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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced a last-minute change in the eManifest filing requirement. As you are aware, we are nearing the end of the first of three implementation phases for eManifest. The non-monetary enforcement phase begins in January 2017. On December 6, 2016, CBSA issued Customs Notice 16-29

 

 

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.This is a significant announcement and change by CBSA. Prior to this announcement, only Canadian-based Freight Forwarders (FFs) could be bonded and only those bonded FFs could move cargo that was required to be moved in bond in Canada and only those could file advance consolidated HBLs. Now, the opportunity is open to FFs from any domicile around the world to become bonded and simplify Canadian imports.

 

 

 

Companies across the globe have expressed concerns about eManifest readiness in general. We have been advised that there are some large co-loaders who are not yet ready for eManifest.

We have clients who are unable to begin eManifest filing because their co-loaders are not ready.  There are also some Canadian ports that are not ready to receive the Deployment 4 (D4) notices from CBSA.  Because of this, those ports have created paper-based process workarounds for now.

 

 

 

 

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