December 2025: remissions extended, and the derivative tariff starts on Boxing Day
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Dated entry. This covers 31 December 2025 and has not been updated since. Tariff rules change constantly and some of this will have been superseded — check the official sources before acting on it.
On 12 December 2025 Canada extended remissions that had been due to lapse on 16 December. General steel goods moved to 31 January 2026; steel for motor vehicles, aerospace goods and parts moved to 30 June 2026; aluminum goods moved to 30 June 2026; and goods for public health, healthcare, public safety and national security also moved to 30 June 2026.
Then on 26 December the measures announced in November came into force: the 25% Canadian tariff on selected steel derivative products from all countries, and the reduced tariff-rate quotas.
What it meant for freight: the measures took effect on 26 December, so anything crossing in the last week of December needed its entry date checked rather than assumed.