The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will start the CARM cutover period on Friday afternoon (Oct. 4).
The cutover period is required for the CBSA to migrate existing systems and functionality to CARM systems and functionality for the CARM October 21, 2024 implementation.
At the beginning of the cutover period, some CBSA legacy systems, such as the Customs Commercial System (CCS) and the Customs Automated Data Exchange (CADEX), will be retired.
The CARM cutover period will extend from October 4 (4:00 pm ET) to October 21 (3:00 am ET).
The following customs notices provide relevant information:
Customs Notice 24-29 Preparing for the CARM October Implementation – Cutover Period
Customs Notice 24-30 Preparing for the CARM October Implementation – Trusted Trader CARM Cutover Procedures
Customs Notice 24-27 CARM October Implementation – Transition Measures