On May 31, 2018, the United States announced the imposition of tariffs on imports of certain steel and aluminum products from Canada (at the rates of 25% and 10%, respectively).
In ...
UPDATE - Effective April 1, 2019, the CBSA will increase a number of AMPs related to commercial trade. Read more here.
In the 2017 Auditor General Report on customs duties, one of the ...
What is the Single Window Initiative?
The Single Window Initiative (SWI) is a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) initiative which seeks to modernize and align Canadian and U.S. import ...
CETA is the free trade agreement that was recently ratified between Canada and the EU. With the exception of a few agricultural goods, CETA will essentially eliminate the customs duties on all ...
In the 2015-16 fiscal year, customs duties accounted for about $5.4 billion (1.8 percent) of all federal revenue. The Auditor General of Canada recently finished their independent audit of the ...
On April 20, 2017, the President of the United States issued a memorandum requesting that the Commerce Department initiate a section 232 investigation on steel imports. A week later, another ...
The United States recently increased their minimum dollar value of goods and low-value shipments that can enter the country tax- and duty-free, otherwise known as "De Minimis". Click the thumbnail ...
Effective January 1st, 2017, the World Customs Organization (WCO) enacted their amendments to the Harmonized System (HS) Nomenclature. These changes happen every five years to ensure that tariffs ...
The Safe Food for Canadians Act (SFCA) consolidates and modernizes previous food related acts under the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), namely the Canadian Agricultural Products Act, the ...
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