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CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE & CUSTOMS UPDATE: WINTER 2024 – CUSTOMS

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Baker McKenzie’s Canadian international trade and customs team is publishing a series of articles reviewing 2023 trade and customs compliance developments and looking ahead to 2024’s burgeoning issues. This article focuses on Canada’s customs regime. There were significant updates to the customs landscape in 2023 as the Canada Border Service’s Agency (CBSA) moved to introduce the next stage of the CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) program, proposed significant amendments to the Valuation For Duty…

Fall 2023 Canadian Trade & Customs Outlook: Customs Compliance and Compliance with Prohibitions on Forced and Child Labour

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2023 has proven to be another dynamic year under the Government of Canada’s trade agenda, which showed no signs of slowing over the summer. From May to August 2023, the Government passed into law novel supply chain transparency legislation and introduced amendments and legislative proposals that are impacting, or will impact, compliance with Canadian customs, export controls, and economic sanctions legislation. Baker McKenzie’s Canadian trade and customs team continues to monitor the following key customs…

CARM Release 2 Launch Date Delayed to May 2024

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The launch of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) project has officially been pushed back from October 2023 to May 2024. The regulatory amendments relating to electronic communication and payment, the provision of financial security electronically, and billing cycles that are necessary to support the launch and use of CARM are still on schedule and are planned to come into force in May 2024. The purpose of CARM is to…

Canada Proposes “last sale” rule in relation to Customs Valuation

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On May 27, 2023 the Canada Border Services Agency (the “CBSA”) introduced amendments (the “Amendments”) to the Valuation for Duty Regulations (the “Regulations”), which will alter existing Canadian customs valuation rules. The Amendments intend to clarify the “sale” used to establish the value for duty under the transaction value method for all goods imported into Canada. Effectively, the Amendments propose a “last sale” approach to customs valuation, which has the potential to increase the declared…

2023 Trade Compliance Series: Canada’s Free Trade Agreements Update

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Throughout January and February 2023, Baker McKenzie’s Canadian international trade team is publishing a series of articles focusing on developing Canadian trade compliance issues. This article focuses on developments under Canada’s Free Trade Agreements. Canada continues to face off against its trading partners in disputes arising under its free trade agreements (“FTA”). At the conclusion of 2022, Canada successfully resolved an ongoing dispute concerning the calculation of regional value content (“RVC”) under the USMCA’s automotive…

2023 Trade Compliance Series: Customs & Trade Remedies Update

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Throughout January and February 2023, Baker McKenzie’s Canadian international trade team will be publishing articles on Canadian trade compliance issues to watch in the year ahead. This article is focused on customs updates and customs matters that we expect to develop over the course of 2023. The Canada Border Services Agency (the “CBSA”) announced anticipated annual updates to the Customs Tariff and its trade verification priorities. It has also announce the implementation date for…

Canada imposes sanctions against listed persons in Belarus

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Effective June 21, 2021, the Government of Canada imposed new sanctions against 17 individuals and 5 entities under the Special Economic Measures (Belarus) Regulations (the “Regulations”). The sanctions were imposed in response to alleged systemic human rights violations and the May 23, 2021 diversion, by the Belarusian regime, of Ryanair Flight 4978 from its planned course in order to land in Minsk. The imposition of sanctions by the Government of Canada was taken in coordination with the…

Canada imposes sanctions on four individuals and one entity linked to Xinjiang

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Effective March 22, 2021, Canada has imposed new sanctions against four Chinese officials and a Chinese entity under the newly enacted Special Economic Measures (People’s Republic of China) Regulations (the “Regulations”), in response to the alleged human rights situation in Xinjiang. Becoming a listed person under the Regulations has two noteworthy consequences. First, listed persons who are individuals are considered inadmissible to Canada under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Second, the Regulations effectively impose an asset freeze…

UK, US and Canadian Governments announce new measures over alleged Xinjiang, China human rights concerns

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Baker McKenzie’s Global Supply Chain Compliance Blog recently published a post entitled, “UK, US and Canadian Governments Announce New Measures Over Alleged Xinjiang, China Human Rights Concerns”.  The new blog post can be found here.  The post outlines recent measures introduced by the governments of the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada in response to the alleged human rights violations taking place in Xinjian, China.  The new measures implemented by these governments include enhanced due diligence requirements…