CIFFA met on October 15 with CBSA officials at the Commercial and Trade Branch to discuss compliance matters related to the mandatory eHBL filings by freight forwarders.<\/p>\n
Following is a summary of the infractions.<\/p>\n
C378 <\/strong>\u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Person failed to submit the prescribed\u00a0pre-load\/pre-arrival\u00a0information relating to their cargo\u00a0and\/or\u00a0conveyance<\/em> (Level 1 $2,000, Level 2 $4,000, Level 3 $8,000)<\/p>\n Penalty amounts remain significantly high. The second quarter of this year resulted in 110 penalties being issued for a total amount of $654,000. The third quarter had 76 for a total of $338,000. CBSA advises that, of the total penalties issued, all but one occurred when filings were made post arrival, with no ACI on record.<\/p>\n CBSA further wishes to remind forwarders that a cancellation\/deletion of ACI is considered a non-transmission and, in instances where clients need to make a change post arrival regarding key data elements such as the cargo control number, a BSF673 form needs to be submitted. This\u00a0process will\u00a0not result in penalties being issued.<\/p>\n C379 <\/strong>\u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Person failed to submit advance information in the prescribed time or prescribed manner to the Agency<\/em> (Level 1 $250, Level 2 $375, Level 3 $750)<\/p>\n Similarly, compliance is not improving in this area, as penalties issued in the second quarter totalled 102 for $58,125. The third quarter resulted in 89 penalties being issued for $46,500. We were informed that 95.3% of infractions were related to timelines, meaning filings were made pre-arrival, but later than the legislative requirements (24 hours \u2013 marine, 4 hours \u2013 air, 2 hours \u2013 rail and 1 hour \u2013 highway).<\/p>\n C382 <\/strong>\u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Person submitted information prescribed by the\u00a0Reporting of Imported Goods Regulations\u00a0that was not true, accurate and complete<\/em> (Level 1 $500, Level 2 $750, Level\u00a03 $1,500)<\/p>\n Penalties have increased for this infraction, with 25 penalties issued in the second quarter \u2013 $29,500, and 43 in the third quarter \u2013 $42,750. It has been identified that cargo description accounts for 97% of the total, with \u201cclothing\u201d and \u201cclothes\u201d being the largest contributor.<\/p>\n