Author Archives: GB Robins
Importing Food Into the US: A Menu for Border Ease
Expanding appetites & food safety standards With an ever-growing palate for global tastes and treats, importing food into the USA is deliciously lucrative. According to...
How to Break Up With Your Customs Broker: Make it Painless
Breaking up is never easy, we know. That goes for more than just personal relationships, but your biggest business relationships can really sting to end,...
You can’t say Canada or America without A & A, eh?
Today we’re giving you some guidance on how to fill out a CCI/Commercial Invoice/Certificate of Origin-FTAs. These are essential, and often filled out incorrectly. Proper,...
To be CARMtinued: Release 2 of CARM for importers/exporters
As we noted, CARM is going to overhaul the way the Canadian Border Services Agency approaches customs collection and streamlining of processes in general. CARM...
Feeling like it’s CARMA-geddon? Not at all. Why CARM will make Canadian commercial importing easier (eventually)
Do you ever feel like your work life is filled with acronyms, some more heavily weighted than others? We’re throwing another at you: CARM, which...
Incoterms® for Food Importers: Creating a Recipe For Your Success
In the 11 item menu of Incoterms®, there are some specific clauses that are essential to making your shipments palatable. The food industry is one...
Delivery Duty Paid: Does it Always Pay Off To Pay in Advance?
By now, hopefully you’re getting familiar with Incoterms® (we have a helpful overview, here) and what they mean to you as someone in the business...
CN Receives Strike Notice from Union
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), which represents. approximately 750 employees in Canada, have provided CN with 72-hour strike notice. The union will go...