Canadian Customs Documentation Rules

Running head: CANADIAN CUSTOMS DOCUMENTATION RULES
Canadian Customs Documentation Rules
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Question 1
List of all the shipping documents required to accompany the shipments for all of the modes
of transport involved
The list of items that are required to attach with the modes of the transport involved are
stated below
 Canada customs invoice or a commercial invoice
 Bill of lading
 Cargo control document
 Shippers export declaration
Question 2
Customs invoice
To determine the value of the imported goods for the calculation of duties and taxes .
a commercial invoice should contain the details of the buyer and the seller and clearly of
indicate the date and terms of the sale , the quantity and volume of the shipment, the nature of
packaging , the entire details of the goods, the value in units and the total value of the goods
and insurance shipping and other charges (Kerr 2019).
Shippers export declaration
It is a document required to export definite items and to deliver goods to certain
countries that exceeds a value of C$2500. This document is used to check the shipment of
controlled goods (Peterson 2017).
Bill of lading

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It is legal document issue by a carrier to a shipper that contains the type, quantity and
destination of the goods being carried. A bill of lading also contains a shipment receipt when
the goods are shipped at a predetermined destination.
Cargo control document
The cargo control document contains the following:
 The transaction number of the brokers
 Shipping address
 The address where the goods are to be delivered
 The location details of customs clearance
 The weight of the shipment
Customs invoice
A customs invoice is a vital document that will be required to export any document. It
contains the information about the items that are kept in the parcel that is to be exported. The
customs invoice is required for customs clearance and the item cannot be exported without
the customs invoice.
The most important document that is required is a properly completed Canada
customs invoice or its equivalent for all commercial shipments imported to Canada. If the
required information as per the Canadian border service is fulfilled then the exporter can use
its own form. At the border of Canada it sis also required to submit form B3 the customs
coding form. The entire details of the form B3 can be checked in the broachers importing
commercial goods in Canada (Diaz, et al 2015).
The other documents that are required that the companies provides for customs clearance
may include a cargo control document and bill of lading. Some of the goods like the food or