You’ve just got one shipment of goods coming in to the United States or Canada, but it’s an important one. You need help to get it where it needs to be; on-time and hassle-free.
Handling two or three shipments a month sounds simple, but it can seem like every shipment needs a different form or must comply with a different regulation. Whether you are a big or small business, you experience these challenges.
You have regular, consistent import and/or export shipments. You’ve engaged brokerage and freight providers to help, but managing multiple shipments and multiple partners can be a drain on your time and resources.
Your business has a global footprint, and managing your supply chain takes significant time and resources. You need help to maintain consistent, repeatable and compliant trade processes from end-to-end.
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The Canada Border Service Agency’s (CBSA) Assessment and Revenue Management Project (CARM) is a large, multi-year initiative to improve service delivery by simplifying processes and enabling the commercial trade community to interact electronically with the CBSA. Among its many benefits,... Read more >
Why use a Foreign Trade Zone as part of your import process? An FTZ can make your importing processes more efficient – and more cost-effective. This webinar will take you through the basics of Foreign Trade Zones, including the types... Read more >
September 9, 2019 – On September 1, 2019, the U.S. followed through with plans to enact tariffs on roughly $112 billion worth of China-origin goods (list 4A), including clothing and household goods. In retaliation, China passed tariffs on thousands of American... Read more >
September 4, 2019 – Global Affairs Canada (GAC) recently issued a Notice to importers, advising of a new aluminum import monitoring program. Under this program, certain aluminum products have been added to the Import Control List (ICL) as item 83, and General... Read more >
Need help completing your General Agency Agreement (GAA)? Check out our how-to guide for step-by-step instructions! Download Read more >
The Department of Finance Canada has announced further measures to protect Canadian steel workers and industry. These measures affect goods that are subject to safeguard surtax (not the surtax that was put into place after the US imposed surtax on imports... Read more >
July 9, 2019 – Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) Amendment 16 to Canada’s Energy Efficiency Regulations has been published in the Canada Gazette, Part II Vol 153. Amendment 16 will come into force on December 12, 2019 except for sections 16... Read more >
On Thursday May 30, 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump announced through an official White House statement that the U.S. will be imposing tariffs on all imports of Mexico-origin goods into the commerce of the United States. The tariffs, which are... Read more >
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency has announced the transfer of 731 of its agents from ports along the northern border to the southern border. These officers are being temporarily moved in order to support the influx of... Read more >
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced that the mandatory April 1st date for the implementation of Single Window will be extended, in favor of a “phased decommissioning” approach. The new date is yet to be announced, but is... Read more >
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