Canada

Questions and answers about Canada

  • AMENDING NAFTA CERT

    QUESTION: I know the answer, but my powers that be want another opinion. NAFTA cert issued in 2012 did not contain all parts that we sold to several companies in Canada. (no trade compliance person on staff at the time) Per the NAFTA agreement, CFR  §181.11 (d) – errors found must be corrected within 30 […]

  • CANADIAN RESTRICTED IMPORT LIST

    QUESTION: Does anyone in the membership know where can I find under Canada regulations the list of products that have restrictions for importing into Canada and if there a limited quantity to be imported?  Any advice is very much appreciate it. ************ See the “Handbook of Export and Import Commodity Codes”; the list of products […]

  • CBSA TARIFF VERIFICATION REVIEW

    QUESTION: I work for a US company and will be assisting our related Canadian company with their CBSA Tariff Verification audit. I’m looking for ICPA member insights into what CBSA audits are like. For example: –          Are they fair and reasonable, or adversarial and enforcement-minded? –          Are the audits lengthy? –          Are they likely to […]

  • CA EXPORT CONTROL STATEMENT

    QUESTION: U.S. government currently revised DCS (Destination Control Statement) for exports. Does Canada government have similar DCS exporting from Canada and require to put on the export documents? ========== Answers: I am really not sure about Canadian export laws, but I wanted to clarify that if the commodities you are exporting are controlled by the US […]

  • CANADIAN EXPORTER

    QUESTION: Hoping some of our Canada experts can chime in here. This scenario comes from the Exporting Goods from Canada, A Handy Guide for Exporters as published by CBSA.  I acknowledge that there may be some dated information in here as appears to have been removed from the CBSA website. Scenario: A Canadian company sells […]

  • DSP-83 AND CANADA

    QUESTION: I sent a recently approved TAA to our contact at the Canadian DND for signatures and received the following note in regards to signing the DSP-83: CTAT (Controlled Technology Access and Transfer Office) in Ottawa informed me that Canada does not sign the DSP-83 because of an overarching diplomatic note. Has anyone come across […]

  • EEI FILINGS TO CANADA

    QUESTION: Although certain shipments to Canada do not require an EEI filing,  as best practice my company files them anyway.  Does anyone know of a rule or regulation from BIS stating that  we should not be making these filings? **************** Answers: You don’t need to file EEI for Canada because the US uses the import […]

  • MULTI-COUNTRY IMPORT AND NAFTA CLAIM

    Question: What is the correct way for declaring on an entry from Canada to the US for a multipack item that includes 12 ballpoint pens made in Canada and 6 ballpoint pens made in China. The 12 pens from Canada qualify for NAFTA.   Can Nafta be claimed on the 12 pens only? ========== Answers: […]

  • ORIGIN AND CA ADD

    Question: Just revealed that we have been declaring an incorrect C/O on some goods we export to Canada from the US. Goods have a potential ADD HTS for Canada. I have never added these parts to any NAFTA Cert that I provided to the customer in Canada. How do I best handle this with CBSA? […]

  • USPPI AND CANADIAN NRI

    Question: If I sell to a US address, this is a domestic transaction. If my US address customer has a non-resident importer address in Canada, is my customer still the exporter of record and the USPPI when I ship from the US to Canada? The goods I ship are initially sent to Michigan, using a […]

  • CA AND MX RECON PROGRAMS

    Question: Do Mexico and Canada have Reconciliation programs similar to that of the US? Specifically, I am wondering what the procedures/process are available for imports into Canada and Mexico in cases where only provisional values are available at the time of import and will likely change a couple of months after entry. ========== Answers: Canada […]

  • CHANGING CANADIAN BROKERS

    Question: My Company is a non-resident importer into Canada.  We are in the process of switching Canadian Customs Import brokers from broker A to broker B. We have not used broker A for a few months now, however we have not sent broker A our cancellation of the GAA/POA. Broker B is aware of the […]