CBSA – Verification and compliance priorities

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has identified the following compliance priorities:

  • Tariff rate quota and classification of supply managed goods
    • Verifications on the classification of frozen desserts containing 5% of dairy products
  • Tariff classification of gloves
    • Third round of verifications on gloves classified under headings 39.26 and 42.03
  • GST and excise duties and taxes
    • GST exemption codes
    • Vaping products subject to excise duties and taxes
  • Import origin verifications under:
    • Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
    • Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement (CUKTCA)
  • Duties Relief Program (DRP)
    • Verifications of licensees importing supply managed goods
  • Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) tariff treatment withdrawn from Russia and Belarus

Current verification priorities related to tariff classification, origin and valuation is available on the CBSA website.

As the risk environment evolves, CBSA can change priorities at any time during the course of the year.