How To Export Cannabis (and Import It, Too): What Canada's Regulations Say

In early 2022, U.S. Congress passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, known as the MORE Act, with the potential to explode the international adult-use cannabis market. A number of other countries, including Mexico, Germany and Portugal, are contemplating or moving forward with legalizing adult-use cannabis. These international changes have brought attention to the exportation and importation of cannabis in Canada.

This article looks at how to export cannabis, cannabis products and industrial hemp, as well as import these items, according to the current Canadian regulatory framework.

Definitions under Canadian law

In Canada, cannabis is principally regulated by the Cannabis Act, the Cannabis Regulations and the Industrial Hemp Regulations.