Aluminum importers will face new traceability requirements for smelting and casting origins

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Pending amendments to General Import Permit No. 83 will require Canadian residents importing aluminum products to disclose significantly more information about where the aluminum was smelted and cast. Importers must identify whether goods contain primary or secondary aluminum, the country where the largest (and, if applicable, second-largest) quantity of primary aluminum was produced, and the country where the aluminum was most recently liquefied and cast. This information must be declared at the border at time of importation and also provided to the Department on request, along with supporting documents. Record-keeping and customs form requirements are also being updated to reflect these new fields. Two limited exemptions apply: CSA-approved importers releasing goods under a specific Customs Act provision are exempt from the at-border declaration and customs form requirements, and the at-border declaration is also waived when the total value for duty of the shipment is $5,000 or less.

Who this affects: Canadian importers of aluminum products · customs brokers and trade compliance teams · CSA-approved importers · manufacturers sourcing primary aluminum