Jeff Fraser Western Region, Canada

As Director, Jeff Fraser leads a dedicated team of consultants in western Canada, focused on helping companies minimize risk and achieve higher levels of customs compliance in their international trade activities. He is based in Edmonton, Alberta.Jeff has over 30 years of experience in customs brokerage and compliance as well as in client service.  He joined Livingston in 1992 as an Import Analyst. Over the next 10 years, Jeff moved into progressively more senior roles at the branch level and client service centres. Before joining Livingston’s Global trade consulting Canadian group in 2011, Jeff was Regional Manager, Client Service for Canada’s western region for eight years.

Jeff is experienced in tariff classification, international trade agreement compliance, customs valuation, appeals and dispute settlement, refunds, duty drawbacks, sales and excise taxes, seizure appeals, entry audits and anti-dumping legislation as well as international logistics and supply chain management.

He develops customized compliance programs for importers and provides expert guidance on identifying duty savings and recovery programs. He also has considerable experience building cross-border processes specific to the needs of U.S.-based non-resident importers. An experienced speaker, Jeff is a frequent presenter at seminars on customs requirements and related topics, such as GST/HST for non-resident importers.

Jeff holds a professional designation from the Canada Border Services Agency, and is a certified trade compliance specialist as well as a certified customs specialist in both Canada and the U.S.  He also holds a professional logistician designation from the Canadian Professional Logistics Institute. Jeff is an alumnus of the University of Victoria, with a bachelor of arts in political science and history. He has delivered numerous seminars on a wide variety of trade and compliance-related topics.