Canada

Question: What are other members retaining to meet Customs Recordkeeping requirements   for shipments crossing the border from Canada to the U.S. ?  

Question:   We are a small company with HQ in the U.S.  We do not have offices in any other country.  Previously when we would export to Canada, terms would be DDU.  Recently, one of our Canadian customers has started to require DDP terms, otherwise they will no longer do business with us.  They want […]

Question:   I have a question concerning the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) program PIP, Partners in Protection.  Is it a requirement for all US manufacturers shipping to a PIP participant to have a high security seal affixed to all loaded containers and trailers bound for Canada?  Must all seals meet or exceed the current […]

Question: Our company (a retailer) currently ships merchandise to our Canadian stores from our U.S. based DCs. The source of the merchandise in the DCs are from domestic vendors (manufactured in both U.S. and foreign) and our own imports from mainly China.   Currently, our Canadian entries are filed manually because of the large volume […]

Question: Our company (a retailer) currently ships merchandise to our Canadian stores from our U.S. based DCs. The source of the merchandise in the DCs are from domestic vendors (manufactured in both U.S. and foreign) and our own imports from mainly China.   Currently, our Canadian entries are filed manually because of the large volume […]

Question:   Currently we do not add a “Made in” statement on Canada‘s retail cartons for our products.  This statement was not needed from my understanding however I just came across a Canada regulation   http://www.cbsa.gc.ca/publications/dm md/d11/d11-3-1-eng.html    that states otherwise.  Do retail products require country of origin statements on their packaging or is this just a […]

Question:   CANIMPCO, a wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary of PARENTCO in Japan, agrees to buy certain auxiliary devices from PARENTCO and will consign (drop ship) them to USCO, a wholly-owned U.S. manufacturing subsidiary of PARENTCO.   USCO will configure the consigned auxiliary devices to work in conjunction with USCO goods to form complete working systems. The […]

Question: Does Canada have anything similar to CROSS?     As a non-resident importer, I’d like to check to ensure we are classifying products correctly according to the Canadian Tariff Schedule.  

Question:   My company purchased a couple of trailers from a company in Canada.  We are in the oil and gas industry and these trailers are pulled behind big trucks with equipment on them.  In order to get them into the U.S. we must provide a letter from the manufacturer of the trailers saying they […]

Question: We are considering implementation of EDI to transmit our CCI information to our Canadian Customs Broker.  We move about 4000 truckloads per year from the US to CA.  It’s a large project but with our volumes should prove beneficial in the long run.  Since EDI would eliminate extensive data entry work for the CHB […]

Question:I would like to ask the membership about their experiences using US binding rulings issued by CBP for shipments going into Canada.  Were you able to use US binding rulings as justification for classifications on Canadian imports?

Question: Can anyone point me in the right direction on where I can find information on Canadian Import and Export Regulations? The U.S. has the Department of State, BIS, etc…..What are the agencies for Canada?