Canada

Questions and answers about Canada

  • Canada Q&A 18

    Do any members in the US have experience applying to the Canadian Border Services Agency to maintain Canadian import records outside Canada? We are looking for a clean copy of BCSA form LNR4 – Non-Resident Books & Records Kept Outside Canada – and advice on what records must be maintained.

  • Canada Q&A 19

    My company is close to the Canada border and we have a plant in Canada. In a special circumstance and due to a timing issue we may need to hand carry a product to our Canada plant. It was suggested by our broker that we apply for a non-bonded carrier code. Canada application # E369. […]

  • Canada Q&A 20

    At what point are you required to report overages/shortages when receiving goods into Canada? Ex: we receive liquid goods under chapter 18 into Canada. It is received under one weight but when the goods are reweighed there is normally about 40 kilos over. This is all duty free/NAFTA. Are we required to amend the entries […]

  • Canada Q&A 21

    We have several bamboo and wood home furnishing articles from China that were imported and cleared into US. Our supply chain wants to re-export these items to Canada. According to Canada Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) directive D-02-12.2.8 we will need to provide a re-export certificate similar to a Phytosanitary certificate. Note: none of the items […]

  • Canada Q&A 22

    We recently had an import from HK to Canada and I was informed by our Broker that there will be 5%^ duty on items unless a “Form A” or Exporters statement of Origin was submitted. The question is now being asked if all our suppliers in HK shipping to Canada need to provide a “Exporters […]

  • Canada Q&A 23

    Has anyone experienced strickter guidance in applying for export permits out of Canada recently? Example 1: to the grainular level of anything which can have encrypted software loaded onto it automatically requires a permit for both the hardware (even if it’s mass market or authentication only) and the export controlled software. Example 2: to list […]

  • Canada Q&A 24

    Our company has an entity in Canada, therefore we use that entity to import into Canada (in other words we are not considered a non-resident importer). Two months ago, we transitioned all finance, tax, and compliance responsibility to be handled by the Headquarters office in the US. The only thing that is left in Canada […]

  • Canada Q&A 25

    Hello. I was wondering if anybody had any ideas regarding resources the would provide me with a 101 and maybe also a 201 on Canadian Customs Regulations, the HTS, the contents of the B3 (i.e. their equivalent of the 7501), etc.

  • Canada Q&A 26

    I was wondering if anybody had any ideas regarding resources the would provide me with a 101 and maybe also a 201 on Canadian Customs Regulations, the HTS, the contents of the B3 (i.e. their equivalent of the 7501), etc.

  • Canada Q&A 27

    We’re being advised by our customs broker that for Canadian entries classification only has to be correct to the eighth digit, and, in the case of errors, it is not necessary to file corrections on the statistical suffixes (9-10th digits). What references are there to back this up or has anyone had conversation with CBSA […]

  • Canada Q&A 28

    A current business project has us looking at Canada import requirements related to goods of U.S. origin. Specifically, the question surrounds what requirements, if any, there are that the state of origin of a good must be reported, rather than just the country of origin. For example, if we have an item that is of […]

  • Canada Q&A 29

    I was wondering if anybody had any ideas regarding resources the would provide me with a 101 and maybe also a 201 on Canadian Customs Regulations, the HTS, the contents of the B3 (i.e. their equivalent of the 7501), etc.