‘ Importing’ Category

Importing a Vehicle into Canada

Vehicles are more complex to import into Canada than other goods. Before you purchase a car or truck in the USA, it’s worth familiarizing yourself with the import process. These guidelines apply to any self-propelled vehicles, including heavy machinery. Your first step should always be to make sure the vehicle you want to buy is…

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Changing Liability for Casual Imports…

In the next year, CBSA (Canada Border Services Agency) will be changing how liability for duties and tax is assigned for imports of casual goods into Canada. While the date of implementation is not yet known, we do know that this will be a very big change with a lot of knock-on effects for brokers…

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New Enforcement of Corded Window Covering Regulations

As of May 1, Health Canada will be increasing compliance monitoring and enforcement around the requirements for the import and sale of corded window coverings. The increased enforcement is intended to help eliminate strangulation hazards for small children associated with window covering cords. Every year, on average, one child in Canada dies from strangulation caused…

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