - Proclamation Dissolving Parliament SI/2025-58 - Proclamation Issuing Election Writs SI/2025-59 - Proclamation Summoning the House of Commons to…

On October 21, 2024, the Canadian Border Services Agency’s Assessment and Revenue Management system (CARM) became the official system of record for imposing or levying duties and taxes. CARM is a self-service tool that facilitates accounting and revenue management processes with the CBSA. Recently…

The CBSA has announced that Border Services Officers have seized a significant shipment of cocaine at a CN railyard in Quebec. A railcar, which had originated in Mexico and travelled through the US, was found to contain 119 bricks containing 142 kg of cocaine, valued at $3.5M. The search and seizure…

Customs Notice 25-05: China Surtax Remission Order has been updated on March 24, 2025, link: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/cn-ad/cn25-05-eng.html Amendments introduced in the Order Amending the China Surtax Remission Order (2024) include: a new condition on remission granted for goods…

On March 19, 2025, the CBSA began investigations regarding the dumping of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from China and Pakistan and PET resin from China based on a complaint filed by Compagnie Alpek Polyester Canada. The subject goods are usually imported under the following tariff classification…

On March 6, 2025 the Canada Border Services Agency determined that the expiry of the order made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal in the 2019 Expiry Review No. RR-2018-007, is unlikely to result in the dumping of certain hot-rolled carbon steel plate from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and…

On March 6, 2025 the Canada Border Services Agency initiated investigations respecting the alleged injurious dumping and subsidizing of renewable diesel originating in or exported from the United States. Please visit this link for the Statement of reasons—Initiation of investigations: Renewable…

Canada has imposed additional sanctions against individuals linked to crisis in Haiti, with the most recent sanctions targeting three individuals: Dimitri Hérard, Jeantel Joseph and Jeff Larose Canadians both at home and abroad will be prohibited from engaging in transactions with these individuals…

Canada has asked the World Trade Organization to assist with dispute consultations with China, based on their tariffs on some Canadian goods; see our Trade News article here: China imposes tariffs on Canadian Canola, Peas, Seafood and Pork For more information please click this link to the WTO news…

The CSCB will be hosting a Sanctions 101 webinar on March 26, 2025, featuring subject matter experts from Global Affairs Canada (GAC), the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the current sanctions landscape and…

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 Hungary and Slovakia. The affected commodities can be found in the following link…

Less than two weeks after he was sworn in as Prime Minister, Mark Carney has called for a federal election to be held on Monday April 28, 2025. " All federal party leaders are expected to focus their campaigns on the economic threat posed by Trump’s trade war with Canada, which has included several…

The trade war brought on by the United States has renewed the urgency to address longstanding barriers that have fragmented our economy and reduced opportunities for Canadians. At a March 21 meeting with provincial and territorial premiers, Prime Minister Mark Carney updated premiers on the…