QUESTION: We are a US manufacturer and have dealers in Canada. Some of the dealers act as importers of record in Canada, but the shipments are drop shipped directly to their customers. We sell the goods to the dealers at wholesale and then the Canadian dealer resells the goods at retail to their customers. On […]
QUESTION: We, an US importer, receive a customer PO from a Canadian customer. We pay a vendor in China to make and ship the products directly to our warehouse in Canada to fulfill the PO. Is it correct to use our price to the Canadian customer as the value for Canadian clearance? Or can it […]
QUESTION: A quick question for our Canadian contingency, when preparing documents for the export of non-controlled goods from Canada is any type of diversion control statement required? Some of our US operations include this statement on every export invoice and it seems that they are advising their Canadian offices to do the same, which may […]
QUESTION: This hypothetical question is in regards to our foreign Canadian subsidiary. We are the parent company located in the U.S. and understand the Canadian company now must follow US Regulations as well as Canada Regulations If the Canadian Company is exporting an item of (not necessarily of U.S. origin ) that is identified on […]
QUESTION: Can anyone in the Trade advise what value they use to import product into Canada when a sale is not made. Our product will go directly into a 3PL so there is no official sale at the time of import. The sale would occur later. ================= ANSWERS: A reasonable cost I usually use what […]
QUESTION: Has anyone had direct communication with CBSA on the information populated in box 5 of the CCI? CBSA CCI Instructions for box 5 are as follows below, but I also know it is common practice among brokers to look for the importer to be shown in box 5. I’m looking for information from Customs […]
QUESTION: We have rental equipment that we ship to our subsidiary in Canada. They end up paying GST on the entry, but the rental comes back into the U.S. Is the Canadian subsidiary eligible for a GST refund in those cases? ======================== ANSWERS: Yes, the GST paid on the import should be creditable on export, […]
QUESTION: I would like to confirm as importer of record if we should be retaining any further documents for cross border shipments from Mexico/Canada. The documents we are currently retaining are below: Entry Summary (7501) Inward Cargo Manifest for vessel under 5 tons… Entry/Immediate Delivery Form Commercial invoice (includes paps and carrier code) ******** Answers: […]
QUESTION: Our company is looking into importing goods from China directly into Canada. I am unfamiliar with importing into Canada and would like to get a better understanding before we proceed. Preferably the GST tax? Does anyone have any knowledge on this or literature that would be helpful? Thanks! ===================== ANSWERS: Assuming your company has […]
QUESTION: I was curious if anyone in the membership has found a way to pull data out of the ACE Portal for US exports to Canada? My companies exports are not ITAR, nor do they require licenses, thus none of the standard reports pull any data. Are there any data points in ACE for Canadian […]
Drafting the request To submit a request for an advance ruling on a product, you must write a letter, in English or French, that includes the following information: your name and address; your business number (if applicable); a statement that you are the importer, exporter, producer or authorized representative; the name and telephone number of […]
QUESTION: We operate an FTZ in the US. We Admit goods that are manufactured in China. We are exploring using a contractor in Canada to do some work on these goods. We would send them from our FTZ in Bond to the Canadian contractor, they would do their thing, adding value to the items, […]
