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On May 15, 2025, Global Affairs Canada issued the Message to Industry - Requirement to provide Manufacturer (MID) and Importer of Record (IOR) Information reminding exporters of the following: Starting February 16th, 2025, when applying for export permits for products to be exported to the United…

On May 15, 2025, Memorandum D3-2-1: Air Pre-Arrival and Reporting Requirements ( link) was updated with the following: add definitions and the French terms to the English definitions add a carrier obligations section and a domestic in-transit shipments section to separate in-transit movements from…

On May 15, 2025, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service have issued the Import Alert: Import Restrictions on Canada due to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza ( link) Importation into the United States of poultry, commercial birds, ratites, avian hatching…

Customs Notice 25-19: United States Surtax Remission Order (2025) (link ) has been updated with the following paragraphs: 8. Claims for relief of surtax upon importation or for refund of surtax paid under this Order must be made by the importer of record (which may be a private or public sector…

The CBSA is aware of a forthcoming Canada Post service disruption. Payments for your commercial import duties and taxes normally made by mail will experience delivery delays. Please note that a payment for your account balance will need to be received by the payment due date of May 30, 2025…

(Le français suit) Please be advised that new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been identified in Brazil. Poultry, birds (including pet birds) and certain poultry products originating from Brazil are not permitted for import into Canada. Products and by-products from birds…

Canada Post workers have issued strike notice to start on Friday, May 23 at 12 a.m. local time. On Monday, Canada Post said it was notified by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) that workers for both urban and RSMC (rural and suburban mail carriers) bargaining units issued strike notice…

(Le texte français suit le texte anglais) Friendly reminder, when submitting a paper package to the CFIA’s National Import Service Centre (NISC) for review, by email (or fax), ensure to include the completed 5272 form, along with any required import documents and a commercial invoice or Canada…

La version française suit This bulletin serves as a reminder that as of 03:00 (ET) on May 20, 2025, importers seeking to continue to benefit from electronic release service options – specifically, the IID and PARS - and paper RMD will be required to enroll in Release Prior to Payment (RPP) and post…

(Le français suit l’anglais) A) Chapter 10 Chapter 10 was published to: i) add the following OGD extensions: 10.08.29.0105.06 – Eragrostis tef – Organic 10.08.29.0106.06 – Eragrostis tef ii) remove the following OGD extensions: 10.08.90.1807 – Eragrostis tef 10.08.90.1807.01 – Grain B) Chapter 35…

CSCB National Office will be closed on Monday, May 19, 2025 in observance of the Victoria Day statutory holiday.

La version française suit Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-05-15 14:00 (ET) 2025-05-15 18:30 (ET) All clients submitting trade data using the eManifest, CERS and CARM Client portals. Description The problem reported below has now been resolved. The CBSA is currently…

The CBSA is currently experiencing intermittent access problems with the Canadian Export Reporting System (CERS), eManifest and CARM Client Portals (CCP). The CBSA is actively working to resolve this issue, but we currently do not have an estimated time for its resolution. Further updates to this…

Thank you to members who pointed out the error in this TCCU message! It has now been updatd to reflect the correct date. The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) will be closed on Monday, May 19, 2025. However, the TCCU production support will be operating on an “after hours” schedule during this…

The CBSA has published a news release: "Reminder - Extension to submit financial security during CARM transition period ends on May 20." This news release describes the Release Prior to Payment privilege, the RPP transition plan, how transporting carriers and freight forwards can take today for a…