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Ottawa, April 17, 2025 Updated: October 17, 2025 Updated: December 24, 2025 (Updated sections shown in bold) 1. The purpose of this Customs Notice is to advise of the amendments to the United States Surtax Remission Order (2025) ("Order") which is intended to minimize the negative effects of the…

A) Chapter 04 Chapter 04 was published to modify the import conditions of the following HS codes with the end uses “Human consumption”, “Other end uses”, “Research and educational use”, “Scientific use (research)” and “Show or Exhibition” and the miscellaneous code “From bovine or buffalo”…

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated an inquiry to determine whether the dumping of oil country tubular goods, originating in or exported from Mexico, the Philippines, Türkiye, South Korea and the United States, has caused injury or retardation or is threatening to cause injury. This…

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal determined that there is a reasonable indication that the dumping and subsidizing of truck bodies from China have caused injury to the domestic industry. The Tribunal’s inquiry was conducted pursuant to the Special Import Measures Act as a result of the…

On December 22, 2025, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), pursuant to subsection 38(1) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), made a preliminary determination of dumping respecting certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) originating in or exported from Mexico and the Philippines, and…

https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/cn-ad/cn25-32-eng.html Ottawa, December 23, 2025 1. This notice is to confirm that all transition measures outlined in Customs Notice 24-27 will end as planned on December 31, 2025. 2. The information contained in this Customs Notice is applicable to…

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) investigation in Ontario has led to the arrest of two men involved in a criminal operation that used online classified advertisements to recruit women to smuggle illegal drugs out of Canada through Toronto Pearson…

On October 31, 2025, CBSA Border Services Officers in Metro Vancouver Marine Operations intercepted over 26 kg of cocaine from a marine shipment at the Tsawwassen Container Examination Facility (TCEF). With the support of CBSA’s Detector Dog Service, border services officers at TCEF conducted a…

Please note CBSA are experiencing issues with the CARM Mass Adjustment (MA) functionality. CBSA ask that trade chain partners refrain from submitting mass adjustment cases until further notice, including portal, EDI and API. CBSA continues to accept Voluntary Disclosure requests, Drawback cases and…

La version française suit Clients Affected: All clients and services providers who transmit commercial documents using EDI, the eManifest and CERS Portals. The Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) office will be closed on Thursday, December 25, 2025, Friday, December 26, 2025 and Thursday…

La version française suit Scheduled Maintenance Outages for 2026 Clients using Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) along with the Canadian Export Reporting System (CERS) and eManifest portals of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) are advised that they can expect scheduled maintenance outages on…

(La version française suit) Updates from Public Safety Canada on the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (Supply Chains Act) In this edition: Launch of the 2026 reporting cycle Guidance updates for 2026 List of entities and government institutions with a published…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) operates in a constantly-evolving environment and regularly evaluates programs and operations to ensure a strong and efficient border. To further enhance border integrity, the CBSA will introduce telephone reporting in areas formerly covered by the Remote…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-12-20 14:15 (ET) 2025-12-20 15:42 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest portal. Description The problem reported below has now been resolved. The CBSA is receiving higher than usual volumes of…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-12-20 14:15 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest portal. Description The CBSA is receiving higher than usual volumes of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and eManifest portal messages resulting…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-12-19 15:56 (ET) 2025-12-19 18:05 (ET) All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and eManifest portal. Description The problem reported below has now been resolved. The CBSA is receiving higher than usual volumes of…