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Global Affairs Canada (GAC) has provided brokers with an information package, please click here to review the document and links in English and French. English text of the document is shown below. Steel tariff rate quota information package To support the Department of Finance’s measures to protect…

Start Date / Time End Date / Time Clients Affected 2025-07-22 03:30 (ET) 2025-07-22 04:30 (ET) All clients who use EDI, eManifest, CERS and CARM portals to transmit their trade date. Description Please note that for maintenance purposes some external clients may not be able to submit EDI messages to…

(Le texte français suit le texte anglais) We will be performing routine network maintenance. As a result, you may experience difficulties accessing online services during this time. Upcoming maintenance There are 3 planned outages. Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) Outage: July 20, 2025 from…

Memorandum D13-2-4: Valuation of Goods Imported Into Canada that are not in Accordance with the Contract Updated : July 17, 2025 Updates made to this D-memo This memorandum has been amended to: revise the information regarding the valuation of replacement goods clarify and provide examples for the…

“Canada has reached a mutually satisfactory solution with New Zealand to resolve the CPTPP dairy TRQs dispute. This agreement, negotiated in close consultation with Canadian dairy stakeholders, will result in certain minor policy changes to Canada’s TRQ administration, and does not amend Canada’s…

Time is running out to secure your opportunity to apply for a $3,500.00 scholarship. Applications will be accepted until July 25, 2025 at 14:00 EDT – Don’t miss your opportunity! The CSCB National and the CSCB Guy Graveline scholarships are for those students that are just beginning their post…

On June 11, 2025, border services officers at Osoyoos port of entry examined the pick-up truck of a Canadian citizen who was returning to Canada from the United States. Upon examination of the vehicle’s truck bed, officers found bricks of cocaine weighing a total of 70 kg. This is the largest…

In the June 12 Trade News article " Federal government to put latest Canada Post offer up for union vote " we shared that Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu would direct the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to hold a vote for members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), so union…

World Trade Organization (WTO) members are seeking to break years of paralysis in international trade negotiations, which have been sidelined by the Trump administration and risk becoming irrelevant. WTO members had already struggled to reach deals due to a consensus requirement among all 166…

The CBSA CARM team has added new CARM webinar dates, please share the link below with anyone that may benefit. https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/services/carm-gcra/webinars-webinaires-eng… CARM: Did you Know? Release Prior to Payment (RPP) Program This short-form information session provides an…

On July 16, 2025, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) terminated the dumping investigation in respect of corrosion-resistant steel sheet from the Republic of Türkiye (Türkiye) by Borçelik Çelik Sanayi Ticaret A.Ş (Borçelik), as the goods were not dumped. The subject goods are usually imported…

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today continued its order made on October 16, 2019, in expiry review RR‑2018‑006, concerning the dumping of structural tubing from South Korea and Türkiye. The Tribunal found that the expiry of the order was likely to result in injury. As such, the Tribunal…

The government is strengthening the TRQs for steel products implemented on June 27, 2025. Effective August 1, 2025, the TRQs will be extended to countries that have a free trade agreement in force with Canada, with the exception of the United States and Mexico. This will result in a 50 per cent…

Today, the Honourable Darren Fisher, Member of Parliament for Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety, along with senior officials from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the Halifax Port Authority and the Africville community…

Interpretation Origin of goods 1 For the purposes of this Order, the origin of goods is determined in accordance with the rules of origin set out in the Determination of Country of Origin for the Purpose of Marking Goods (CUSMA Countries) Regulations or the Determination of Country of Origin for the…

P.C. 2025-535 June 26, 2025 Order Amending the Import Control List Amendments 1 The Import Control List is amended by adding the following after item 81: 82 (1) Steel goods that are classified under the following tariff items and that are neither referred to in section 3 of the Order Imposing a…

China Surtax Remission Order (2024) 1 Items 3 and 4 of Schedule 1 to the China Surtax Remission Order (2024) are repealed. 2 Item 9 of Schedule 1 to the Order is repealed. 3 The portion of item 1.2 of Schedule 2 to the Order in columns 2 to 4 is replaced by the following: Item Column 2 Tariff Item…

Chapter 08 Chapter 08 was published to: i) change the release recommendation from “Refer to CFIA-NISC” to “Refuse entry” for the following HS codes with the end use “Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution” originating from Australia: 08.08.10.4000 – Edible fruits and nuts; peel…