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It’s Time to Renew Your Free Trade Agreement Documents

As the title might suggest, it is once again time to renew your free trade agreement (FTA) certifications, including your USCMA/CUSMA/T-MEC Certificate of Origin. If you already know what we are talking about, then just consider this a friendly reminder to get your certification in order as you’ve done in the past, and contact your broker to initiate this process as promptly as possible. Sooner is always better than later in our current trade environment.

Your Guide to the Becoming an NRI in Canada Guide

If you are an international business, particularly if you are a US business importing into Canada, then becoming a Non-Resident Importer (NRI) in Canada can be a lucrative option. Not only will it give you a more direct path to the Canadian marketplace, but it also offers greater value to your Canadian customers, and it can introduce a much streamlined importing process.

Introducing the CARM Setup Guide

If you are trying to register in the CARM Client Portal and you are confused or unsure where to begin, then this week’s blog is for you. This week, we highlight and introduce our free CARM Registration Guide that is designed to help importers work through the process of registering in the portal step by step. While you are invited to check out the guide yourself, do be sure to also read the accompanying post as well, as we also discuss links to other vital documents and services, along with key insights into the CARM registration process from our team on this side of the phone.

The CBSA Trade Verification Priorities List

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) recently released its verification priority list for January 2025. In this week’s post, we are going to give you an overview of the contents of the recently released verification list, its importance to importers, and some tips for importers to stay compliant in the face of a Customs inspection.

What Is the Difference Between a Sufferance Warehouse and a Bonded Warehouse?

A tomato is technically a fruit, but doesn’t go well in fruit salad. Similarly, at first blush, a sufferance warehouse and a bonded warehouse may both seem like they are comparable or even interchangeable, but their differences are vital, and getting it right as an importer or carrier has far more than just a ruined salad at stake.

Tariff Relief in Canada

Trading in the year 2025 has become more complicated and costly than ever. What the new 25% tariff has meant for Canada and its international businesses is an advancement in curiosity on the mechanisms and programs that offer tariff relief. With new high-duty environments waiting for Canadian importers, it has become more critical than ever to leverage every advantage available. But what is available to Canadian businesses affected by these tariffs? And, perhaps more importantly, how do those businesses functionally put these programs to work?

What Happens When You Do Not Post Financial Security?

April 19th, 2025, marks an imperative date for Canadian Commercial Importers - the end of the 180-day grace period of Release Prior to Payment Privileges (RPP) for those importers without a form of financial security posted in their CARM Client Portal. For those importers, this blog is for you, as failure to do so will result in the CBSA rejecting your shipments at the border, and as a result, a lengthy in-term release process with increased costs.

What is an Incoterm®, and How It Could Save You Money?

Whenever the international marketplace becomes more expensive - be it through market pressure, new tariffs, or changing trade dynamics, reassessing your Incoterms® should always be high on the list of things you do in response. If the international marketplace is in a state of upheaval, examining your Incoterms® and determining if they still work for the current market realities can be one of the easiest and surest ways to save costs and offset a high-duty environment.