Canada

Questions and answers about Canada

  • CBSA HTS CHANGE REQUIREMENT

    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 […]

  • DROP SHIPPING INTO CANADA

    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. […]

  • IMPORTING UV REPLACEMENT BULBS INTO CANADA

    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 […]

  • FIXING NORTHERN BORDER IMPORT ERROR

    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 […]

  • Export fillings to Canada

    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 […]

  • Free Product to CANADA Customers

    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 […]

  • CANADA DRAWBACK RECORD RETENTION

    QUESTION: We are a non-resident importer in Canada. We have filed various drawback claims on goods that were exported from Canada after we paid duty on the import. A broker told me that we have to keep the documents for the drawback entry from 6 years after we receive our refund. I have not been […]

  • PROTEST FOR CN ORIGIN CHANGE

    QUESTION: We export a composite good from Canada to the US. The good is made up of some materials with the country of origin China and the remainder of materials are country of origin Canada. Initially our analysis proved out under GRI 3a to classify the goods under the China article portion stating country of […]

  • CANADIAN NRI VS. PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT

    QUESTION: My organization operates as an NRI for imports into Canada. We are performing a cost analysis to compare operating as an NRI vs further establishing our related entity to qualify as a “purchaser in Canada” (as a permanent establishment). Specifically using a 3PL warehouse to support shipping needs. We currently have separate financial books […]

  • Obtaining export data of shipments from US to Canada

    QUESTION: My company imports into the US and then exports some of the products into Canada, so I want to look into setting up a duty drawback program. To determine the potential refund amount, I can run the ACE ES-003 report to see the details of all our US imports, but how can I find […]

  • LEASED GOODS INTO CANADA ON CARNET

    QUESTION: My understanding is that leased goods cannot be on a carnet into Canada. Does this generally apply to all countries? ************** Answers: A carnet may be used for the following purposes ONLY: • Exhibitions/Fairs – trade shows, fairs or other venues, usually open to the public; • Professional Equipment – tools of the trade, […]

  • Export filings to Canada

    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? %%%%%%%%%% ANSWERS: No %%%%%%%%%% If it is STAYING in Canada, then likely no, you would READ and claim the 30.36 exemption from EEI filing. %%%%%%%%%% EI, NS, […]