Goods in Transit

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT)

Last Verified: 2005-10-17

Act: Export and Import Permits Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. E-19
Regulation: Transhipment Regulations, C.R.C., Vol. VI, c. 606

To Whom Does This Apply?

Importers and exporters of goods in transit.

Summary

Under the Export and Import Permits Act , all goods and technologies controlled by virtue of having been placed on the Export Control List or Import Control List, require that an exporter first receive a federal export or import permit from International Trade Canada (ITCan) before the goods are exported or imported for the purpose of transiting Canada, unless the goods or technologies are "in bond on a through journey on a billing that originates outside Canada" (all destinations other than the United States) and is destined to another country outside Canada. This Act serves to place restrictions and quotas on the export and/or import of certain goods specifically identified in the above noted lists, or the export of all goods to countries specifically named in the Area Control List (currently Burma (Myanmar)), and brings into force provisions of various trade agreements and international commitments that Canada has entered into with other countries.

Item 5401 of the Export Control List stipulates that:

"All goods originating outside Canada that are included in the export control list, whether in bond or cleared by Canadian Customs, other than goods that are in transit in bond on a through journey on a billing that originates outside Canada where the billing:

indicates that the ultimate destination of the goods is a country other than Canada (All destinations other than the United States);
in the case of the goods that are shipped from the United States:

is accompanied by a certified true copy of the United States Shipper's Export Declaration, where the export declaration does not contain terms which conflict with those of the billing and is presented to the Canadian Collectors of Customs;
cites from a Shipper's Export Declaration; or
cites a summary Authorization Number or Symbol, assigned to the United States exporter by the United States Bureau of the Census (All destinations other than the United States)."

Printable forms (PDF format only) are available from the page of the Export and Import Controls Bureau (EICB) the ITCan's Web site.

For more information, please contact the EICB or visit their page on ITCan's Web site.

DISCLAIMER
Information contained in this section is of a general nature only and is not intended to constitute advice for any specific fact situation. For particular questions, the users are invited to contact their lawyer. For additional information, see contact(s) listed below.

Ontario Contact(s):
See National Contact.

National Contact(s):
Export Controls Division (EPE)
Export and Import Controls Bureau
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Tower C, 6th Floor
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2
Telephone: (613) 996-2387
Fax: (613) 996-9933
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