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- Customs Notice CN-542
Electronic Data Interchange Cargo and conveyance reporting - Customs Notice CN-565
Cargo and conveyance reporting for marine mode - Customs Notice CN-630
Reporting shipments loaded in the United States - Client Readiness Report for transborder shipments
Requirements for providing information
- Customs Notice CN-542
The Advance Commercial Information (ACI) Program requires marine carriers to electronically transmit marine cargo data to the CBSA 24 hours prior to loading cargo at a foreign port (including the U.S.). If the voyage is less than 24 hours in duration, the cargo and conveyance data must be reported at the time of departure from the foreign port. This requirement allows the CBSA to effectively identify threats to Canada's health, safety, and security prior to the arrival of cargo and conveyances in Canada.
Data Transmission
- Who is Responsible for Data Transmission?
- Transmission Methods
- Changes to Data Elements
- Advance Timeframes for Reporting
- ACI Client Document (formerly Participants' Requirements Document)
Outlines the electronic transmission requirements
Reporting Data
- Conveyance Reporting
- Tug and Barge Reporting
- Cargo Reporting
- Supplementary Report
- Risk Assessment Notices
Advance Timeframes for Reporting
The following chart summarizes the advance timeframes for reporting conveyances reports, cargo reports and supplementary cargo reports.
| Conveyance Reporting Timeframes (cargo loaded in a Country other than the U.S.) |
|
|---|---|
| Conveyances with containerized cargo | 96-hours Prior to Arrival |
| Conveyances with non-authorized break-bulk cargo | 96-hours Prior to Arrival |
| Conveyances with authorized break-bulk cargo | 24-hours Prior to Arrival |
| Conveyances with bulk cargo | 24-hours Prior to Arrival |
| Conveyances with empty marine containers | 96-hours Prior to Arrival |
| Conveyance Reporting Timeframes (cargo loaded in the U.S.) |
|
| Conveyances with containerized, bulk or break bulk or empty containers | 24-hours Prior to Arrival |
| Cargo and Supplementary Reporting Timeframes (cargo loaded in a Country other than the U.S.) | |
| Containerized cargo | 24-hours Prior to Loading |
| Non-authorized break-bulk cargo | 24-hours Prior to Loading |
| Authorized break-bulk cargo | 24-hours Prior to Arrival |
| Bulk Cargo | 24-hours Prior to Arrival |
| Empty marine containers | 96-hours Prior to Arrival |
| Cargo and Supplementary Reporting Timeframes (cargo loaded in the U.S.) |
|
| Containerized, bulk or break-bulk | 24-hours Prior to Arrival |
| Empty marine containers | 4-hours Prior to Arrival |
* If the duration of the voyage is less than the reporting timeframe required, reports must be transmitted at the time of departure.
