U.S. Customers - Potential Tariff Action - Canada to U.S. shipments

As you know we are a small, family-owned and proud Canadian manufacturer.

We greatly appreciate your business, regardless of geopolitical challenges and which country you call home. 

We want to keep you informed about the trade measures that could cause delays and add costs to your cross-border (Canada to U.S.) shipments. 

On April 3, 2025, the U.S. Gov't implemented a 25% tariff on certain Canadian-made products (Steel, Aluminum, Automobiles and their parts ... to date)

 ... 145% on Chinese-made goods,  and 10% on everything else "worldwide".

At this moment, your "Section 321 de minimus exemption" of $800 per day remains in place ... on Canadian made goods for now.

As ITLA product is all "Made in Canada", products will flow through as usual .. tariff/duty/tax free under your daily $800 exemption.

However, there are potential U.S. Customs inspection delays at the border, your order may be opened and examined for country of origin.

The US government has disallowed this "de minimus" exemption for Chinese made products as of May 1, 2025. This means that goods coming from China will be assessed a tariff when they enter the United States... again, no worry regarding ITLA products from Canada at this point in time.

Worth noting: the U.S. administration has published a new executive order indicating their intention to eliminate the "de minimis" exemption entirely once the appropriate systems are in place. Implementation date unknown.

You can read the latest executive order here:

 White House Executive Order – April 2025

For now, Section 321 remains intact for non-China-origin goods, with no additional changes or timelines announced.

We will continue to update this page as we learn more of these cross-border shipping challenges.

Sincerely,

Renée & Nick Masney