Trade News

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…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) would like to advise of an update to section 6.3 of the Operational procedure: onion pilot project for Canadian Partners in Quality preventive control inspection . In addition to the use of a lot verification system, program participants may now also choose…

On June 19, 2025, amendments to the Products Containing Mercury Regulations came into force. As a reminder, these amendments were published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, on June 19, 2024, as the Regulations Amending the Products Containing Mercury Regulations . The main objective of the amendments…

Based on an investigation in October 2024, CBSA officers in Mississauga intercepted a silencer being imported from China and a parcel containing a 50-round drum magazine coming from the United States, both for the same address. CBSA’s Ontario Firearms Smuggling Enforcement Team (OFSET) then…

Vietnam now requires a phytosanitary certificate for fresh fruit and vegetables that are frozen at a temperature higher than -18°C. A phytosanitary certificate will not be issued for fresh fruit and vegetables destined to Vietnam that were frozen at -18°C or lower. The exporter will be responsible…

As seen on the CARM Client Portal home page: A fix has been implemented to address certain timeout errors related to Commercial Accounting Declarations (CAD), delegation requests or to request a report. However, the error message may still display when uploading a document in the CARM Client Portal…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is notifying Canadian producers and exporters of apple juice products (including apple cider) and apple juice for production of apple juice products (including apple cider) of enhanced monitoring by Japan. Effective July 1, 2025, Japan implemented an…

On July 14, 2025, t he Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated a preliminary injury inquiry into a complaint by Canada Pipe Company ULC, d/b/a Bibby‑Ste‑Croix, of Sainte-Croix, Quebec, that it has suffered injury as a result of the dumping and subsidizing of cast iron soil pipe from China…

In May 2025, CBSA officers in New Brunswick examined a marine container destined for export to Scotland, United Kingdom and uncovered over 6,700 kilograms of suspected cannabis, valued at $49.6 M inside almost 400 boxes. This is three times more than the total amount of cannabis seized by the CBSA…