Canada

Questions and answers about Canada

  • CANADIAN RESIDENT VS NON RESIDENT IOR

    Question:Has anyone ever done an analysis of the benefits of a non-resident importer vs. a resident importer in Canada. This is strictly from a customs compliance perspective. I am aware of the tax issues. I am looking for a pros and cons view

  • Canada Excise Tax Statement

    Question: We recently purchased another company, effective January 1.   They exportedto Canada on a regular basis.  Today, one of their customer’s sent a requestto provide on company letterhead a simple statement for an Excise Taxexemption: “This letter states our relationship with Canada in regards toGeneral Services Tax. (GST), and Harmonized Sales Tax (HST).  I […]

  • CANADIAN IMPORTS AND THE GAA

    Question: My questions relate to Canadian imports and the GAA and POA form.  My organization has had name changes due to an acquisition.  This resultedin a new entity in Canada and GAA with our Canadian broker.  I am not happywith what I have read in the GAA and POA.  Here are my questions: – sub […]

  • CANADIAN FAIR LABELING REGULATION

    Question:We are a US company.  Our subsidiary in Canada manufactures merchandise to be sold in the US and Canada.  To comply with US Customs regs regarding country of origin marking, we have always instructed that merchandise be marked with the phrase “Made in Canada”, and for simplicity’s sake, the products have been sold in both […]

  • CANADIAN ECL LIST

    Question: We are a U.S. software development company (products under 5D992.c). Tomake a long story short, one of our applications engineers purchased asignalwave board manufactured in Canada (helps demonstrate some of thefunctionality of our software). He would like to take this board with him overseas and givedemonstrations.   I emailed the manufacturer of the board for […]

  • RETURNING GOODS FROM CANADA

    Question: Currently my company has their Canadian customers (end users anddistributors)  ship their return products to a site in Canada which in turnssends it to a destruction facility in Canada.  What we are looking at is tohave the Canada site ship it to a our US destruction facility.  The Canadianproducts are originally shipped from the […]

  • CANADIAN PRESENCE FOR RESIDENTIMPORTER

    Question:We are currently a “resident importer” into Canada.  We have a small distribution center with a few employees.  Our management is looking at closing the distribution center and distributing to Canada from our US distribution locations.  I know that we will have to become a non-resident importer.  However, in addition to that, how will this […]

  • Footwear Labeling for Export to Quebec

    Question:Our Footwear Company is looking to possibly export Footwear (of USA and China Origin) to Quebec.  Can somebody outline the labeling requirements (languages – I assume both French and English are required but some specific trade names can be in English while everything else must be in French, content, etc.) into Quebec?  Some of the […]

  • Consignment Inventory

    Question: Our procurement group is looking at using consignment as an inventory management opportunity.    I know in the US that reconciliation and bonded warehouses are an option, but I’m not clear on what the opportunities are in Canada.   Would bonded warehouses operate in a similar fashion in Canada as in the US?  I’ve heard […]