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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.

Global Trade Predictions for 2025

2024 was a year filled with big changes in the world of international trade. Whether it was a surge in labor action, new technologies, or new trade regulations, it will be remembered as a year where reevaluation and reassessment of common practices were brought to the fore as many businesses were faced with the question of whether they were really as adaptable as they once thought. With such a potent season of change behind us, the obvious question becomes - what can we expect ahead of us? To answer this question, the Trading Post has gathered three of our industry experts to give a prediction about what could be coming down the tracks in 2025.

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.

Welcome to the 2025 Learning Center

The PCB Learning Center is one of PCB’s best service offerings, and today, we are eager to share what it has in store for 2025! If you aren’t familiar, our Learning Center provides a suite of free webinars over the course of the year. These webinars cover a wide range of topics in the world of international trade, so whether you are a brand-new importer looking for baseline information or an importing veteran looking to sharpen your skills, this is the best place to elevate your international trade for free.

The Top Ten Blogs of 2024!

It has been an incredible year in the world of global trade, and our blog posts have been no different. But what were the most popular posts of the year - and what game-changing issue dominated the top 10? In this week’s blog post, we find out, looking back at the year that was and what insights it can offer into the waiting adventure of 2025.

How To Manage Common CARM Portal Technical Difficulties

We are now a few weeks into CARM, and the full depth of its offerings is still being discovered, as are its challenges. It has, undeniably, been a learning experience for every person, business entity, and government agency that has engaged with this new system, and that period of learning is going to continue for some time. Fortunately, since the beginning, PCB has been on the frontlines of this new system with you, and our experts have been fielding questions and working with clients as we delve into this new world together.