STRAJA
Trade Updates
Canada ↔ Europe · September 15–October 19, 2026

Trade news worth acting on.

Six verified developments affecting Canada–Europe trade, customs costs and market planning. Each briefing links to the original official source and separates current rules from upcoming obligations.

Featured · EU customs

EU small-parcel costs are changing again: a €2 handling fee is set for November.

The European Commission's updated guidance addresses a €2-per-item Union handling fee for distance sales imported into the EU, expected from November 1. This is separate from the temporary €3 customs duty on qualifying consignments up to €150.

For businesses: review EU-bound e-commerce pricing and declaration workflows. Check the final implementing position before applying the new fee.
Read the European Commission guidance
September–October 2026

The rules. The costs. The market.

Dates below are the dates of the linked official releases or resources, not invented publication dates for Straja.

CBAM threshold

EU assessment leaves the 50-tonne CBAM threshold in place

The Commission assessed the current single mass-based threshold. Its finding: the 50-tonne threshold would exempt 0.87% of embedded emissions in the measured period, below the 1% limit set by the CBAM regulation. The assessment did not announce a threshold change.

Why it matters: EU importers and Canadian suppliers of covered goods can continue planning against the current threshold while monitoring any later delegated act.
Official source · European Commission ↗
EU customs reform

EU customs reform enters into force, with a phased rollout

The EU's new customs framework entered into force after publication in the Official Journal. Its data hub, e-commerce importer responsibilities and trusted-trader arrangements will be introduced in stages; they do not all apply immediately.

Why it matters: Canadian companies selling into Europe should map upcoming data and platform responsibilities against the rollout timetable, rather than treat the reform as one overnight change.
Official source · European Commission ↗
Canada–EU trade data

EU–Canada goods trade reached €81.8 billion in 2025

Eurostat reports €48.8 billion in EU goods exports to Canada and €33.0 billion in EU imports from Canada. The article identifies machinery and pharmaceuticals among the largest product groups.

Why it matters: the new product-level picture is more useful for market prioritization than a single combined goods-and-services figure. It does not itself change customs treatment.
Official source · Eurostat ↗
Canadian tariff update

Canada updates its tariff schedule for UK goods under CPTPP

CBSA's September 16 revision confirms the 2026 tariff schedule now includes Comprehensive and Progressive United Kingdom Tariff treatment, code 35. Eligible UK-origin goods have been entitled to that treatment since September 1.

Why it matters: importers should check which preferential treatment is available and support origin claims with the right documentation; the September update did not move the effective date.
Official source · Canada Border Services Agency ↗
CBAM pricing

EU publishes the third-quarter CBAM certificate price

The Commission lists €82.32 as the Q3 2026 CBAM certificate price, compared with €75.28 for Q2. Certificates covering 2026 imports are purchased from February 2027 under the published timetable.

Why it matters: Canadian producers of covered goods and their EU importers have a firmer cost input for Q3 shipments, subject to the applicable emissions calculation.
Official source · European Commission ↗
6official-source briefings
€81.8BEU–Canada goods trade in 2025
€82.32Q3 2026 CBAM certificate price
How Straja treats updates

Political announcements are not presented as customs law. Where a change is only proposed or under negotiation, the update says so. Where a deadline, tariff treatment or access rule is already operative, the relevant official source is linked directly.

Scope: Trade Updates are general information. They do not replace a transaction-specific classification, origin, valuation, permit or customs review.