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Your Canada import tax rate depends on three factors: CUSMA preferential origin claims, the MFN (Most-Favoured-Nation) baseline, and precise HS 6-digit classification. With US-Mexico cross-border trad
Tariff volatility and USMCA renegotiation uncertainty mean Canadian importers filing preferential duty claims on commodity inputs need tighter origin documentation and SIMA exposure audits now.
LA and Long Beach logged strong June volume, but tariff uncertainty and geopolitical risk are pushing some Canadian importers to reconsider routing. When cargo paths change, CBSA CAD filings, CUSMA or
The CUSMA Joint Review is underway and won't unwind the agreement, but rule-of-origin amendments and certification tweaks can land midstream. If you're claiming preferential treatment, here's what you
Trump administration postpones tariffs in favor of negotiation on commercial aircraft imports. Canadian brokers filing CADs for aerospace parts now face six months of policy uncertainty while CUSMA cl
PM Carney and President Erdoğan announced FTA negotiations at the NATO Summit. For Canadian importers sourcing textiles, automotive parts, or consumer goods from Türkiye, this means a new preferential
On July 1, 2026, the US declined to renew CUSMA but the agreement stays in force under an annual review cycle until 2036. The new uncertainty changes how Canadian importers should handle CUSMA prefere
US manufacturers filing for Section 301 exemptions signal a broader pattern: tariff exposure is not static. For Canadian importers, the same logic applies. CUSMA origin percentages shift, SIMA scope e
US tariff policy is reshaping North American import flows, creating pre-buy surges and routing changes that hit Canadian ports and CBSA clearance desks. We break down the customs and duty implications
Canadian importers are rebalancing supplier rosters across Mexico, Vietnam, China, and the EU. For customs brokers, that shift means diversifying duty rates, origin verification requirements, and SIMA
When a shipment's CUSMA status changes, everything downstream shifts: consolidation logic, inventory holds, drayage routing. We've adjusted our dock operations around tariff treatment and rules of ori
When CUSMA took effect on July 1, 2020, importers couldn't clear goods without solid origin proof. That shifted inventory strategy, dock timing, and warehouse economics in ways the supply chain still