Canadian Customs entry information
Canadian customs entry fee is not to be confused with the Canadian border fee which is a security fee for trucking shipments moving between US and Canada. Canadian customs entries are NOT included in our US to Canada trucking service. It is only included on our international Air and Ocean services. Therefore you must either use your own customs broker to clear Canadian customs OR use the consignees broker. Please be sure to include your Canadian customs brokers information in the special instructions section of your trucking Bill of lading. IF no customs broker information is provided the trucker may elect to move the cargo in bond and therefore incur additional fees. ExFreight can provide you with Canadian customs entry services for additional fees. In addition to the customs entry fee there will be Duties and taxes that would be automatically billed to your account. Even if your commodity qualifies for NAFTA or the new USMCA free trade agreement there will still be sales tax due on the items. In Canada a sales tax is collected at time of import and passed on down through the supplier to end user in each sale. Sales tax rates range from 5%-15% depending on the province the importer resides in. IF you register as a foreign record of importer you can charge the sales tax to your clients and get the money back from them for the tax. If you register as a foreign record of importer you would also need to file a quarterly sales tax return in Canada. Speak with a sales rep about your options. ExFreight cannot collect the duties and taxes collect before delivery on trucking shipments to Canada. Below you will find a chart showing the sales tax for each Canadian Province.
