Cargo abandonment is a topic that has been on the rise of late, with increasingly frequent regulatory changes often adding additional stress or challenges on importers, leaving them in positions where sometimes hard or impossible choices need to be made. For some importers,

For those who are not aware, de minimis shipping has come to an end in the US. Effective August 29, 2025, the de minimis exemption, which previously extended duty-free shipping to goods with a value of less than $800, is being suspended

If you are an international business, particularly if you are a US business importing into Canada, then becoming a Non-Resident Importer (NRI) in Canada can be a lucrative option.

If you are trying to register in the CARM Client Portal and you are confused or unsure where to begin, then this week’s blog is for you. This week, we highlight and introduce our free CARM Registration Guide that is designed to help importers work through the process of registering in the portal step by step. While you are invited to check out the guide yourself, do be sure to also read the accompanying post as well, as we also discuss links to other vital documents and services, along with key insights into the CARM registration process from our team on this side of the phone.

There is simply no other way to put it, for Customs and Border Protection, trade is at the forefront of their focus, and that means at ports of entry there is increased enforcement against non-compliance. The means of detecting infractions are becoming

If you have been keeping abreast of the news over the past few months, you’ll know that there is a possibility of a refund on overpaid tariffs. In contemplating what the process of managing this refund might look like, we are brought to a highly relevant topic, namely, how the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) processes corrections

If your import business involves making payments to Customs and Border Protection, then now is the time to register with the CBP Automated Clearinghouse (ACH). This service is uniquely qualified to help US importers have clarity and order even during tumultuous moments in the international marketplace, and once you are registered, the benefits are many and nearly instantaneous.

A tomato is technically a fruit, but doesn’t go well in fruit salad. Similarly, at first blush, a sufferance warehouse and a bonded warehouse may both seem like they are comparable or even interchangeable, but their differences are vital, and getting it right as an importer or carrier has far more than just a ruined salad at stake.

Audits are increasing in 2025, there’s no two ways about it - US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is on the lookout for gaps and anomalies in import declarations across the board. In March alone, CBP completed 71 audits and identified $310 million in lapsed duties and fees owed to the US Government. They also found an additional $49 million from previous fiscal years.

Trading in the year 2025 has become more complicated and costly than ever. What the new 25% tariff has meant for Canada and its international businesses is an advancement in curiosity on the mechanisms and programs that offer tariff relief. With new high-duty environments waiting for Canadian importers, it has become more critical than ever to leverage every advantage available. But what is available to Canadian businesses affected by these tariffs? And, perhaps more importantly, how do those businesses functionally put these programs to work?

April 19th, 2025, marks an imperative date for Canadian Commercial Importers - the end of the 180-day grace period of Release Prior to Payment Privileges (RPP) for those importers without a form of financial security posted in their CARM Client Portal. For those importers, this blog is for you, as failure to do so will result in the CBSA rejecting your shipments at the border, and as a result, a lengthy in-term release process with increased costs.

We have talked at length about the good and bad of tariffs in the past few weeks, but one of the questions we haven’t quite dived into is the one that perhaps deserves the most attention: What can actually be done to help you navigate increased costs tied to new duties and tariffs? The answer is, fortunately, quite a bit.

Whenever the international marketplace becomes more expensive - be it through market pressure, new tariffs, or changing trade dynamics, reassessing your Incoterms® should always be high on the list of things you do in response. If the international marketplace is in a state of upheaval, examining your Incoterms® and determining if they still work for the current market realities can be one of the easiest and surest ways to save costs and offset a high-duty environment.

The US government has released its official “America First” Trade Policy, and the changes listed represent a significant shift in focus for the US and its relationship to the international marketplace. With these changes on the

Canada and the US appear to be headed to a place of some tension when it comes to international trade. With a proposed tariff of 25% on Canadian goods looming on the horizon and some indications suggesting their

2024 was a year filled with big changes in the world of international trade. Whether it was a surge in labor action, new technologies, or new trade regulations, it will be remembered as a year where reevaluation and reassessment of common practices were

There is a real chance that you have arrived at this blog post because you are looking for more information on single-trip bond CBSA requirements for carriers driving through Canada. If you are looking for Customs bond alternatives

The PCB Learning Center is one of PCB’s best service offerings, and today, we are eager to share what it has in store for 2025! If you aren’t familiar, our Learning Center provides a suite of free webinars over the course of the year. These webinars cover ...

Did you know that there are sections of the US where foreign goods are considered outside the US for the purposes of collecting duties and taxes? It’s true, and the role of Foreign Trade Zones in global supply chains is significant ...

Whether in the US, Canada, or anywhere in the world, when an administration changes, change often comes with it. That change can often manifest in the form of shifted international trade relations as newly elected ...

We are now a few weeks into CARM, and the full depth of its offerings is still being discovered, as are its challenges. It has, undeniably, been a learning experience for every person, business entity, and government agency ...

There is simply no denying that this year has been a fractious one when it comes to labor action in Canada. In 2024, over six major strikes, lockouts, negotiations, and disputes across the country have left importers ...

Welcome back, dear readers, to our second annual PCB Halloween post! Someone at the CBSA has at long last solved the Lament Configuration, and love it or hate it - CARM has arrived. We are a week into this scary new regime, and the PCB CARM team ...

On October 2nd, 2024, the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade (CIIT) voted down a motion to delay the release of CBSA’s “CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management” (CARM) system. With that ...

The arrival of the CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management system is nearly upon us, with October 21st being the official implementation date. For commercial importers looking to import into Canada ...