Reporting your shipment

In most cases, the carrier reports your shipment to the CBSA when it arrives at the international border entry point.

You have to report most goods you import. We have listed the few exceptions in Memorandum  D3-1-1, Regulations Respecting the Importation, Transportation and Exportation of Goods.

What documents do you or your carrier use to report your shipment?

Your carrier must either report all commercial goods you import into Canada on an approved cargo control document (CCD), or, in the case of rail and marine shipments, electronically transmit the cargo information using electronic data interchange (EDI) before arriving at the Canadian border.

You do not need to use a CCD when:

• you have line release privileges; or
• you personally transport the shipment and you obtain release by accounting for the goods and paying any duties at the customs office where the goods arrived.