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The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), the union for Air Canada's 10,000+ flight attendants, issued a 72-hour strike notice meaning that flight attendants can walk off the job as early as Saturday at 12:58 a.m. ET. In response, Air Canada will begin cancelling flights on Thursday before a…

On Auguste 12, 2025, The Honourable Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade, and the Honourable Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, issued a statement in response to China’s preliminary anti-dumping duties of 75.8% on canola seed from Canada. The statement conveys Canada…

On August 12, 2025, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated a preliminary injury inquiry into a complaint by EVRAZ Inc. NA Canada, of Regina, Saskatchewan and Welded Tube of Canada Corp., of Concord, Ontario, that they have suffered injury as a result of the dumping of oil country…

Earlier this month the CSCB shared the article 3 facing smuggling-related charges after 44 migrants intercepted in Quebec: CBSA; associated with the three arrests from that incident, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) arrested a fourth individual at…

The problem reported below has now been resolved. All systems are functioning normally. ______________________________ The CBSA is receiving and processing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and eManifest portal inbound data. However, there is a delay in sending outbound messages such as…

Start Date / Time 2025-08-12 11:55 (ET) The CBSA is receiving and processing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and eManifest portal inbound data. However, there is a delay in sending outbound messages such as acknowledgements, reject messages and notices (e.g. RNS, completeness notices, etc) through…

Effective Thursday August 14, China announced a preliminary anti-dumping duty on Canadian canola imports with the provisional rate to be set at 75.8%. Canadian canola exports to China totalled $5 billion in 2023, the last full year before the investigation began. China has also launched an anti…

Shortly before tariffs on Chinese goods were set to rise to 54% from 30%, and Chinese tariffs on American exports would return to 34% from 10% the U.S. White House published an Executive Order announcing an extension to the existing tariffs for 90 days. This extension will give both countries time…

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today determined that there is a reasonable indication that the dumping and subsidizing of thermal paper rolls from China have caused injury to the domestic industry. The CBSA will continue its investigations and, by September 10, 2025, will issue…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) initiated an investigation on August 11, 2025, respecting the alleged injurious dumping of oil country tubular goods originating in or exported from the United Mexican States and the Republic of the Philippines, and originating in the Republic of Türkiye and…

The CBSA is initiating an investigation into whether certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) are being sold in the Canadian market at unfair prices when exported from certain steel producers from Mexico, the Philippines, South Korea, Türkiye, and the United States. The Canadian International Trade…

On Tuesday, August 12, 2025 between 03:00 (ET) and 04:45 (ET), for maintenance purposes, importers and custom brokers who submit Integrated Import Declaration (IID) may receive the following rejects. Error Code Field Description Message Text 0L2 Declaration Party Contact Name Importer Information…

A) Chapter 25 Chapter 25 was published to add the miscellaneous codes “Mixture of fertilizer and/or supplement ingredients” and “Single material” to the following HS code with the end use “For fertilizer or supplement”: 25.17.49.0010 – Basalt. B) Chapter 28 Chapter 28 was published to add the…

The problem reported below has now been resolved. All systems are functioning normally. _________________________________ The CBSA is receiving and processing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and eManifest portal inbound data. However, there is a delay in sending outbound messages such as…

Start Date / Time 2025-08-10 11:30 (ET) UPDATE 2: Please note that CBSA will provide an update to this bulletin only when we have significant information on the resolution to share or when the issue is resolved. An update will be provided tomorrow morning. The CBSA is receiving and processing…

Ottawa, May 30, 2025 Updated: July 9, 2025 Updated: August 9, 2025 Update Effective 11:59 pm August 9, 2025, the 30 day RPP contingency expansion from only time sensitive/perishable items to all goods in sufferance warehouse is expired. The original RPP contingency is once again in effect; however…

The Honourable Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, has concluded a productive seven-day trade mission to Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines. Representatives from Canada’s agriculture and agri-food sector joined the Minister for the mission to the region, which is already…

On Tuesday, August 12th 2025 between 08:00 (ET) and 10:00 (ET), for maintenance purposes, importers and custom brokers who submit Integrated Import Declaration (IID) may receive the following rejects. Error Code Field Description Message Text 0L2 Declaration Party Contact Name Importer Information…