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Canada Border Services Agency Publishes Update of Trade Verification Priorities

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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has released an updated list of trade compliance verification priorities effective July 2024. The CBSA periodically sets verification priorities which reflect its evaluation of the...more

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CITT Reverses CBSA’s Imposition of Anti-Dumping Duties on Goods Transshipped through a U.S. Foreign Trade Zone

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In the Sucro Can Sourcing LLC (“Sucro Can”) decision issued on January 5, 2024 (Appeal EA-2022-002), the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (“CITT”) allowed Sucro Can’s appeal of the enforcement action taken by the Canada...more

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CBSA Proposes "Last Sale" Rule for Customs Valuation

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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is proposing to fundamentally change Canadian customs valuation rules in draft amendments to the Valuation for Duty Regulations, (SOR/86-792) (VFD Regulations) published on May 27,...more

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Canada Border Services Agency Publishes Update of Trade Verification Priorities for 2023

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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has released an updated list of trade compliance verification priorities for 2023. Verification priorities are established on an ongoing basis, and reflect the CBSA’s assessment of...more

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CBSA Releases Updated Trade Compliance Verification Priorities – July 2022

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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has released an updated list of trade compliance verification priorities for July 2022. Verification priorities are established throughout the year and reflect the CBSA’s assessment of...more

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Importers Beware: Can You (Really) Act as Importer of Record?

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The Canada Border Services Agency’s (“CBSA”) official position is that only the “importer”, the “owner” of the goods, or a licensed customs broker acting on their behalf are authorized to account for commercial goods and be...more

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CBSA Trade Compliance Verification Priorities January 2022

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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) released a list of verification priorities for January 2022. Verification priorities are established throughout the year and reflect the CBSA’s assessment of non-compliance risk with...more

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The CBSA Publishes its July Audit Priorities List

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) regularly conducts audits or “verifications” of importers, to assess compliance with Canada’s customs laws. Such verifications could result in additional duties, GST and/or other...more

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CBSA Proposes Far-Reaching Changes to Canadian Customs Valuation Law

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Profound changes to the Valuation for Duty Regulations are on the horizon. We previously alerted readers that the federal government of Canada had included a number of provisions in its 2021 budget that would impact...more

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CBSA Updates its Guidance on the Enforcement of the Import Prohibition on Goods Produced with Forced Labour

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On May 7, 2021, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) published an updated version of its policy, Memorandum D9-1-6, titled "Goods manufactured or produced wholly or in part by prison labour" (the "D-Memo"), in which the...more

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L’ASFC publie sa liste des priorités de vérification douanière

L’Agence des services frontaliers du Canada (l’« ASFC ») effectue régulièrement des vérifications auprès des importateurs afin d’évaluer leur conformité à la législation douanière du Canada. De telles vérifications peuvent...more

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The CBSA Publishes its Customs Audit Priorities List

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) regularly conducts audits or “verifications” of importers, to assess compliance with Canada’s customs laws. Such verifications could result in additional duties, GST and/or other...more

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CBSA Publishes Update of Trade Verification Priorities for 2020

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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has posted an updated list of verification priorities for January 2020. Verification priorities are established throughout the year and reflect the CBSA’s assessment of non-compliance...more

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CBSA Publishes Update of Trade Verification Priorities: Are You Ready?

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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) updated its online statement of its current trade verification (audit) priorities in July 2019. Importers of goods targeted for verification would be wise to ensure that they have...more

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Cannabis in Canada - A Changing Legal Landscape: International Trade

Cannabis, similar to any other commodity, is subject to Canada’s customs laws respecting international trade in goods. However, in the case of cannabis, additional rules apply regarding the fact that trade in cannabis is...more

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CBSA Announces 2017 Trade Verification Priorities

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As has become its customary practice at this time of the year, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has published its trade verification (audit) priorities for the coming year. The audits will cover three programs that...more

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New Rebar Anti Dumping Investigation May Carry Major Implications for Canada’s Construction Industry

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On August 19, 2016, the Canada Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) initiated an anti-dumping investigation into concrete reinforcing bar (also known as rebar) imported from Belarus, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Japan, Portugal and...more

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Canadian International Trade Tribunal Declares CBSA Abusive and Directs CBSA to Follow its Decisions

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On September 18, 2015, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) released three decisions concurrently (collectively referred to as the Bri-Chem trilogy) that instruct the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to apply...more

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CBSA Updates its 2015 Trade Verification/Audit Targets

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This month, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) updated its customs compliance verification priorities for 2015. Trade program verifications of tariff classification, customs valuation and origin are not limited to...more

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Transfer Pricing Customs Duty Refund Applications – Let’s Do it Right

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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has informed the Canadian importing community that importers may be entitled to obtain customs duty refunds in connection with downward transfer pricing adjustments having the effect...more

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Canadian Importers May Now Seek Import Duty Refunds

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Since the introduction of the Transaction Value System of customs valuation by Canada on January 1, 1985, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has maintained a stated policy of denying refund claims of related party...more

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Summer Musings about Canadian Customs Regulations

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These are relatively quiet times for new, impactful Canadian customs regulations, but a few recent postings are of note....more

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Multi-nationals Beware! Customs Evidentiary Burden of Proof

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On January 4, 2013, the federal Canadian tribunal with appellate jurisdiction relating to customs valuation, among other subjects, schooled multi-nationals on their obligations to meet the evidentiary burden of proof relating...more

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Doing Business in Canada: International Trade

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Canada’s international trade law regulates the import and export of goods, the manner in which these goods are procured or sold, and the protection of foreign investments in Canada and Canadian investments abroad. Most of the...more

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