The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has made an amendment to Customs Notice 25-23, expanding contingency measures to cover all goods at sufferance warehouses for 30 days beginning July 10.
Initially, the measure applied only to the storage of sensitive and perishable goods in sufferance warehouses.
“In an effort to assist small businesses, effective July 10, 2025 and for a 30-day time period until 11:59 pm Aug. 9, 2025, the scope of this contingency measure is temporarily expanded from applying only to time sensitive/perishable goods to applying to all shipments stored in a sufferance warehouse, in order to allow for a one time ‘clean up’ of warehouses,” CBSA posted.
“This 30-day period will also provide adequate time for brokers, who have not yet done so, to register a new contingency plan-specific BN15 and post a cash deposit for RPP, as per the criteria for participation in the contingency plan.”
CBSA recently implemented Release Prior to Payment (RPP) under its Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) program that created changes for customs brokers and importers, while requiring some carriers to increasingly move goods in-bond for customs clearance purposes.
The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) has been monitoring the process and says it isn’t aware of any CARM-related delays or concerns, but would like to hear of any persistent issues.
