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Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has recently unveiled the implementation timeline which applies to eManifest requirements for freight forwarders to electronically transmit advance house bill data on consolidated freight to the CBSA.
This mandatory requirement applies to bonded and non-bonded freight forwarders who are responsible for consolidated (including back to back) import, in-bond and in-transit shipments. Consolidated freight remaining on board (FROB) shipments will require supplementary data in the air and marine modes. The data must be received and validated by the CBSA 24 hours before cargo is loaded onto vessels calling Canada.
The following implementation timeline applies to eManifest requirements for freight forwarders:
- November 7, 2016, to January 10, 2017, the CBSA will provide freight forwarders with a period of transition during which penalties for non-compliance will not be issued and the CBSA will work closely with freight forwarders on corrective measures.
- January 11, 2017, to July 11, 2017, freight forwarders deemed to be non-compliant with eManifest requirements may be issued zero-rated penalties (non-monetary) under the CBSA's Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS).
• Beginning July 12, 2017, freight forwarders deemed to be non-compliant with eManifest requirements may be issued monetary AMPS penalties.
On November 7, 2016 electronic house bills will become mandatory. In the interim, forwarders choosing to transmit house bills for in transits and imports on a voluntary basis will not be required to submit supplementary reports for shipments with a house bill on file.
