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Exporting commercial goods
Electronic Commerce Client Requirements Document—Chapter 25: Canadian Export Reporting System (CERS) Portal
Table of contents
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Purpose and Scope
3.0 Registering for the
CERS
portal
3.1 Creating a
CERS
Portal user account
3.2 Creating a
CERS
Portal business account
3.3
CERS
Portal help and support
4.0 Business rules
4.1
CERS
export declaration and summary report business rules
4.1.1
CERS
export declaration
4.1.2 One-time submission
4.1.3 Summary Reporting Program
4.1.4 Bulk load
4.2 A special note for exporters and
CSP
who also transmit trade data using
EDI
5.0 Create, amend and void rules for export documents
5.1 Export declarations rules
5.2 Summary Reporting Program rules
6.0
CERS
Portal statuses
7.0 Status history
8.0
CERS
Portal technical requirements
9.0 Availability of the
CERS
Portal and the
CBSA
system
10.0 Reliability of the
CERS
Portal and the
CBSA
system
10.1 Security
10.2 Incomplete, inaccurate or corrupted documents
11.0 Problem reporting and resolution
11.1 Back-up provisions
11.2 Contingency plan in the event of system failure
12.0 Program monitoring
13.0 Additional resources
Appendix A: Export declaration data elements—
CERS
Portal
Appendix B: Summary report data elements—
CERS
Portal
Appendix C: Summary report upload
Appendix D: Sample summary report error report
Appendix E: Bulk load—File structure and record layout
Appendix F: Sample bulk load text files
Appendix G: Sample bulk load submission report
Appendix H: Sample bulk load error report
Appendix I: Error messages
Appendix J: Code tables
Appendix K: Canadian export classification
Date modified:
2023-04-05
