Trade News

Start Date / Time 2025-03-12 End Date / Time N/A Clients Affected All clients and service providers who transmit IID data using EDI Description The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is experiencing network issues which is affecting other services and applications including the processing of…

Please be advised that the following services are experiencing technical issues: Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) Automated Import Reference System Verification Service (AVS) CFIA Shipment Tracker for Food, Plant and Animal products Electronic Data Interchange – Integrated Import Declaration…

Start Date / Time 2025-03-13 07:32 (ET) End Date / Time Initial investigation underway Clients Affected All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest portal. Description The CBSA is receiving and processing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and eManifest portal…

Link: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/cn-ad/cn25-11-eng.html Ottawa, March 12, 2025 United States Surtax Order (Steel and Aluminum 2025) 1. This notice provides information on the application of the United States Surtax Order (Steel and Aluminum 2025), specifically regarding surtax…

Please see this link for the list of goods affected by the retaliatory Surtax, planned for implementation March 13, 2025, at 12:01am ET. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/03/list-of-produc……

Start Date / Time 2025-03-15 02:00 (ET) End Date / Time 2025-03-15 07:00 (ET) Clients Affected All clients and service providers who transmit electronic commercial trade data to CBSA Description Please note that for maintenance purposes, the following CBSA commercial systems will be impacted on…

US Customs and Border Protection has reminded stakeholders that the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) Interim Final Rule (IFR) will become effective on March 18, 2025. This IFR adds to the existing 19 CFR 182 implementing regulations and…

At the CSCB, we are committed to providing our members with the information, resources, and support they need to succeed. To ensure our communications and member services continue to meet your expectations, we invite you to share your insights through this survey, which will be open until March 17…

The European Union announced retaliatory tariffs against the US imposing a 25% import tariff on aluminum and steel, focusing on U.S. industrial and farm products valued at 26billion euros. Products such as steel and aluminum products textiles home appliances agricultural goods beef poultry…

New Foot-Mouth Disease (FMD) instructions have been implemented in the Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) for commodities originating from Hungary and Slovakia. The affected commodities can be found in the following link: Foot and Mouth Disease – Disease Freedom . The changes applied can be…

" The Canada Border Services Agency is preparing a scheduled, planned system outage to conduct maintenance during the morning of March 15, 2025 (EDT). Many systems in the commercial stream – and some in the travellers stream – will not be available during the outage." The CSCB has asked the CBSA to…

With the following messaging US Customs and Border Protection confirmed that imports of Canadian aluminum and steel will be subject to 25% import duties, as of 12:01am March 12, 2025. Please click each link below for more information. CSMS # 64384496 - UPDATED GUIDANCE: Import Duties on Imports of…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) delays in processing have been resolved. Thank you for your cooperation. Fin des retards de traitement des déclarations d’importation de l’ACIA Les retards dans le traitement des déclarations d’importation de l’Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments…

Environment and Climate Change Canada have distributed a reminder that the Amendments to the Formaldehyde Regulations (CANFER) are coming into force this month, 90 days after being published in the Canada Gazette Part 2 on December 18, 2024. The amendments: remove the accreditation requirement for…

As part of CFIA’s ongoing efforts to improve client service, please be advised that CFIA will be performing network maintenance on: March 16, 2025 from 3:00 am to 7:00 am (ET) Consequently, the following services may not be available for this period: Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) CFIA…

Start Date / Time 2025-03-11 10:08 (ET) End Date / Time 2025-03-11 13:39 (ET) The problem reported below has been resolved. The CBSA is currently experiencing intermittent access problems with the Canadian Export Reporting System (CERS), eManifest and CARM Client Portals. The CBSA is actively…

The National Commodity Specialist Division (NCSD), Office of Trade, has published the 2025 schedule of webinars, focused on "Balancing Fair Trade". 60 minute webinars will be held March through September 2025, starting at 1:30 ET. Registration for March and April webinars is now open, links for each…