With few exceptions, importers of food into Canada require an import license issued under the Safe Foods for Canadians Regulations. The Canada Food Inspection Agency has recently issued the following reminder that failure to secure and appropriately enter your valid Safe Food for Canadians food import license could result in your food imports being stopped
Importer of Record
Maybe and Maybe Not – IOR Challenges
By Su Ross on
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Originally published by the Journal of Commerce in November 2018
One of the many frustrations facing international traders trying to import goods into the U.S. is whether or not they will be accepted as importer of record by Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”). CBP established a program to deal with what it views as the…