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In response to a formal request from the Canadian Wood Products Alliance, the government has directed the Canadian International Trade Tribunal to conduct an inquiry on global imports of solid and engineered wood cabinets and vanities, solid and engineered hardwood flooring, and engineered wood…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2026-04-20 09:30 (ET) Initial investigation underway All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest portal. Description The CBSA is receiving and processing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and eManifest portal…

PC 2026-334 Order Amending the Surtax on Imports of Certain Steel Goods Remission Order, 2025 (made under the Customs Tariff) [ To be published in the Canada Gazette Part II, May 6, 2026 as SOR/2026-70] Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance…

https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2026/2026-04-18/html/index-eng.html Commissions Canadian International Trade Tribunal Appeal Notice No. HA-2026-001 Expiry review RR-2026-001 — Notice of expiry review of order Certain whole potatoes Preliminary injury inquiry PI-2025-009 — Notice of determination…

https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/cn-ad/cn26-11-eng.html Ottawa, April 17, 2026 1. The purpose of this Customs Notice is to advise of the changes made to the CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) system to allow the temporary suspension of the federal fuel excise tax on unleaded…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2026-04-18 08:00 (ET) 2026-04-18 17:00 (ET) All users of the CARM Client Portal (CCP) Description Due to system maintenance, the CARM Client Portal (CCP) will be unavailable Saturday, April 18, 2026 between 08:00 and 17:00 (ET). Action Required…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2026-04-16 15:17 (ET) 2026-04-17 15:16 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using the Integrated Import Declaration (IID) and Document Image Functionality (DIF) Description The problem reported below has now been resolved…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2026-04-19 04:05 (ET) 2026-04-19 09:45 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using the eManifest Portal. Description Please note that all systems have been restored and functioning normally. Sunday April 19, 2026 from 04:05…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2026-04-17 11:00 (ET) 2026-04-17 23:28 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest portal. Description The problem reported below has now been resolved. The CBSA is receiving higher than usual volumes of…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2026-04-19 15:29 (ET) 2026-04-19 20:33 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest and CARM portals. Description The problem reported below has now been resolved. The CBSA is receiving and processing…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2026-04-19 15:29 (ET) 2026-04-19 20:33 (HE) All clients and service providers who transmit commercial documents using the CERS Portal Description The problem reported below has now been resolved. The CBSA is experiencing intermittent problems…

A) Chapter 01 Chapter 01 was published to: i) change the release recommendation from “Refer to CFIA – veterinary inspection” to “Refuse entry” for the following HS codes with the end uses “Breeding”, “Canadian animals returning to Canada”, “Feeding for slaughter”, “Immediate slaughter”, “Other end…

Please note that, effective immediately, no export certificates for pet food to China (HA2756) are to be signed. This certificate has been suspended until further notice. Shipments currently en route to China should be accepted without issue. Should any shipments be refused upon arrival in China…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2026-04-17 11:00 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest portal. Description UPDATE 1: The delay is now approximately 4-6 hours. The CBSA will continue to provide updates when new information is…

La version française suit The purpose of this message is to confirm that an update to the System Outage Contingency Plan (SOCP) has been published to the CBSA website on Thursday, April 16, 2026. The SOCP is available at: System Outage Contingency Plan: CBSA commercial systems Summary of updates…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2026-04-16 15:17 (ET) Investigation still underway– no estimated time of resolution All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using the Integrated Import Declaration (IID) and Document Image Functionality (DIF) Description UPDATE 2 -…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2026-04-16 10:15 (ET) 2026-04-16 17:35 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest portal. Description The problem reported below has now been resolved The CBSA is receiving higher than usual volumes of…