The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) recently issued a summary of it's activities in 2024.
So far the Agency processed almost 4.5 million commercial trucks into Canada, which is on par with volumes in 2023. The CBSA assessed approximately $32.5 billion in duties and taxes. Over $136.4 million in anti-dumping and countervailing duties were assessed.
The CBSA also welcomed over 80.5 million travellers into Canada, a 9% increase from 2023. This includes approximately:
• 31.8 million travellers by air
• 45.1 million travellers by land
• 3.3 million travellers by marine
• 336,000 travellers by rail
The Agency conducted more than 28,600 searches by Detector Dog Service Teams, intercepting over 17,000 high-risk food, plant and animal products, drugs, firearms and currency and issued nearly 2,500 penalties totalling $2,136,200 for food, plant and animal import violations.