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Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-12-16 15:00 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest portal. Description The CBSA is receiving higher than usual volumes of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and eManifest portal messages resulting…

Link: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d17/d17-1-4-eng.html Ottawa, December 15, 2025 This document is also available in PDF (586 KB) Plain language summary Target audience: Importers of commercial goods. Key content: Terms and conditions for the release of commercial goods; how to…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has secured an African swine fever (ASF) zoning arrangement with the Philippines to safeguard animal health while ensuring trade continuity, allowing pork exports from ASF-free regions if the disease were ever detected in Canada. The Philippines, a key…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has negotiated a new export certificate (HA3148) for processed down and feathers destined to China. The certificate will take effect on December 15, 2025, and is, or will soon be, available through your local CFIA office and may be used immediately…

Normal operations resume at the Abbotsford-Huntingdon port of entry The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is pleased to report normal operations have now resumed at the Abbotsford-Huntingdon port of entry, which recently experienced a service disruption. We thank you for your patience and for…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-12-15 18:00 (ET) 2025-12-15 20:55 (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…

The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada is imposing additional sanctions against 4 individuals under the Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations. These individuals, all Iranian senior officials, have been involved in gross and systematic human rights…

Negotiating new air transport agreements with diverse countries further improves Canada's air links to the rest of world, which promotes trade diversification, strengthens supply chains, boosts tourism and helps fuel our country's economic growth . The new air transport agreement between Canada and…

On December 9, 2025, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) published a revised version of directive D-07-02: Canadian Debarking and Grub Hole Control Program (CDGHCP) for the export of cedar wood products . The CFIA has revised the directive to align the language with other policy directives…

On December 15, 2025, terminated the dumping investigation respecting steel strapping exported from South Korea by Sam Hwan Steel Co., Ltd and from Vietnam by Sam Hwan Vina Co., Ltd., as the goods were not dumped. Pursuant to paragraph 41(1)(b) of the SIMA, the CBSA made a final determination of…

Ottawa, December 15, 2025 This document is also available in PDF (138 KB) [ help with PDF files] In Brief This memorandum has been updated to reflect accessibility and plain language considerations. On this page Definitions Guidelines CITT Jurisprudence Heading 49.11 – “Other printed matter” Heading…

CBSA is aware of a discrepancy in Appendix A of D17-2-1: Adjusting Commercial Accounting Declarations and CARM reason code description, where the reason code description for R2-74-1-C11 does not include certain Free Trade Agreements as per Customs Act. While the Agency updates CARM and D17-2-1…

Date: December 12, 2025 Table of contents 1.0 Purpose, coverage and duration 2.0 Authority 3.0 Method of administration 4.0 Import permits 5.0 Contact us 1.0 Purpose, coverage and duration 1.1 This Notice replaces the Notice to importers: Item 82 – Steel goods – Serial No. 1142 (dated August 1, 2025…

Further to the Prime Minister’s announcement on November 26, 2025, effective December 26, 2025, the tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for certain steel goods that are listed under item 82 on the Import Control List (ICL) , have been updated. In accordance with the Second Amending Surtax Order , the TRQs…

The Honourable Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade, announced the launch of public consultations on four free trade agreement negotiations. Each of these agreements has the potential to create business opportunities and improve market access for Canadian goods and services in several…

Good afternoon, We are writing to inform you that the Order Amending the United States Surtax Remission Order (2025) (the “Remission Order”) entered into force on December 11, 2025. The full text of the Remission Order is available here , and will be published in the December 31, 2025, edition of…

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 originating from Ukraine: 01.06.41.2103 – Honeybees (Packaged) 01.06.41.2104 – Honeybee queens B) Chapter 02 Chapter 02 was published…