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If a remission order covers goods you already imported, the refund route runs through your Commercial Accounting Declaration (CAD). The mechanism Under CARM, imports are accounted for on a CAD. When relief becomes available after the fact — as happened repeatedly during the 2025 remission orders — professional guidance (including RSM Canada’s trade practice) describes … Read more

CUSMA’s duty-free treatment is claimed, not automatic — and the certification of origin is how you claim it. With the new US Section 338 tariffs applying even to CUSMA-qualifying goods, certification will not shield you from those specific measures — but it remains what keeps regular duties at zero and what customs authorities audit. The … Read more

If your business imports commercially into Canada, CARM is not optional. The CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management system changed who is responsible for the accounting and financial security behind every import — and the answer is now: you. What changed CARM became the CBSA’s system of record for commercial importation in October 2024. Importers must … Read more

The largest tariff-refund event in US history is underway, and Canada-origin goods are part of it. Here is where the IEEPA refund process stands and what businesses with affected entries should be doing. What happened On February 20, 2026, the US Supreme Court held 6–3 in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump that IEEPA does not … Read more

If you are the US importer of record for Canadian goods, the new 50% tariffs are your invoice. Here is what the measures are, what they cover, and the planning questions trade counsel are flagging. The basics Effective 12:01 a.m. ET on August 22, 2026, the US imposed 50% additional tariffs on approximately US$20 billion … Read more

The Duties Relief Program lets qualified Canadian businesses import commercial goods without paying duties at the border — provided the goods (or products made from them) are later exported. It is the before-the-fact sibling of duty drawback. How it works Businesses apply to the CBSA for program authorization. Once licensed, they can import eligible goods … Read more

Some counter-tariff relief is automatic. During Canada’s 2025 countermeasure rounds, the government indicated that tariffs — with the exception of steel products — were automatically waived where goods were used for specified non-commercial or commercial uses set out in Chapter 98 and Chapter 99 of the Customs Tariff, such as inputs to automobile or aircraft … Read more

If you import goods that are subsequently exported — as-is or after further processing — Canada’s Duty Drawback Program can refund the duties you paid, including trade-war surtaxes in eligible cases. What it is Drawback is a CBSA-administered refund mechanism: duties paid on imported goods can be recovered when those goods are exported from Canada. … Read more

Remission is Canada’s mechanism for relieving or refunding the counter-tariff surtaxes a business has paid or would otherwise owe. With new counter-tariffs starting September 8, 2026, this process is about to matter to a lot more importers. Here is how it works, based on the Department of Finance Canada’s published framework. The legal basis Remission … Read more