MyChina.caOfficial tools and databases for Canada-China trade
Links go straight to the owner's site. Each was opened on the review date shown.
Tariffs and duties
- Canada Tariff Finder
What Canadian import tariff applies to an HS code from a given country?
- CBSA Customs Tariff
What is the official Canadian tariff schedule, chapter by chapter?
- Finance Canada: tariffs on steel and aluminum
Which surtaxes and tariff rate quotas apply to steel and aluminum, and how do they stack?
- Finance Canada: remission of surtaxes on goods from China
How does a company request remission of the surtax on Chinese goods?
- Ministry of Finance of China: tariff policy releases
What has the Customs Tariff Commission announced, including tariffs specific to Canadian goods? (The site is sometimes unavailable.)
- WTO Tariff and Trade Data
What are China's and Canada's MFN applied and bound rates? (Does not show Canada-specific additional tariffs.)
Trade remedies
- CBSA: SIMA measures in force
Which goods from China carry Canadian anti-dumping or countervailing duty?
- Canadian International Trade Tribunal
What injury inquiries, expiry reviews and customs appeals are under way?
- China Trade Remedies Information
Which anti-dumping and countervailing cases involve Canada, and at what stage are they?
- MOFCOM Trade Remedy and Investigation Bureau
Where are the official case announcements published?
Permits and export controls
- Global Affairs Canada: electric vehicle imports from China
How does the EV import quota work, which notices apply and how much quota is used?
- Global Affairs Canada: Export Control List guide
Is my item export controlled, and under which group?
- Global Affairs Canada: notices to importers and exporters
Which policy notices apply to my permit, for example Nos. 1003, 1162 and 1168?
- China Export Control Information
What do China's Export Control Law, dual-use list and entity lists say?
Customs
- CBSA step-by-step guide to importing
What are the steps for a commercial importer bringing goods into Canada?
- CARM: CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management
How does an importer register, post financial security and pay duties?
- CARM Client Portal
Where do I sign in to manage my importer account, rulings and payments?
- GACC online service hall
Where are China Customs' online services for enterprises?
- Health Canada recalls and safety alerts
Has a product or supplier been subject to a Canadian recall?
Food and agriculture
- CFIA food export requirements library
Which certificates, eligibility lists and labelling rules apply to my commodity for China?
- CFIA Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)
What are the import requirements for a food, plant or animal product by HS code, origin and end use?
- GACC CIFER: overseas food manufacturer registration
How do I register an overseas food facility to export to China?
- GACC CIFER public query
Is a Canadian establishment currently registered with GACC?
Investment
- Investment Canada Act: review thresholds
What are this year's net benefit review thresholds?
- Investment Canada Act: national security decisions
Which final national security orders has Canada published?
- Invest in Canada
What services and sector information are available to a foreign investor?
Sanctions
- Consolidated Canadian Autonomous Sanctions List
Is my buyer, consignee or intermediary a listed person under Canadian sanctions?
- Canadian sanctions related to China
What do Canada's China-related sanctions prohibit, and how have they been amended?
Laws and regulations
- Canada Gazette
What is the official text of a surtax, remission or import control order?
- Justice Laws: Special Import Measures Act
What does the consolidated federal statute say, and how current is it?
- Public Safety Canada: forced labour in supply chains reporting
Who must file the annual supply chain report, how, and by when (May 31)?
- CNIPA English site
How are trademarks and patents filed and searched in China?
- CNIPA Trademark Office
Where do I search and file Chinese trademarks?
- NMPA English site
What are China's rules and databases for cosmetics, medical devices and drugs?
- National Laws and Regulations Database of China
What is the authoritative text of a Chinese law?
Trade support
- Trade Commissioner Service: doing business in China
Which Canadian trade offices are in China, and what market guides and contacts do they offer?
- Trade Commissioner Service: funding and CanExport
Which federal export funding programs exist, and are they accepting applications?
- EDC country information: China
What is EDC's risk position on China and which sectors does it cover? (Page dated 2023.)
Travel and visas
- Travel advice and advisories for China
What are the risk level, entry rules and legal warnings for travel to China?
- China MFA consular notice: visa-free entry for Canadians
What are the terms of China's visa waiver for Canadian passport holders?
- IRCC: find a visa application centre
Where are Canada's visa application centres in China?
Non-government organisations
- ITC Market Access Map
What applied tariffs, including some extraordinary measures, does a market charge?
- Canada China Business Council
Which bilateral business association runs events and member services?
- Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
Where is the Canadian business community in Hong Kong?
- Hong Kong-Canada Business Association
Which association links Canadian and Hong Kong businesses across Canada?
- China Council for the Promotion of International Trade
Who issues certificates of origin and ATA carnets in China?
- Canola Council of Canada: China update
What is the industry's running timeline of China's canola measures?
- CIETAC
What are the rules of the main mainland arbitration institution?
- HKIAC
What are the rules of the Hong Kong arbitration institution often named in contracts?