Anyone placed under arrest is protected by, and will be treated in accordance with, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. For more information, refer to Secondary Services and Inspections. If you do not declare goods, or if you falsely declare them, the CBSA can seize the goods.
You may permanently lose the goods or you may have to pay a penalty to get them back. Items such as tobacco products and alcoholic beverages are seized permanently when they are not properly declared. Border services officers may seize all vehicles used to unlawfully import goods.
If this happens, you will be required to pay a penalty before the vehicle is returned to you. The CBSA keeps a record of infractions. If you have an infraction record, you may undergo a more detailed examination on future trips. If your goods were seized and you disagree with the action taken, you can an appeal the decision by contacting the CBSA within 90 days of the date of the seizure.
If you are suffering from a communicable disease upon your return to Canada, or if you have been in close contact with someone with a communicable disease, you must inform a border services officer or a quarantine officer.
They will determine if you require further assessment. If you have been ill while travelling or become ill after your return to Canada, inform a Canadian doctor that you have been abroad, where you were and what, if any, treatment or medical care you have received such as medications, blood transfusions, injections, dental care or surgery. Duty is a tariff payable on a good imported to Canada. Rates of duty are established by the federal Department of Finance and can vary significantly from one good to another as well as from one free trade agreement to another.
The CBSA has areas at most major airports where you can pay any duty or taxes you owe while waiting for your baggage to arrive.
Border services officers are there to assist you. If you arrive by land, a border services officer will direct you to where you can pay duty and taxes. Making a full declaration and paying any duty and taxes you owe is a simple, straightforward process. The CBSA also accepts debit cards at most offices. This rate does not apply to tobacco products or alcoholic beverages. It applies only to goods that accompany you and that do not qualify for duty-free entry under the Customs Tariff.
Duty rates vary according to: the goods you are importing; the country where the goods were made; and the country from which you are importing them. You may also have to pay the PST if you live in a province where the CBSA has an agreement to collect the tax and you return to Canada through that province. To assist in calculating the amount owing, the CBSA has created a duty and tax estimator for travellers. Canada's other free trade agreements contain a similar provision. Most imported goods are also subject to the federal goods and services tax and provincial sales tax or, in certain provinces and territories, the harmonized sales tax.
If you reside in one of these provinces or territories and you return to Canada at a port of entry in your province or territory of residence, the goods that you import in excess of your personal exemption will be subject to a provincial or territorial assessment. If you live in a participating province and the value of the non-commercial goods you import is more than your personal exemption, you must pay the HST instead of the GST, regardless of where you enter Canada.
You must declare the "value for duty" of the goods you are importing. Generally, this is the amount you pay for the goods, including any foreign tax assessment. However, any foreign tax already refunded, or to be refunded by a foreign government, does not have to be included in your value for duty declaration.
Marine pleasure craft are vessels that are used for non-commercial purposes. These include boats, fishing boats, yachts, dinghies, tenders, motorboats, sailboats and personal watercraft.
All pleasure vessels imported by residents of Canada, regardless of where the vessels are licensed or registered, are subject to all applicable duty and taxes when they are first imported into Canada. If importing used marine pleasure craft, the owner must ensure that the vessel is not infested or contaminated with Zebra or Quagga mussels as per the import prohibitions in the Aquatic Invasive Species Regulations made under the Fisheries Act.
The vessel should be cleaned, drained, and dried. Refer to Importing marine pleasure craft. Often travellers acquire goods outside Canada and have these sent home. These goods arrive after your return to Canada. If you make such arrangements with a courier or postal company, you have 40 days from the date of your return to Canada to claim these goods. The good s mailed to Canada must qualify for the 7-day personal exemption.
The shipment must not contain alcohol or tobacco products. Be sure to retain your copy of Form BSF until you have received and accounted for all your goods. When a courier company delivers the goods, they will ask that you to pay the applicable duty and taxes along with a processing fee.
You then have two options:. For more general information on importing goods by courier, refer to Importing goods for personal use. For more information, please refer to Import by Mail. You have 60 days from the date you imported goods under your personal exemption to avoid paying additional duty.
Contact your nearest CBSA office for advice. Importing certain goods into Canada is restricted or prohibited. The following are some examples of these goods. You must declare all food, plants, animal and related products that you import into Canada. Failure to do so can result in your good being confiscated or you may be subject to a fine or prosecution. Some of these items are prohibited or regulated because they can carry foreign animal and plant pests and diseases.
AIRS guides the user through a series of questions about the Harmonized System code, origin, destination, end use and miscellaneous qualifiers of the product they wish to import. The import requirements can change on a daily basis due to emerging threats. Their trade is carefully controlled. Some aquatic invasive species AIS , such as zebra and quagga mussels and live Asian carp, are prohibited entry to Canada. In some cases, provinces and territories have legislation prohibiting possession or transport of specific invasive species and species that can carry diseases.
Before you bring any plants, products or animals either alive or dead such as in the case of carcasses, trophies or whole fish into a province or territory, check with the jurisdiction to ensure you comply with provincial and territorial laws and regulations. Cookies on GOV. UK We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
Accept additional cookies Reject additional cookies View cookies. Hide this message. Home Passports, travel and living abroad Travel abroad. Bringing goods into the UK for personal use. Businesses can submit import, export, transit or pre-arrival declarations by a variety of methods including:. The Tariff contains the codes and customs requirements you need. You can also input your item's commodity code into the UK Trade Tariff to quickly identify the relevant licences and certificates that are necessary for your goods.
A customs declaration form lists the details of goods that are being imported or exported when a citizen or visitor enters a country's borders. Common customs declaration forms include an export declaration and certificate of origin.
These documents help customs to know what goods are being shipped, whether there are any import quotas, customs or excise taxes, other tariffs or duties to be paid and whether any goods are banned from entry.
Goods cannot be exported without an export declaration. As goods can affect a country's economy, security and environment, declaration forms were implemented to help customs control what is imported into the country.
The export and import of goods can seem like a lengthy process, but the various procedures are important in keeping people safe. Customs declaration forms are also important to help traders identify any taxes they need to pay, as well as check whether any of their exports are banned.
Therefore, by being thorough throughout the entire customs declarations process, you can avoid any extra taxes or fines. We promise not to spam you, or share your details with any 3rd parties. What are Commodity Codes? What Are Dual Use Items? What are Export Controls? When this happens, the CBSA imposes a penalty that you must pay before the vehicle is returned to you. If you do not declare tobacco products and alcoholic beverages at the time they were imported, the CBSA will seize them permanently.
The CBSA keeps a record of infractions. If you have an infraction record, you may have to undergo a more detailed examination on future trips. If your goods were seized and you wish to dispute the action, you can appeal by writing a letter to the CBSA within 90 days of the date of the seizure.
You can find more information about the appeal process on your seizure receipt form. If you are suffering from a communicable disease upon your return to Canada, or if you have been in close contact with someone with a communicable disease while out of the country, you are obligated to inform a border services officer or a quarantine officer who can determine if you require further assessment. If you have been ill while travelling or become ill after your return to Canada, inform a Canadian doctor that you have been abroad, where you were and what, if any, treatment or medical care you have received e.
Before bringing highly valuable items with you when you travel outside Canada, you may wish to take advantage of a free identification service that is available at all CBSA offices. This service is available for items that have serial numbers or other unique markings. If the items do not have these markings, the CBSA can apply a sticker to them so that they can be identified for customs purposes as goods that are legally entering Canada.
When you show your valuables to a border services officer and state that you acquired them in Canada or lawfully imported them, the officer will list the valuables and their serial numbers on a wallet-sized card called a BSF, Identification of Articles for Temporary Exportation. This form is only available at the port of entry.
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