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Delays in Processing EDI and eManifest Portal Messages Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-11-26 14:56 (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…

Peak Season EDI Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 20258-11-26 N/A All clients and service providers who transmit data using EDI and the eManifest Portal Description With peak season approaching, the CBSA expects a higher volume of EDI documents submitted by clients until the end of…

On September 3, 2025, CBSA Border Services Officers in Metro Vancouver Commercial Operations seized 78 bricks of cocaine, weighing 204.5 kg, from a marine shipment from Panama. With the support of CBSA’s Detector Dog Team, Borders Services Officers found the drugs covered in a white paste and…

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to unveil new measures to support Canada’s struggling lumber and steel industries, which have been hit hard by the ongoing trade war with the United States. His plan includes an additional $500 million for the Softwood Lumber Development Program, raising the total…

RESOLVED - Delays in Processing EDI and eManifest Portal Messages Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-11-25 14:48 (ET) 2025-11-26 00:07 (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 2025-11-25 14:48 (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…

Members, the CSCB understands that EDI/Portal maintenance this week is not ideal due to US Thanksgiving / Black Friday increased volumes. We have advocated on behalf of members to have the maintenance window moved so it’s less impactful. Since we made the request this morning the CBSA has advised…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today initiated an administrative review (review) to update normal values, export prices and amounts of subsidy applicable to certain upholstered domestic seating (UDS) originating in the People’s Republic of China (China) and the Socialist Republic of…

As of November 3, 2025, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issues electronic phytosanitary export certificates for grains and grain products destined to Mexico. A phytosanitary export certificate is an official document issued by the CFIA to the competent authority of the importing country…

On November 22, 2025 Memorandum D19-9-3: Importation and Exportation of Human Remains and Human Cells, Tissues and Organs for Transplantation, and Reproductive Material for Assisted Human Reproduction was updated: Updates made to this D-memo This D-memorandum has been updated: To replace Appendix B…

Please note that on November 21, 2025, Customs Notice 20-12 COVID-19: Tariff Classification and Other Information to Import Medical Supplies, was cancelled.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to Abu Dhabi marked a major step in Canada’s trade diversification strategy, securing agreements that will expand market access and unlock unprecedented investment flows. Canada and the UAE signed a new Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA)…

Australia, Canada, and India have launched the Australia‑Canada‑India Technology and Innovation (ACITI) Partnership, a trilateral initiative to strengthen cooperation on critical and emerging technologies while complementing existing bilateral efforts. The partnership will leverage the countries’…

At the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, Prime Minister Mark Carney, who is aiming to diversify trade and double non‑U.S. exports over the next decade, advanced this agenda by deepening ties with South Africa—Canada’s largest African trading partner—through new investment and nuclear cooperation…

A) Chapter 02 Chapter 02 was published to 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 Poland: 02.09.10.5260.01 – Bacon fat 02.09.10.5260.03 – Back fat –…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is taking advantage of the off-peak period to move forward with the reconstruction of the Primary Inspection Line as quickly and efficiently as possible at the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle border crossing. As announced earlier this fall, the port of entry is…