Trade Regulation Updates

Recent News

BREAKING NEWS: CBSA Grants More Time For Canadian Importers To Get In The Portal Amid Ongoing Labor Action
April 19, 2024
An Update on the Coming CBSA Labor Action
April 15, 2024
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) National Import Service Center is Expecting a Planned Period of Maintenance
March 8, 2024
Steel Importer ‘Country of Melt and Pour’ Regulatory Update
March 8, 2024
Force Labor Report
January 11, 2024
Crossing Disruption - Rainbow Bridge
November 22, 2023
New Additions to CFIA Directive Regarding Entry Requirements for Wood Packaging Material into Canada
November 15, 2023
Safe Foods for Canadian (SFC) Licence for the Manufactured Food Sector
November 3, 2023
Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) National Import Service Centre (NISC) Will Be Experiencing a Complete Outage of Several of Its Vital Systems
October 25, 2023
CBSA Kicks Off Final Phase Before CARM Becomes the New System of Record for the Collection of Duties and Taxes for Commercial Goods Imported Into Canada
August 21, 2023

Change To The Submission Process Concerning Original Phytosanitary Certificates

May 26, 2022

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has changed its requirement to submit the original hardcopy phytosanitary certificates to the National Import Service Centre. Importers are now required to keep the original and show it to a CFIA inspector upon request. For more information, please see the notice to industry.

Please direct questions regarding these updates to the National Import Service Centre.