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Reminder: When entering GCP Export Certification Label (ECL) details into U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) system, it is essential to include both the facility authorization number and the label serial number under code A37. Together the facility…

UPDATE - EDI/Portal Scheduled Maintenance Unavailability Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-11-13 10:35 (ET) 2025-11-13 11:35 (ET) All clients who use EDI, eManifest, CERS and CARM portals to transmit their trade document Description CBSA Commercial systems service is gradually…

EDI/Portal Scheduled Maintenance Unavailability Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-11-13 10:35 (ET) 2025-11-13 11:35 (ET) All clients who use EDI, eManifest, CERS and CARM portals to transmit their trade document Description Please note that for maintenance purposes, the…

Intermittent Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Communication Problem Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-11-13 08:35 (ET) Initial investigation underway Clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. Description The CBSA is currently experiencing an EDI…

COMPLETED - EDI/Portal Scheduled Maintenance Unavailability Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-11-13 03:00 (ET) 2025-11-13 05:45 (ET) All clients who use EDI, eManifest, CERS and CARM portals to transmit their trade document Description The maintenance has now been completed…

Memorandum D3-4-2: Highway pre-arrival and reporting requirements was updated on November 12, 2025. Link: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d3/d3-4-2-eng.html Updates made to this memorandum This memorandum has been revised to: update the definitions section replace " pre-arrival" with…

On 3 March 2025, China had suspended the import of logs of all species from the United States (US). It now has been confirmed that China will lift the suspension to import logs from the US starting on November 10, 2025. US origin log shipments to China with a departure time and phytosanitary…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has renegotiated the certificate for the export of pet food and pet treats to Mexico (HA2730). An addendum to the certificate has been developed to provide additional space for listing the products intended for export, as SENASICA now requires the inclusion…

＊Update: Please see the new effective date provided by South Korea’s Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA) – the implementation of this new measure has been reported to January 2028 instead of January 2026.＊ Starting January 1, 2028, all facilities that produce and export pet food must be…

The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada is imposing additional sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations. Canada’s new measures further increase the economic costs on Russia for its unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine…

On September 17 and 26, border services officers from the Montreal Marine and Rail Services made two seizures of cannabis destined for export, totalling 2,723 kg. In both cases, the cannabis was intended to be transported to the UK. The largest seizure in terms of quantity was made on September 17…

The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today met with Yvette Cooper, the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in Oakville, Ontario, ahead of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held on November 11 and 12, 2025. Minister Anand welcomed…

The Honourable Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade, today announced that he will travel to New Delhi, India, from November 12 to 13, 2025, to find opportunities to advance trade and investment linkages between Canada and India. He will continue to Visakhapatnam on November 14 to attend…

RESOLVED - Delays in Processing EDI and eManifest Portal Messages Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-11-11 07:30 (ET) 2025-11-11 09:24 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest portal. Description The problem reported below has now…

Delays in Processing EDI and eManifest Portal Messages Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-11-11 07:30 (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…

On November 6, 2025, a 37-year-old foreign national, pleaded guilty in Montreal to conspiring to illegally smuggle seven migrants into the United States, receiving a sentence of two years less a day. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) investigation revealed he orchestrated the border crossing…