Canned vegetables. A 10% safeguard.

Certain canned vegetable goods imported into Canada carry a 10% surtax on the value for duty, in force since 19 June 2026. It is a provisional safeguard while the Canadian International Trade Tribunal decides whether a final measure is warranted.

Which field does 26135A go in

Field 87 "Safeguard", not field 85 "Surtax". CBSA sets this out as an important note, because every surtax before this one used field 85. It also lands in the value for tax under section 215 of the Excise Tax Act, so the GST is calculated on the amount including the 10%. We wrote that up separately: field 87, not field 85.

How long does the canned vegetable surtax last

Up to 200 days from 19 June 2026. If the Tribunal finds that no goods are being imported under conditions that cause or threaten serious injury, the surtax stops on the date of that finding. After the provisional period it applies only to the goods the Tribunal names.

So an entry filed today sits under a measure with a start date, a ceiling of 200 days, and an end that is not yet known.

Update, 27 September 2026. The Tribunal issued its report on 9 September 2026. The Minister of Finance's statement that day does not say what it found, only that the surtax stays while the government reviews it:

"While the government reviews the CITT report, the 10 per cent surtax on global imports of canned vegetables announced on June 10, 2026, remains in place for its maximum duration of 200 days or until it is replaced by final safeguard measures."

What to do if it was declared wrong

From the notice: where surtax was not correctly self-assessed, or was self-assessed in error for commercial goods, an adjustment to the CAD may be submitted through the CARM Client Portal or through EDI or an API.