Global Affairs Canada

Order amending the Export Control List.

The Trade Controls Bureau (TID) is responsible for administering the Export and Import Permits Act (EIPA) which was first enacted in 1947. The EIPA delegates to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (referred to as "the Minister") wide discretionary powers to control the flow of goods contained in...

Export permits for cryptographic items.

The advisory opinion (AO) process is a tool provided by the Export Controls Division as a courtesy to assist individuals with learning to navigate the Export Control List and understanding the commodity assessment process. The AO is not a legislated requirement and does not bind the Minister's...

This notice provides clarification of the procedures regarding the export of logs harvested from Treaty Settlement (and self-government) Lands in British Columbia, categories of land that did not exist at the time of the initial publication of Notice to Exporters No. 102 – Export of Logs from...

Find out about key dates and access quantities for the various tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for the import of supply-managed goods under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Canada-United...

Imports from the United States, Mexico, Chile, Costa Rica, and Honduras

This notice is to inform Tariff Preference Level (TPL) clients of changes which entered into force effective January 1, 2022. This notice follows a notice sent on June 30, 2021 regarding entry into force of sewing thread requirements for apparel goods effective July 1, 2021.

Aluminum products: alloyed and not alloyed unwrought aluminum products, and wrought aluminum products limited to bars, rods, profiles, wires, plates, sheets, strips, foils, tubes and pipes, tube and pipe fittings and other articles of castings and forgings referred to in item 83 of the Import...

Infant Formula Export Thresholds.

The purpose of this Notice is to inform importers of the import control requirements to ensure that Canada meets its Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) obligations. This Notice should be read in conjunction with the publication A Guide to Canada's Export Controls which is part of Canada's Export...

Export Control List and the Brokering Control List to Belarus

Under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union (EU) and its Member States, the EU agreed to establish a 100,000 unit origin quota for exports of vehicles from Canada. The origin quota year extends from January 1 to December 31, inclusive. Exports...

Export Controls On-Line (NEXCOL) is a user-friendly, web-based application, available to all of our clients since March 31, 2006. Exporters are able to submit applications on-line for export permits and certificates, as well as request amendments. NEXCOL also offers the functionality to submit...

On February 5, 2016, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of International Trade announced changes to Canada’s economic sanctions against Iran. Canada will continue to maintain tight controls on exports to Iran of goods and technologies which are considered sensitive from a national...

Notice to Exporters No. 102 - Export of Logs from British Columbia

1.1 The purpose of this Notice is to inform importers of the July 29, 2011 Order Amending the Import Control List and Repealing the European Union Surtax Order. Item 194 – frozen pork from the European Union as specified in the Surtax Order has been removed from the Import Control List, and the...

Please note that changes have been made to the forms used to apply for allocations under tariff rate quotas and export quotas, supplemental import authorizations, allocation transfers, and permit cancellations. These modifications have been made to improve accessibility and to comply with...

1.1 This Notice is to advise exporters that the Export and Import Permits Act (EIPA) has been amended to clarify specific controls over technology contained on the Export Control List (ECL).

This Notice sets out the policies and practices pertaining to the administration of Sugar.