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The Customs Self Assessment (CSA)
program is part of the Customs Action Plan. It was introduced by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
as a progressive trade option for clients who invest in compliance. Clients can reduce compliance costs
while enhancing their ability to comply with customs requirements, and the CBSA will have the opportunity
to better align its resources with trade of higher or unknown risk.
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Benefits of the CSA Program:
- Streamlines accounting and payment process for all imported goods, eliminating the need to maintain separate and costly customs processes, and allowing users use their own business systems to fully self assess and meet their customs obligations.
- Streamlines clearance option for CSA eligible goods, eliminating the need for transactional transmissions of data elements, allowing the clearance of goods based on the id of the approved carrier, and registered driver.
- Ends the need for artificial customs systems.
- Increasing the certainty of expedited customs processing.
- Making it easier for clients to meet their obligations.
- Streamlines legitimate trade.
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Carriers Eligible to Apply:
- Bonded or post-audit;
- Have a history of transporting goods to Canada for at least two years;
- Without contraband or major commercial infractions;
- Willing to be liable and maintain control of CSA shipments until delivered; willing to provide senior management representation that proper commercial business processes and audit trails exist or will exist; and prepared to sign a Client Undertaking document with the CBSA.
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How to Apply:
- Part II of the carrier application process for CSA requires that your dispatch software be capable of tracking CSA approved shipments, drivers, customers, and carriers, and also capable of printing the following auditing reports upon request:
- Canada Bound Shipments Listing: Shows all shipments that are crossing the border into Canada for a given date range.
- Segregated Shipments Listing: Shows all shipments that are crossing the border into Canada for a given date range and are CSA approved.
- Complete Shipments Listing: Shows all shipments in the system for a given date range or range of order numbers.
Please call 866-441-0441 or email us if you would like more information. |
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