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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has initiated a re-investigation to update the normal values and export prices of certain concrete reinforcing bars (rebars) originating in or being exported from Turkey. The re-investigation is in accordance with the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA) and is part of the CBSA’s enforcement of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal’s (CITT) order issued October 14, 2020 in Expiry Review No. ...

The government of Canada has introduced a luxury tax on the sale or import of certain vehicles and aircraft priced above $100,000 and certain vessels priced above $250,000. The luxury tax, which was first announced on Aug. 10, 2021, came into effect on Sept. 1, 2022. Types of vehicles that qualify for the luxury tax A vehicle qualifies for the luxury tax if it is a motor vehicle manufactured after 2018 that meets all of the following cri...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published a downloadable user manual for its Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) web portal. You can view the CTPAT user manual here. The manual explains how to navigate through the portal and complete your CTPAT application. It will also enable partners in the program to take advantage of CTPAT and foreign AEO cargo facilitation benefits. The CTPAT web portal is constantly cha...

Starting Sept. 28, 2022, it will no longer be permitted to import commercial dogs from certain countries that are at high risk for dog rabies. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says they are implementing the new measure to help prevent the introduction of dog rabies into Canada in order to protect Canadians and their pets. Commercial dogs can include, but are not limited to dogs for resale, adoption, fostering, breeding, show or ex...

Starting Aug. 23, 2022, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be imposing new import requirements on raw fresh/frozen poultry meat and products from the UK. This is in order to harmonize import requirements with the UK in response to worldwide outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known as Avian Flu. The following conditions apply to both edible and non-edible raw fresh/frozen poultry meat and poultry product...

The Government of Canada is seeking public feedback on Canada’s tariff preference program for imports from developing and least developed countries (LDCs). The tariffs were last renewed in 2015 and are currently set to expire on Dec. 31, 2024. Canada currently extends non-reciprocal preferential tariffs to imports from developing and least developed countries through two programs, known as the General Preferential Tariff (GPT) and the Lea...

To decrease the risk associated with E. coli in romaine lettuce, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is implementing temporary Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) licence conditions for the importation of romaine lettuce originating from the United States (US). Romaine lettuce imported from the US have been associated with several outbreaks of foodborne E. coli  illnesses in Canada and the US Food safety investigations from US authoriti...

The recent shocks to the global supply chains from pandemics, wars, climate change, and natural disasters have made it clear that more work needs to be done to strengthen supply chains, end the current disruptions, and build resilience for the future. At the recent Supply Chain Ministerial Forum, the Government of Canada, along with 17 other partners including the US, Mexico, Australia, Brazil, the UK, India, the European Union, France, German...

If you’ve read about the upcoming shipping regulations from the International Maritime Organization (IMO), then you already know that it has set a target for the shipping industry to achieve zero emissions by 2050. Earlier this month, a bill was introduced in U.S. Congress to reduce the amount of carbon in the fuel used by ships doing business at U.S. ports, with a target of zero pollutant emissions by 2040 – an even more aggressive target...

The Government of Canada has extended its COVID-19-related land border crossing restrictions, which affect truckers transporting freight across the US-Canada land border, until at least Sept. 30. To cross at a land border, travellers will still have to show proof of vaccine. Without proof of vaccine, they will be required to quarantine for up to 14 days. "As we move into the next phase of our COVID-19 response, it is important to remember t...