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Are you on the list of Canada’s Customs Verification Priorities?

Are you on the list of Canada’s Customs Verification Priorities? - Universal Logistics - Route Newsletter: July 2025

The latest semi-annual list of verification priorities for the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has been released.

New compliance priorities

The 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
  • 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
  • China Surtax Order (2024): Electric vehicles
  • China Surtax Order (2024): Steel and Aluminum
  • United States Surtax Order (2025-01)
  • United States Surtax Order (Steel and Aluminium 2025)
  • United States Surtax Order (Motor Vehicles 2025)

The list also includes many items that have appeared on previous lists:

  • Gloves
  • Bags
  • Spent Fowl
  • Freezers and other freezing equipment
  • Washers and dryers
  • LED lamps
  • Furniture for non-domestic purposes
  • Bicycle parts

For origin, there is one continued item:

  • Bedding and drapery (Round 3) – Headings 63.01, 63.02 and 63.03

The CBSA also maintains a historical verification priorities list, which all importers should review, as they will likely revisit these reviews to ensure compliance.

For more information, contact Ivy Woo, Manager – Customs Consulting Services.

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