Border Commercial Consultative Committee

Sub-Committees

• Administrative Monetary Penalty System
• Border Wait Times
• CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management
• Contingency Planning
• Examination
• Major Projects
• Other Government Departments
• Pre-Arrival Release - Electronic Data Interchange (PARS-EDI)
• Service Strategy and Business Simplification Initiative
• System Outages
• Trusted Traders

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Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS)

Mandate:

To provide CBSA officials and commercial stakeholders with a forum for dialogue on the revitalization of the AMPS program. The sub-committee will be the main external consultative forum for the improvement of the AMPS regime. It will actively contribute to the AMPS Review by identifying problem contraventions, inconsistencies and weaknesses in the regime and its administration, and bring forward recommendations for improvement.

Members:

• Canada Border Services Agency
• American Trucking Associations
• Association of International Customs and Border Agencies
• Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters
• Canadian Bar Association
• Canadian Chamber of Commerce
• Canadian Courier & Logistics Association
• Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association
• Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
• Canadian Produce Marketing Association   
• Canadian Society of Customs Brokers
• Canadian Transport Lawyers Association
• Canadian Trucking Alliance
• Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association
• Private Motor Truck Council of Canada
• Shipping Federation of Canada

Border Wait Times

Mandate:

To recommend solutions to reduce border wait times and processing times at the border. This sub-committee will provide internal and external stakeholders with a communication mechanism to discuss strategies, policies and programs of the CBSA and stakeholders that affect the processing of commercial goods and travellers into Canada.

Members:

• Canada Border Services Agency
• Blue Water Bridge
• Canadian/American Border Trade Alliance
• General Motors Canada
• Livingston International
• Niagara Falls Bridge Commission
• Ontario Trucking Association
• Peace Bridge

CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM)

Mandate:

To find and recommend solutions in the design, development and implementation of the CARM project, which aims to modernize the CBSA’s assessment and revenue management programs and systems. This sub-committee will provide external stakeholders with a means to discuss strategies, policies and design issues that may affect revenue assessment and management. 

Members:

• Association of International Customs and Border Agencies
• Canadian Trucking Alliance
• Livingston International
• Private Motor Truck Council of Canada
• Canadian Courier & Logistics Association
• Shipping Federation of Canada
• Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters
• Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association
• Canadian Society of Customs Brokers
• Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Contingency Planning

Mandate:

To consult on matters relating to business resumption protocols for the border as well as any protocols to be used in the event of an unexpected disaster and/or increased alert levels.

Members:

• Canada Border Services Agency
• American Trucking Associations
• Association of International Customs and Border Agencies
• Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters
• Canadian Chamber of Commerce 
• Canadian Courier & Logistics Association
• Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
• Canadian Produce Manufacturers Association
• Canadian Society of Customs Brokers
• Canadian Trucking Association 
• Public Border Operators Association

Examination

Mandate:

To support consultation between the CBSA and industry partners on the Agency’s multimodal and export examination programs. This sub-committee is a forum set up to discuss best practices, examination policies and processes.

Members:

• Canada Border Services Agency
• Association of International Customs and Border Agencies
• Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters
• Canadian Courier & Logistics Association
• Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association
• Canadian Retail Shippers Association Logistics Ltd.
• Canadian Society of Customs Brokers
• Canadian Sufferance Warehouse Association
• Chamber of Shipping of British Columbia
• Shipping Federation of Canada

Major Projects

Mandate:

To provide an overall consultative forum in which representatives from the CBSA and members of key trade associations work collaboratively to promote modernization and improvements to the commercial program under eManifest and other major projects; validate strategic directions related to eManifest and other major projects intended to simultaneously enhance facilitation and security; and provide governance to the existing eManifest Stakeholder Partnership Network Working Groups.

Members:

• Association of International Customs and Border Agencies
• Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters
• Canadian Courier & Logistics Association
• Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association
• Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
• Canadian Society of Customs Brokers
• Canadian Sufferance Warehouse Association
• Canadian Trucking Alliance
• Shipping Federation of Canada or the
• Chamber of Shipping of British Columbia

Other Government Departments (OGD)

Mandate:

To provide a forum for dialogue regarding issues associated with OGD release requirements at the border. The sub-committee’s goal will be to provide information, analysis and recommendations that will assist the CBSA in developing and implementing a focussed, coordinated, inclusive and cooperative OGD strategy regarding the administration of OGD border programs that will support CBSA priorities, address industry concerns and meet OGD requirements.

Members:

• Canada Border Services Agency
• American Trucking Associations
• Association of International Customs and Border Agencies
• Canadian/American Border Trade Alliance
• Canadian Association of Importers & Exporters Inc.
• Canadian Courier & Logistics Association
• Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association
• Canadian Produce Marketing Association
• Canadian Shipowners Association
• Canadian Society of Customs Brokers
• Canadian Trucking Alliance

Pre-Arrival Release – Electronic Data Interchange (PARS-EDI)

Mandate:

To continue to move the commercial program forward by identifying opportunities to increase the use of EDI for release purposes and ensure clients and stakeholders are better positioned for the end-state phase of Advance Commercial Information, also known as eManifest.

Members:

• Canada Border Services Agency
• Association of International Customs and Border Agencies
• Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters
• Canadian Courier & Logistics Association
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• Canadian Produce Marketing Association
• Canadian Society of Customs Brokers
• Canadian Trucking Alliance
• Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association
• Livingston International Inc.
• Microsoft Canada
• Private Motor Truck Council

Service Strategy and Business Simplification Initiative

Mandate:

To reduce the Canada Border Services Agency’s administrative burden on businesses by eliminating, reducing, clarifying and simplifying forms, licenses, regulations, policy and procedures.

Members:

• Canada Border Services Agency
• Association of International Customs and Border Agencies
• Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters
• Canadian Chamber of Commerce
• Canadian Federation of Independent Business
• Canadian Society of Customs Brokers

System Outages

Mandate:

To make recommendations to the Border Commercial Consultative Committee regarding uniform procedures to be implemented in the event of various systems outage scenarios. The recommendations will include specifics for process flows, timing critical information requirements and transition steps to be followed when returning to EDI post-outage, and will encompass outages relating to reporting (including Advanced Commercial Information), interim accounting and release.

Members:

• Canada Border Services Agency
• Bowen Enterprises
• Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters
• Canadian Courier & Logistics Association
• Canadian Society of Customs Brokers
• Canadian Sufferance Warehouse Association
• CN Customs Brokerage - CN WorldWide NA
• CrimsonLogic
• Dimerco Express/CIFFA
• FEDEX
• Hapag-Lloyd (Canada) Inc.
• Livingston International
• Omnitrans
• Roadway (YRC), CTA
• Russell A. Farrow Customs Brokers
• Schenker
• Shipping Federation of Canada
• Wilson International for the Association of International
• Customs and Border Agencies

Trusted Traders

Mandate:

To support consultation between the CBSA and industry partners on the cohesive implementation of a CBSA trusted trader strategy that leverages all trusted trader programs. The group will also examine and discuss how best to integrate and align trusted traders programs, where beneficial and appropriate, with related Canadian department and agency programs and policies, similar U.S. programs, foreign Authorized Economic Operation programs through Mutual Recognition Arrangements and the World Customs Organization’s SAFE Framework of Standards.

Members:

• Canada Border Services Agency
• Association of International Automobile Manufacturers of Canada
• Association of International Customs and Border Agencies
• Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters
• Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Association
• Canadian Society of Customs Brokers
• Canadian Trucking Alliance
• Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association
• Private Motor Truck Council of Canada
• Shipping Federation of Canada