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Aug 31Mon
  1. CBP · CSMS

    CBP to reject copper entries missing smelt and cast country data from September 14

    CBP states in CSMS # 69711865 that, effective Monday, September 14, 2026, ACE will begin rejecting entry summaries where the copper primary country of smelt and the country of cast are not reported, returning the F794 ADDTNL DEC TYPE RQRD FOR ARTICLE message as a fatal error when the required 54 record type 12 for copper is not submitted. Imports of certain copper articles from all countries of origin except the U.S. must report the primary country of smelt and country of cast, and may report the secondary country of smelt, on the entry summary line for HTSUS classifications 8544.42.10, 8544.42.20, 8544.42.90 and 8544.49.10.

  2. CBP · CSMS

    CBP publishes Quota Bulletin 26-230 for Further Ensuring Affordable Beef Tranche 1

    CBP states in CSMS # 69709869 that Quota Bulletin 26-230 covers beef under HTSUS Chapter 2 subheadings and Additional U.S. Note 3, as addressed in the Presidential Proclamation and Annex "Further Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American Consumer" published on August 26. Tranche 1 runs September 1, 2026 through September 30, 2026, with Tranche 2 from October 1 to October 30, 2026 and Tranche 3 from October 31 to November 30, 2026.

Aug 28Fri
  1. Global Affairs Canada · Notices to Importers / Exporters

    Global Affairs Canada sets EV import quota rules for China-origin vehicles under Serial No. 1168

    Global Affairs Canada states in Notice to Importers Serial No. 1168 that imports of electric vehicles originating in China under Import Control List items 195(1) to (3), classified in tariff items 8702.20.10 through 8704.90.00 or a Chapter 99 tariff item, require a shipment-specific import permit and are administered under a first-come, first-served quota, with 24,500 vehicles available for the second period of Quota Year 1 from September 1, 2026 to February 28, 2027, plus unused volumes from the first period. Eligible EVs enter at a most-favoured-nation rate of 6.1%, and importers must be Canadian residents that are EV original equipment manufacturers or their appointed Canadian-resident agents.

  2. CBP · CSMS

    CBP final rule requires ACE electronic export manifest for rail cargo to Mexico and Canada

    CBP published a final rule on August 26, 2026 requiring electronic transmission of export manifest data in ACE for cargo departing the United States by rail, including trains to Mexico and Canada. The rule identifies the parties eligible to transmit and the time frames before departure in which the information is due. It is effective October 26, 2026, and CBP will begin enforcing it on October 26, 2027.

Aug 27Thu
  1. CBP · CSMS

    CBP updates ACE entry summary HTS reporting order for Chapter 98 and 99 classifications

    CBP states in CSMS # 69668138 that it has updated the order of reporting multiple HTSUS classifications on the same ACE entry summary line when a Chapter 98 or 99 classification is claimed. The sequence is Chapter 98 (if applicable), then Chapter 99 additional-duty classifications, then Chapter 99 replacement-duty or other-use classifications, then other quota Chapter 99 classifications, then the Chapter 1 to 97 classification. Within trade remedies, filers report Section 301 first, followed by Section 338, Section 232, Section 201 duties and Section 201 quota. The entered value is reported on the Chapter 1-97 classification unless Chapter 98 provisions require otherwise.

Aug 26Wed
  1. CBP · Trade

    CBP publishes Rail Electronic Export Manifest final rule requiring advance electronic manifests

    CBP published the Rail Electronic Export Manifest Final Rule on August 26, 2026, requiring advance submission of electronic rail export manifests in the Automated Commercial Environment's Electronic Export Manifest system. The rule makes EEM mandatory for electronic rail manifest processing, moving beyond the current EEM Pilot. The notice does not state an effective date or compliance deadline.

  2. CBP · CSMS

    CBP terminates "Flying Trucks" process, requires truck manifests under 19 CFR § 123.92

    CBP states in CSMS # 69657207 that it rescinds support for the "Flying Trucks" process, effective immediately, and will no longer authorize air manifests for cargo arriving at the border via truck; carriers must transmit advance electronic manifest information matching the mode of transportation that crosses the border, as required by 19 CFR § 123.92. CBP provides a 90-day transition period for express carriers to update systems and procedures, with an effective date of termination on November 24, 2026. All express carriers and stakeholders participating in the process must align operations with standard truck manifest requirements by that date. Non-compliance may trigger delays, penalties or other enforcement actions.

Aug 25Tue
  1. CBP · Trade

    CBP seizes 875 counterfeit jewelry pieces from Hong Kong shipment in Indianapolis

    CBP officers at Indianapolis' express consignment facility seized a shipment from Hong Kong containing 875 pieces of jewelry and five designer handbags bearing suspected Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Versace, Gucci, Tiffany & Company, Cartier and Van Cleef and Arpels trademarks, deemed inauthentic by CBP's Centers of Excellence and Expertise. The shipment, headed to a residence in Georgia, was seized on August 18 for bearing counterfeit versions of registered and recorded trademarks; CBP states the items would have had a combined manufacturer's suggested retail price of over $3.7 million had they been genuine.

  2. CBP · CSMS

    CBP to set AESTIR Commodity Response Code 802 to Fatal on September 25, 2026

    CBP states in CSMS # 69647661 that, at BIS's request, it will set AESTIR Commodity Response Code 802 to Fatal on September 25, 2026; the code is currently set to Verify. Once set to Fatal, the EEI will be rejected and must be corrected for the submission to be accepted. Code 802 applies where the License Code or License Exemption Code indicates a BIS license claim and the license value reported on the CL1 record exceeds 110% of the BIS license value.

Aug 24Mon
  1. CBP · CSMS

    CBP adds ACE error F883 blocking PSC changes to IEEPA HTS on FTZ entry type 06

    CBP states in CSMS # 69635410 that ACE CATAIR Error Dictionary V52 adds error F883, PSC NOT ALLOWED TO MODIFY IEEPA HTS, which prevents filers from submitting a Post Summary Correction for a Foreign Trade Zone entry type 06 if the IEEPA HTS is modified in any way. The updated dictionary is posted under the Supporting Documents: Documentation for Entry Summary Chapters section on CBP.gov, and the update was deployed to the CERTIFICATION and PRODUCTION environments on August 21, 2026. Technical questions go to the assigned Client Representative, and questions or concerns to the Entry Summary Accounts & Revenue Division at esar@cbp.dhs.gov.

Aug 20Thu
Aug 19Wed
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT denies as moot NRDC motion to enforce MMPA import provisions settlement

    The U.S. Court of International Trade denied as moot the plaintiffs' motion to enforce the settlement agreement in Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Lutnick, Court No. 24-00148, Slip Op. 26-97, dated August 19, 2026, after all parties agreed no live controversy remained. The court noted that the Marine Mammal Protection Act import provisions, 16 U.S.C. § 1371(a)(2), have been implemented for the first time since the MMPA's 1972 enactment, with comparability findings issued for 135 nations covering approximately 2,500 fisheries and import bans on fish caught with commercial fishing technology causing incidental kill or serious injury of ocean mammals in excess of U.S. standards.

  2. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT denies JBF Bahrain summary judgment in US-Bahrain FTA origin dispute

    The U.S. Court of International Trade held in Slip Op. 26-99, Court No. 23-00067, that under HTSUS General Note 30 a third-country input must undergo double substantial transformation to count toward the 35 percent value requirement of the United States–Bahrain Free Trade Agreement, and that the CBP regulation adopting the tariff-shift test in 19 C.F.R. § 10.809(i) is ultra vires and invalid. The court denied JBF Bahrain W.L.L.'s motion for partial summary judgment and granted the government's cross-motion, finding the importer's tariff-shift reading of the regulation wrong in any event because it also requires the tariff shift to occur twice.

Aug 14Fri
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT remands FLETF denial of Camel Group's removal request from UFLPA Entity List

    The U.S. Court of International Trade, in Slip Op. 26-95, Court No. 25-00022, remands to the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force its denial of Camel Group Co., Ltd.'s request to be removed from the UFLPA Entity List, granting in part and denying in part Camel Group's motion for judgment on the agency record. Camel Group, a Shanghai Stock Exchange-listed maker of battery-related products that imports into the U.S., challenged the denial on statutory authority, the definition of goods "out of" the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and the adequacy of the agency's explanation and evidentiary support. The opinion is dated August 14, 2026, and was issued by Judge Lisa W. Wang.

Aug 13Thu
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT upholds IEEPA rescission of de minimis exemption, denies Axle summary judgment on Counts I and II

    The U.S. Court of International Trade held in Slip Op. 26-94, Court No. 25-00091, that IEEPA's authority to "nullify [or] void . . . exercising any . . . privilege" authorizes the President's rescission of the de minimis exemption under 19 U.S.C. § 1321, and that the APA does not apply to the ministerial agency actions implementing that directive. The court denied Axle of Dearborn's motion for partial summary judgment on Counts I and II, granted summary judgment to the government on those counts, denied the government's motion to dismiss Count II as moot, and denied the government's motion for summary judgment on Count III.

Aug 11Tue
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT remands Commerce denials of Mirror Metals Section 232 steel exclusion requests

    The U.S. Court of International Trade granted Mirror Metals, Inc.'s motion for judgment on the agency record in Court No. 24-00260 and remanded Commerce's denials of its 63 requests to exclude flat-rolled stainless steel products from Section 232 tariffs, in Slip Op. 26-89 dated August 11, 2026. The court found Commerce ignored the regulations' requirements for objections and failed to explain the denials in light of Mirror Metals' rebuttal evidence. The subject steel covers #8 non-directional finish, bright annealed finish and #4 satin finish products; the exclusion requests were filed between October 2022 and March 2024, when the December 14, 2020 exclusion regulations applied.

Aug 10Mon
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT grants partial intervention to vehicle makers coalition in ICON EV EAPA suit

    The Court of International Trade granted in part and denied in part the American Personal Transportation Vehicle Manufacturers Coalition's renewed motion for permissive intervention in ICON EV LLC v. United States, Court No. 26-02759, Slip Op. 26-88, dated August 10, 2026. The Coalition may intervene only to challenge Count III of ICON's complaint, which alleges that CBP imposed interim measures without a reasonable suspicion of evasion under the Enforce and Protect Act, and must file an answer within 14 days of the order.

Aug 7Fri
  1. CBP · Trade

    CBP seizes 300 counterfeit Audemars Piguet watches in Louisville

    CBP states that on July 31 its officers at the Port of Louisville, Kentucky intercepted a shipment from Hong Kong containing 300 Audemars Piguet watches, which CBP's Centers of Excellence and Expertise deemed inauthentic; the watches were seized for bearing counterfeit versions of registered and recorded trademarks. CBP says the shipment was headed for a residence in Houston and would have had a combined manufacturer's suggested retail price of over $43 million had the watches been genuine.

  2. CBP · Trade

    CBP seizes nearly $4 million in counterfeit MLB, Nike, Louis Vuitton and Jaguar goods at Houston airport

    CBP states that officers from the George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) Trade Enforcement Team seized nearly $4 million in counterfeit goods, including fake MLB and Nike apparel, Louis Vuitton bags, Cartier sunglasses and Jaguar Land Rover computer systems, with a Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price of $3.7 million. Most shipments originated from China and were destined for locations both within and outside the United States. CBP's Centers of Excellence and Expertise deemed the items inauthentic, and they were seized for bearing counterfeit versions of registered and recorded trademarks.

Aug 6Thu
  1. CBP · Trade

    CBP Office of Field Operations launches OFO Strategy 2026-2030

    CBP's Office of Field Operations unveiled the "OFO Strategy 2026-2030," a roadmap setting four goals for its ports-of-entry operations: national security, economic security, integration and workforce cultivation. The strategy covers intelligence-based targeting, artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, modernization of port infrastructure and technology, and industry awareness. CBP states that in Fiscal Year 2025 OFO processed approximately 380 million travelers and $3.6 trillion in import cargo.

Jul 29Wed
  1. CBP · Trade

    CBP reports record $1 billion in additional duties owed under EAPA

    CBP announced that it has uncovered more than $1 billion in additional duties owed under the Enforce and Protect Act, a first in the program's 10-year history and 300% above the program's annual average. CBP issued 14 notices of determination in 2026 covering products including solar cells, tow-behind lawn groomers, lumber, pipes, xanthan gum, metal lockers and wooden furniture imported from countries across the globe, and investigators traveled to Mexico, Thailand, India, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to inspect production facilities. The agency says EAPA investigations are required by statute to conclude within one year.

  2. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT sustains Commerce scope ruling on Chinese carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings finished in Vietnam

    The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's second remand redetermination in the final scope ruling on certain carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings from China, holding that rough fittings produced in China that underwent sizing/reforming or heat- or cold-treating and finishing in Vietnam fall within the antidumping duty order. The ruling covers the two Vietnam production scenarios in the covered merchandise referral, EAPA Consolidated Case Number 7335 (Remand Number 7717), involving Norca Industrial Company, LLC and International Piping & Procurement Group, LP. The court's decision is Slip Op. 26-83 in Consol. Court No. 23-00231, dated July 29, 2026.

Jul 16Thu
  1. CBP · Forced Labor / UFLPA

    CBP reports 14 straight months of zero border releases and June enforcement statistics

    CBP announced 14 consecutive months of zero releases at the border, with nationwide encounters in June at 31,626, 4% lower than May, and southwest border apprehensions 94% below the monthly average of the Biden administration. In trade enforcement, CBP processed $330 billion in imports in June 2026 and identified $22.9 billion in duties for collection. CBP also stopped 372 shipments valued at more than $38 million for potential forced labor violations and seized nearly 2 million counterfeit goods valued at over $1.4 billion.

Jul 13Mon
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT denies dismissal and preliminary injunction in challenge to NMFS 2026 comparability findings on New Zealand fisheries

    The U.S. Court of International Trade, in Slip Op. 26-73, Court No. 26-02462, denied the government's motion to dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and denied Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders NZ Inc.'s motion for a preliminary injunction that would have enjoined NMFS's March 11, 2026 comparability findings and imposed an import ban on New Zealand set net and trawl fisheries. The plaintiff challenges the 2026 Comparability Findings, 91 Fed. Reg. 11,962, as arbitrary and capricious and contrary to law under 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A), and alleges the failure to implement an import ban is agency action unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed under 5 U.S.C. § 706(1).

Jul 8Wed
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT dismisses third challenge to CBP denial of customs broker license over CBLE Question No. 27

    The U.S. Court of International Trade granted the government's motion to dismiss in Byungmin Chae v. United States, Slip Op. 26-72, Court No. 26-00788, holding that the plaintiff's third challenge to CBP's denial of credit for Question No. 27 on the April 2018 Customs Broker License Examination is barred by claim preclusion. The opinion, dated July 8, 2026, was issued by Judge Timothy M. Reif. The court found the action arises from the same transactional facts as the earlier litigation, in which the plaintiff's score reached 73.75 percent, below the 75 percent passing score required by 19 C.F.R. § 111.11(a)(4).

Jun 17Wed
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT grants default judgment against Franco Tire Distribution in Section 1592 penalty case

    The U.S. Court of International Trade granted the government's motion for default judgment against Franco Tire Distribution, Inc., a U.S. importer, in a civil penalty case under 19 U.S.C. § 1592, entering judgment of $55,882.98 plus interest in Slip Op. 26-66, Court No. 24-00161, dated June 17, 2026. The government alleged that Franco negligently omitted the antidumping case number A-570-040-000 and countervailing case number C-570-041-000 from entry summaries for two entries of truck and bus tires from China, and failed to pay estimated AD/CVD duties at importation. Franco later corrected the summaries and paid $27,941.49 in duties but did not pay the penalty of two times that amount.

Jun 11Thu
  1. CBP · Trade

    CBP officers in Cincinnati seize 111 counterfeit watches and fashion accessories from Colombia

    CBP officers at the port of Cincinnati stopped a shipment on June 3 containing 111 pieces of counterfeit items, including 44 Rolex watch models, 4 Richard Mille watches, 10 Cartier watches, 20 hats from Prada, ALO, Gucci and Coach, and 62 pairs of designer branded sunglasses and glasses. The shipment from Colombia was headed for a residence in Puerto Rico; CBP's Centers of Excellence and Expertise deemed the items inauthentic and seized them for bearing counterfeit versions of registered and recorded trademarks. Had the items been genuine, CBP states the shipment would have had a combined Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price of over $19.26 million.

Jun 9Tue
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT denies summary judgment to LANXESS on classification of Axion CA 1330 catalyst mixture

    The U.S. Court of International Trade, in Slip Op. 26-58, Court No. 23-00073, denied LANXESS Corporation's motion for summary judgment and granted in part and denied in part the government's cross-motion on the classification of Axion CA 1330, a liquid mixture of toluene, methylaluminoxane and trimethylaluminum. The court weighed HTSUS subheading 3208.90.00 as a paint or varnish at 3.2% ad valorem, subheading 3815.19.00 as a supported catalyst at 0% (LANXESS's position), and subheading 3824.99.28 as a preparation of the chemical or allied industries at 6.5% (the government's position).

Jun 3Wed
  1. CBP · Trade

    White House issues executive order strengthening CBP customs enforcement

    President Donald Trump signed the executive order "Strengthening Customs Enforcement" on June 3, 2026, directing CBP to require importers, domestic and foreign, to provide more detailed information about their ownership, business operations and supply chain and to maintain good standing with CBP to keep importing. Customs brokers will be held to higher standards and must conduct greater due diligence on their importers, foreign importers face heightened import restrictions, and bond rules are being updated to set new minimums and leverage against risk. The order does not state effective dates or the specific information importers must submit.

May 28Thu
  1. CBP · Trade

    CBP prepares World Cup security and counterfeit merchandise enforcement

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection states it has established a CBP World Cup Task Force to coordinate security operations across all FIFA World Cup 2026 host cities, and that its Office of Field Operations has increased officer numbers, expanded hours and added screening technology at key ports. CBP says officers and import specialists will inspect goods entering for the tournament, working with the USDA, CDC and FDA on agricultural and biological materials, and that it has expanded intellectual property rights enforcement training on counterfeit FIFA merchandise.

May 26Tue
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT denies government motion to dismiss ICON EV's EAPA due process challenge

    The U.S. Court of International Trade held in Slip Op. 26-55, issued May 26, 2026, that it has subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1581(i) over ICON EV LLC's Fifth Amendment due process challenge to interim measures CBP imposed under the Enforce and Protect Act, and denied the government's motion to dismiss. The case, Court No. 26-02759, concerns interim measures CBP imposed on April 6, 2026 in EAPA Cons. Case 8247, requiring an over-500% duty rate and live entry cash deposits on ICON's imports of low-speed personal transportation vehicles from China. The court had granted ICON a preliminary injunction on April 24, 2026, effective April 30, 2026.

May 20Wed
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT denies government motion to stay Section 122 tariff injunction pending appeal

    The U.S. Court of International Trade denied the government's motion to stay enforcement of its judgment pending appeal in Washington v. United States and Burlap and Barrel, Inc. v. United States, Slip Op. 26-53, Court Nos. 26-01472-3JP and 26-01606-3JP.

May 11Mon
  1. CBP · Trade

    Louisville CBP seizes 1,622 pieces of counterfeit Cartier, Tiffany and Van Cleef and Arpels jewelry

    CBP officers in Louisville seized 1,622 pieces of counterfeit designer jewelry on May 1 from a single express consignment shipment that arrived from Hong Kong and was headed to Chicago. The shipment contained 1,227 bracelets and 395 necklaces bearing marks identical to Cartier, Tiffany and Van Cleef and Arpels trademarks, and would have had a combined Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price of over $14.1 million had the goods been genuine. CBP's Consumer Products and Mass Merchandising Center of Excellence and Expertise confirmed with the trademark holders that the pieces were not authentic, and the goods were subject to seizure.

  2. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT denies motion to backdate statutory injunction in Vietnamese honey antidumping case

    The U.S. Court of International Trade denied a motion by Bao Nguyen Honeybee Co., Ltd. and eight other Vietnamese exporters to amend the statutory injunction in Court No. 25-00085 nunc pro tunc so that it would be effective as of August 8, 2025, the date they first moved for an injunction. The court held that the Federal Circuit's Agro Dutch exception does not apply because the liquidation at issue is alleged to have occurred before the injunction was entered, not during a post-entry grace period, and the plaintiff-intervenors did not show that the parties or the court intended the injunction to cover entries liquidated before it took effect.

May 7Thu
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT grants permanent injunction against Proclamation 11012 Section 122 import surcharge for two importers and Washington

    The U.S. Court of International Trade, in Slip Op. 26-47, granted summary judgment and entered a permanent injunction for The State of Washington, Burlap and Barrel, Inc. and Basic Fun, Inc. against duties imposed under Proclamation No. 11012, which invoked Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, 19 U.S.C. § 2312, to impose a temporary import surcharge of up to 15 percent ad valorem. The court dismissed without prejudice the claims of the remaining non-importer plaintiffs, including The State of Oregon and 21 other states and officials, for lack of standing, and denied as moot the plaintiffs' alternative motions for a preliminary injunction.

Apr 24Fri
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT grants ICON EV preliminary injunction against CBP EAPA interim measures in LSPTV evasion case

    The U.S. Court of International Trade granted ICON EV LLC a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order on April 24, 2026, in Court No. 26-02759, enjoining CBP's interim measures imposed under the Enforce and Protect Act during its EAPA investigation, EAPA Cons. Case 8247, into alleged evasion of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on low-speed personal transportation vehicles from China. CBP had imposed the measures on April 6, 2026, finding reasonable suspicion of evasion by misclassification and transshipment through Vietnam, including suspension and extension of liquidation and a live-entry requirement at the 519.23 percent ad valorem all-others AD/CVD cash-deposit rate.

Apr 23Thu
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT rules in Cyber Power Systems v. United States on classification of UPS cables and Section 301 duties

    The U.S. Court of International Trade held in Slip Op. 26-41, Court No. 21-00200, that Cyber Power Systems (USA) Inc.'s eight models of cables are properly classified under subheading 8544.42.90, HTSUS, and subheading 9903.88.03, HTSUS, but that the government is not entitled to collect the additional 2.6 percent ad valorem duty that would normally be due under subheading 8544.42.90.

Apr 20Mon
  1. CBP · Forced Labor / UFLPA

    CBP seizes over 8,500 counterfeit designer brand perfumes at Port Everglades

    CBP officers at Port Everglades, Florida, seized 8,500 units of counterfeit designer brand perfumes, including Gucci, Burberry, Armani and Lancome, that arrived from Singapore and were destined for Miami. Officers inspected the shipment on Feb. 10 and, with CBP Headquarters Intellectual Property Enforcement Branch, determined on April 2 that the goods were counterfeit and seized them. The perfumes were appraised at $1,010,940 Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price had they been genuine.

Apr 1Wed
  1. CBP · Trade

    CBP details duty evasion cases involving undervaluation, misclassification and transshipment

    CBP's Consumer Products and Mass Merchandising Center described enforcement cases in which importers evaded duties through undervaluation, misclassification and illegal transshipment. In one case, 12 Patek Philippe watches shipped from St. Maarten were undervalued at about $500 each against a value of over $1.9 million, drawing $21,000 in duties, a $108,000 penalty and over $86,740 in unpaid duties from prior shipments. In another, plastic food containers from China classified as household goods at 3.4% instead of the 3% commercial rate left the importer owing $50 million, and four importers of the same product owe nearly $39 million combined.

Mar 24Tue
  1. CBSA · Customs Notices

    CBSA reminds importers that bat specimens require a CFIA import permit

    CBSA states in Customs Notice 26-08 that imports of bat specimens in any form must be declared on the commercial invoice and import declarations and require a Permit to import Animal Products and By-Products issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency through MyCFIA before the shipment reaches Canada. The requirement covers fruit and insectivorous bats in the Order Chiroptera, whether whole, skeletal, body parts, tissue, cell lines or DNA, and whether or not encased in resin, plastic or a picture frame or preserved in formaldehyde, under the Health of Animals Regulations.