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What Happens When You Do Not Post Financial Security?

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.

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Let’s Talk About Tariff Relief for Importers in the USA

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.

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What is an Incoterm®, and How It Could Save You Money?

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.

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Tariffs 2025 | US Trade Policy Released

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

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What Importers Should Know About the 25% Tariffs

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

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Global Trade Predictions for 2025

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

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Single-trip Bonds: An Alternative for Non-Bonded Carriers

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

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Welcome to the 2025 Learning Center

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 ...

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