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?
Question: Our company is going to start using a carnet to transport our tools of trade to Canada, and after the installation & testing is complete we will transport them back to USA. What I am seeking is clarification on the processing of the Carnet (as our installers will transport the goods in and out […]
Question: How does the membership handle Customs invoicing issues for split shipments going into Canada? For example, we manufacture heavy industrial equipment which utilize multiple trucks to ship one order. We used the same [consolidated] commercial invoice for multiple PRO #’s. The equipment is valued under a single value for the finished product. Do we […]
Question: Our US company was a Canadian GST registrant for 18 months. The GST registration was required due to a consignment program we had set up with a Canadian customer. We have now “un”-registered our company as the consignment program has been discontinued. During our entire GST process we were “walked thru” with our Canadian […]
Do Canada export regulations require export screening (Restricted party screening ) prior to shipment ? If so, against which restricted party lists ?
Where on the Canadian B3 do freight charges go? Is this a required field or optional?
We have upward of 3000 loads per year from our US parent company to our US sister company who acts as NRI into Canada. One CHB clears all the loads into Canada. We use SAP to generate all our customs invoices and either SAP or WMS to generate our BOLs. We also use a 3rd […]
Question: Our broker into Canada is paying our GST and in turn we are reimbursing them in US$ a few days later. In addition to a flat transaction fee separately set out on their invoice to us, our broker is adding a percentage up charge to the GST for what they claim are foreign exchange […]
Our broker into Canada is paying our GST and in turn we are reimbursing them in US$ a few days later. In addition to a flat transaction fee separately set out on their invoice to us, our broker is adding a percentage up charge to the GST for what they claim are foreign exchange risk […]
