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(La version française suit la version anglaise) The Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) is experiencing delays in processing declarations, and as a result, CFIA’s National Import Service Centre (NISC) is also currently experiencing processing delays. All CFIA systems are functioning as expected…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2026-04-25 08:00 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest portal. Description UPDATE 29: CBSA continues to process delayed commercial messages. Outbound messages are processed without delay, while…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2026-04-25 08:00 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest portal. Description UPDATE 28: CBSA continues to process delayed commercial messages. Outbound messages are processed without delay, while…

Hello, As part of the Trade Programs Directorates ongoing commitment to update all trade Departmental Memoranda (D-Memoranda) on a rolling five year basis to reflect legislative and regulatory amendments, to align with jurisprudence, and for plain language and accessibility, we have identified the…

The following CBSA customs notices have been cancelled: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/cn-ad/menu-eng.html

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2026-04-25 08:00 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest portal. Description UPDATE 27: CBSA continues to process delayed commercial messages. Currently, inbound processing delay is approximately 1 to 3…

On December 1, 2025, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), pursuant to subsection 76.03(1) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), initiated an expiry review of its order made on December 30, 2020, in Expiry Review No. RR-2019-006, of the dumping of certain oil country tubular goods…

Eight years after Canada launched free trade negotiations with the Mercosur bloc of nations, a Brazilian official says an agreement is on track to be signed by the end of the year. Paula Barboza, director for extra-regional negotiations and economic governance at Brazil’s ministry of foreign affairs…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2026-04-25 08:00 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest portal. Description UPDATE 26: CBSA continues to process delayed commercial messages. Both inbound processing and outbound messages are delayed…

Following an investigation by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), a Regina resident pleaded guilty to two charges related to the falsification of immigration documents in Saskatchewan Provincial Court on February 17, 2026. They were sentenced to two years probation, 200 hours of community…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2026-04-25 08:00 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest portal. Description UPDATE 25: As of 10:11 (ET) on April 30, 2026, CBSA continues to process delayed commercial messages. Outbound messages are…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2026-04-25 08:00 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest portal. Description UPDATE 24: While the system is currently functioning well, some users may still experience residual delays on inbound and…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2026-04-25 08:00 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest portal. Description UPDATE 21: CBSA continues to process delayed commercial messages. Currently, inbound processing delay is approximately 5 to 7…

On April 29, 2026, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) published a revised version of directive D-14-02: Hardwood Export Program . This directive has recently been renamed and revised to reflect changes in terminology to support the integration of the Hardwood Export Program into our digital…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2026-04-25 08:00 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest portal. Description UPDATE 20: As of 14:00 (ET) on April 29, 2026, CBSA continues to process delayed commercial messages. Currently, inbound…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2026-04-25 08:00 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest portal. Description UPDATE 19: As of 12:04 (ET) on April 29, 2026, CBSA continues to process delayed commercial messages. Currently, inbound…

Please see the instructions below for submitting paper packages to CFIA NISC: Submission Email If submitting a paper package, please email it to: [email protected] Required Form and Documentation Please submit your paper declaration using Form CFIA/ACIA 5272 –…

On April 7, 2026, the CSCB hosted a webinar with the CBSA to review the 2026 Single Window Addendum Changes ( link). During that webinar we received a few questions about the Health Canada updates related to an exemption code or excipient code for goods that fall under API category and are imported…

The US tariff landscape continues to shift in rapid and sometimes unexpected ways. We’re pleased to announce the return of our trio of knowledgeable legal experts for another round of US tariff updates! CSCB and CIFFA are pleased once again to jointly host Dan Kiselbach, Jessica Rifkin, and Robert…