Virtual
For agrifood companies trading within North America, CUSMA compliance presents unique and often overlooked challenges particularly around Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQs), sector-specific Rules of Origin, and the permits and controls governing sensitive commodities like dairy, poultry, eggs, sugar, and sugar-containing products.
This 90-minute advanced webinar provides a practical, sector-specific guide to navigating these requirements with confidence.
Through expert insights and real-world scenarios, participants will explore how agrifood-specific Rules of Origin under CUSMA apply across raw commodities, processed goods, and value-added food products. The session will clarify how in-quota and over-quota duty rates work, when import or export permits are required through Global Affairs Canada, and what documentation customs authorities expect during audits and verifications by CBSA and CBP.
With CUSMA compliance now more critical than ever non-qualifying goods imported into the U.S. are subject to tariffs.
Agrifood producers, food manufacturers and processors, dairy and poultry operators, agricultural exporters and importers, distributors and wholesalers supplying Canadian, U.S., or Mexican markets, customs and trade compliance professionals, and operations or logistics teams managing cross-border agrifood supply chains.
The session is free to attend, with gratitude to Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario.
Agenda
By the end of this webinar, you will be able to:
- Interpret agrifood-specific CUSMA Rules of Origin and understand how they apply to raw commodities, processed ingredients, and finished food products
- Understand how Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQs) work — including in-quota versus over-quota duty rates and how quota allocation is managed for dairy, poultry, eggs, sugar, and sugar-containing products
- Determine when import or export permits are required and how to obtain them through Global Affairs Canada
- Identify which goods require a Certification of Origin and what minimum data elements must be included for agrifood shipments
- Organize supplier declarations, Bills of Materials, and production records to withstand CBSA and CBP verification
- Identify common compliance gaps in agrifood supply chains including transit and trans-shipment risks, and strengthen internal controls
- Develop a focused, practical CUSMA compliance action plan for your agrifood business
Speakers
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Joumana Bteich
Senior Consultant, Global Trade Consulting, Canada
Tickets & Registration
Registration is free of charge and now open.
*Limited spots available
