The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has published a list of trade compliance verification priorities for January 2022. Compliance verification priorities are established throughout the year and reflect the CBSA’s assessment of non-compliance risk with customs rules for categories of imported goods. This announcement is important because it alerts importers about threats to regulatory compliance.
The CBSA provides a list of commodities identified as risks of non-compliance for tariff classification, origins, and valuations.
Here are current new items listed for classification verifications: LED lamps, Parts of machines and mechanical appliances, and other chemical products.
Other products continue to be subject to tariff classification compliance verifications such as batteries, pickled vegetables, spent fowl, furniture for non-domestic purposes, footwear, parts of lamps, pasta, cell phone cases, gloves, bags, other mount and fittings suitable for furniture, air heaters and hot air distributors, flashlights and miners safety lamps, stone table and counter tops, bicycle parts and parts for use with machinery under chapter 84.
Apparel and footwear continue to be subject for valuation compliance.
Importers that import any goods that are listed should prepare for CBSA trade compliance verification audit, which may result in payment of additional duties, GST, interest, and penalties for non-compliance.
Business should review and prepare to make sure they are compliant with the possibility of verification. The risks of duties, penalties and punitive rates of interest associated with non-compliance serve as a reminder to importers to review their customs practices to make sure they are compliant, especially for goods covered by the CBSA’s verification priorities.
Review Customs memorandum D11-6-8 Verification of Origin (Non-free Trade Agreements), Tariff Classification, and Value for Duty of Imported Goods. This memorandum provides guidelines and general information on a verification conducted under section 42.01 of the Customs Act.