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Customs Notice 09-015
July 15, 2009
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Adopting Electronic Export Reporting
1. This notice is to inform the export community that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is reviewing the Reporting of Exported Goods Regulations (Regulations). The CBSA aims to complete this review by the summer of 2010.
2. Requiring that exports be reported electronically has been identified as a priority of the review.
3. Timely and accurate export reporting is the key to a secure and efficient export process. Getting the right information to the right people at the right time helps the CBSA to detect, assess and mitigate risks with the least disruption to the flow of goods exported from Canada.
4. Based on a recent study, the CBSA has found that the best way for exporters to ensure that the right information reaches the right people at the right time is to report their exports electronically. Exporters who report their exports electronically are less likely to submit inaccurate and/or incomplete export information than exporters who report their exports on the paper form B13A. Submitting inaccurate, incomplete and/or untrue export information to the CBSA can lead to costly delays and fines for the exporter, the seizure of goods for export, and/or criminal prosecutions.
5. Therefore, the CBSA strongly encourages all exporters who report their exports manually via the paper form B13A to consider an electronic reporting alternative.
Electronic Export Reporting Options
6. The Canadian Automated Export Declaration (CAED), for example, is a Windows-based software package, jointly managed by the CBSA and Statistics Canada, which makes it possible for authorized exporters, or their agents, to report exported goods electronically, via the Internet, to the Government of Canada. The CAED software can be downloaded, free of charge, from the Statistics Canada web site. Further information on the CAED can be found at: www.statcan.gc.ca under Imports and Exports.
7. G7 EDI Export Reporting is a CBSA program that makes it possible for authorized exporters, or their agents, to report exported goods electronically, via a private data network, to the Government of Canada.
Other Information
8. For further information on export reporting policies and programs, including the CAED and G7 EDI Export Reporting, please consult the CBSA's Memorandum D20-1-1, Export Reporting, available at www.cbsa.gc.ca under Publications and Forms.
9. For more information about export reporting, contact the Border Information Service (BIS) throughout Canada at 1-800-461-9999 (English) and 1-800-959-2036 (French). If you are calling from outside Canada, you can access BIS by calling 204-983-3500 or 506-636-5064. Long distance charges will apply.
10. Please direct any questions regarding this notice to:
Export Process
Licensing, Export and Accounting Policy Division
Admissibility Branch
Canada Border Services Agency
Telephone: 613-954-7160
Fax: 613-946-0241
E-mail: export@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca
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