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Last CSCB Member Townhall of 2025!

The last townhall meeting is coming up on December 9. CSCB has held quarterly townhall meetings for members to ask questions and share information about key issues affecting customs brokers in Canada. Join CSCB staff and your fellow members to: Gain insight into how CSCB staff is implementing the…
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GTA CBSA Ports 495/497 contact information update

Members, you've been telling the CSCB that you're unable to call the GTA CBSA offices at ports 495/497, that their phone numbers are no longer operational. We reached out to the CBSA for alternative contact methods and they have advised: Moving forward the best way to get service will be to contact…

CFIA-AIRS Updates December 02 2025

A) Chapter 02 Chapter 02 was published to: i) modify the import conditions and the registration type list of the following HS codes with the end uses “Human consumption”, “In transit through Canada” and “Other end uses” originating from Spain: 02.03.11 – Fresh or chilled: carcasses and half…

RESOLVED - TCC25-0178 Delays in Processing EDI and eManifest Portal Messages

RESOLVED - Delays in Processing EDI and eManifest Portal Messages Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-12-01 18:40 (ET) 2025-12-01 18:50 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest portal. Description The problem reported below has now…
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Waiting for details - PM Carney's recent steel announcement

Members, we all have questions about Prime Minister Carney's recent steel announcement. The CSCB has asked the CBSA if they could provide any additional information, including a possible timeline for publishing these details. We will advise members as soon as we have information to share, please…

CFIA-AIRS Updates December 1st, 2025

A) Chapter 01 Chapter 01 was published to change the release recommendation from “Refer to CFIA – veterinary inspection” to “Refuse entry” for the following HS codes with the end uses “Breeding” and “In transit through Canada” originating from Spain: 01.03.10.1031 – Normal 01.03.91.1031 – Normal 01…

Update to GAC webpage; Export and Import Controls

Did you notice that this Global Affairs webpage had a strange glitch associated with the Notice "Guidance on the movement to and storage of controlled technology in the Cloud"? Each time a user visited the page, the date associated with the Notice showed the current date, not the date that the…
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CBSA provides clarity related to the Duty Drawback Program

Members have indicated that certain aspects of the drawback requirements remain unclear; particularly past guidance received from the CBSA advising that goods will not qualify for duty drawback when they have been used in a retail environment. In response, the CSCB reached out to the CBSA, who…

Animal Feed – Policy and Procedures Updates

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) would like to remind stakeholders that the final coming into force date for the phased implementation of the modernized feeds regulations is December 17, 2025. Notice to industry: Supporting stakeholders through the final implementation phase of the Feeds…

CBSA officers intercept 218kg of cannabis in Saint John

On September 16, 2025, following a referral from the CBSA’s Export Team in Halifax, Nova Scotia, border services officers in Saint John, New Brunswick, conducted an examination on a marine container leaving Canada via the Port of Saint John. The contents of the shipment were falsely declared as…

Prime Minister announces new details for steel TRQs and remission end dates

Further limit foreign steel imports to ensure that Canadian steel producers have better access to the domestic market. Reduced tariff rate quotas include the following: Effective December 26, 2025, tariff rate quotas for countries that do not have a free trade agreement with Canada will be reduced…

TCC24– 0100 - REMINDER - High-volume e-commerce shipments validation rules

La version française suit Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-01-26 N/A All clients and service providers who transmit data using EDI and the eManifest Portal Description This is to inform commercial clients submitting high-volume e-commerce shipments that starting on January…