QUESTION: I would like to ask the membership if anyone has experienced any engagement from CBSA on Bill of Lading commodity descriptions for shipments to Canada. That is, has anyone in the membership received a notice or inquiry – or even penalty – for a commodity description on a Bill of Lading that CBSA deemed […]
QUESTION: We periodically have the scenario whereby truck chassis (8704.23) goods are sent to Canada to be produced into trucks that fall under the classification of 8705 and then later exported out of Canada. Due to the timing of how these trucks will be built, the chassis could be sitting on the ground for a […]
QUESTION: A Canadian question. I know that French/US language labels are required for products being imported into Quebec but what about the other provinces? I cannot find any reference referring to label language requirements that I can forward on to upper management. We manufacture building supplies. Any advice? =========== Answers: To the best of my […]
QUESTION: We imported into Canada and purchased goods from a related party back in 2019. In 2020 I was informed that the transfer pricing was off. Therefore my question is what is the process of informing CBSA of the difference. I believe the process is to explain the difference to CBSA, provide the B3 with […]
QUESTION: Does anyone know if there a way to recover customs duty for shipments exported from Canada to U.S. between related companies if the items are coming back to Canada? beside duty drawback? **************** Answers: Recover implies they have already been imported and duty paid, in which case drawback might be your best option, unless […]
QUESTION: In the US we have Customs Directive 3530-002A, Right to Make Entry, which defines it as anyone with a “financial interest”. We are exporting product to Canada. The customer wants to be the IOR but wants us to pay the duty and taxes. Our broker is telling us this is not possible. I […]
QUESTION: I’m confused about the requirements in the Canadian regs, and I’m not familiar with trade practice on this topic. Is a Canadian importer required to correct entries in the event of an incorrect HTS reported, leading to an overage of duty paid to CBSA? The regs do say that the importer is required to […]
QUESTION: Our company is looking at the following scenario: Buying glass shower doors in both Columbia and Mexico and exporting to a Canadian company who will be the importer. Basically, we will be responsible for door/door freight movement excluding customs clearance. I need to understand what we may be getting ourselves into with this set-up. […]
QUESTION: Anyone know if there is a problem with these? Are they regulated? ************* Answers: Problem? Not sure if it’s a problem or not, but they are FDA regulated. You’ll need, to quote the FDA’s website, a Form FDA-2877, Declaration for Imported Electronic Products Subject to Radiation Control Standards. My guess is this is not […]
QUESTION: Subject: Northern Border, US Import, Oops. 18 November 2019 we had a return for defective merchandise from Canada to the US.It was moving through our 3PL, on our paper, LTL for one pallet of 8418 type merchandise.COO is USA. No chance of ADD for the actual goods. Does NAFTA qualify. 09 Jan 2020 Logistics […]
QUESTION: If our company wants to export an item to Canada (8517620020 – ECCN 5A002) that has a licence exception (ENC) do we need to file an EEI? ************* Add’l Answer: I am assuming that this is not for government end user due to the usage of ENC exception. For audit and reporting purposes, our […]
QUESTION: Our company is an NRI in Canada. Our normal sales strategy is to sell to our Canada entity with Internal Transfer Pricing, ship to a 3PL in Toronto, and then have that 3PL handle the B to C to customer. Transaction is done in Canadian Dollars. Occasionally, as an incentive, we will offer a […]
