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The first Designate Quiz of 2026 is now available!

This free quiz is worth: 5 credits toward maintenance of the CTCS designation AND/OR 10 points toward maintenance of the CCS designation. Once again, Class Marker will be used for this quiz. A few key points to note: When you click on the quiz link, you’ll be asked to enter your E-mail, and then…
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Updated: U.S. Tariffs and Retaliatory Tariffs Q&As page

Members, our U.S. Tariffs and Retaliatory Tariffs Q&As page ( link) has been updated with the following Q&A, answered by CBSA: “ About the Duty Relief Program; I am wondering how the surtax will affect clients who have duty relief licenses for their imports. We have a client who installs product…
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Coming Soon - Steel Derivative Remission Order customs notice

Last week we published the Trade News article " Notification of the Steel Derivative Remission Order - C " and many of our members have asked when the customs notice is expected to be published. The CSCB reached out to the CBSA and they advised " We are targeting a customs notice to be live by the…

CFIA-AIRS Updates March 4th, 2026

A) Chapter 16 Chapter 16 was published to modify the import conditions of the following HS codes with the end uses “Samples for testing”, “Scientific use (Research)”, and “Show or exhibition” originating from Brazil: 16.01.00.5459 – Turkey 16.01.00.5460 – Chicken 16.01.00.5461 – Pheasant 16.01.00…

TCC26-0045 - EDI/Portals SCHEDULED Maintenance

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2026-03-06 03:00 (ET) 2026-03-06 06:00 (ET) All clients who use EDI, eManifest and CERS Portals. Description Please note that the CBSA will be conducting a system maintenance on Friday March 6, 2026 from 03:00 (ET) to 06:00 (ET). There are no…
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Request for Membership Feedback- CBSA Systems Outage Contingency Plan

Members, as part of the CSCB’s ongoing participation in the CBSA’s BCCC Outage Working Group, we are reaching out to request your review and feedback on the draft Systems Outage Contingency Plan (SOCP). The working group circulated this draft following the March 2nd meeting. We now invite CSCB…

Proposed amendments to the Susceptible species of aquatic animals

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is proposing the modification of the Susceptible species of aquatic animals list for seven diseases: Abalone viral mortality (Abalone herpes-like virus), Bonamia exitiosa , Bonamia ostreae , Haplosporidium nelsoni , Marteilia refringens , Mikrocytos mackini…
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Q&A: RIV and TC; Importing Chinese Electric Vehicles

Members, we recently had a member pose a question to both the RIV program and to Transport Canada requesting guidance related to Chinese electric vehicles and the importing requirements for their respective programs. The answers that were received are shared below. Question: What is the RIV process…

Notice of initiation of expiry review investigation: Wheat Gluten (WG 2026 ER)

On March 2, 2026, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), pursuant to subsection 76.03(1) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), initiated an expiry review of its finding made on April 22, 2021 in inquiry NQ-2020-003, concerning the dumping of wheat gluten originating in or exported…

CFIA-AIRS Updates March 3rd, 2026

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 Cyprus. The affected commodities can be found in the following link: Foot and Mouth…

Notice on Consumer Price Index Adjustments to CBSA Commercial and Trade Fees

Please find the attached notice regarding the annual adjustment of service fees for the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Commercial and Trade programs. In accordance with the Service Fees Act (SFA), the CBSA is required to adjust specific fees annually to account for inflation. The adjusted…

CBSA seizes 111 kg of cocaine at the Blue Water Bridge

On February 19, 2026, a commercial truck arriving at the Blue Water Bridge port of entry from the United States was referred by a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officer for a secondary examination. During the inspection of the trailer, border services officers found and seized 111.4 kg of…

CSCB/CIFFA Webinar: US Tariffs, Refunds, and Next Steps

CSCB and CIFFA are pleased to jointly host this free webinar to examine essential information for managing US tariff refunds. The US Government collected an estimated US$175 billion in IEEPA tariffs. The US Supreme Court has ended the IEEPA tariff program. In Learning Resources, Inc. et al. v. Trump…