As many importers and customs brokers are aware, before non-commercial shipments that contain CFIA regulated goods are imported into Canada, they must be declared to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
Effective immediately, if you have the capability to declare electronically using the Other Government Department (OGD) Pre-Arrival Review System (PARS)/ OGD Release on Minimum Documentation (RMD) or the Integrated Import Declaration (IID) message systems, you must declare all non-commercial using one of the Agency’s electronic declaration options.
Faxing import declaration paperwork to CFIA will no longer be an option for declaring non-commercial shipments for those capable of using OGD PARS/ RMD or IID. All those who declare CFIA regulated products to the CBSA are strongly encouraged to make the full transition to IID now.
As a reminder, Willson International clients needn’t worry as we have been transmitting all CFIA regulated goods release requests to the CBSA, via IID for the past two years.
For questions regarding declaring CFIA regulated products to the CBSA, please call the CFIA’s National Import Service Centre at 1.800.835.4486 (Mississauga) or 1.877.493.0468 (Montreal).