What is the CSA program ?

As part of the Customs Action Plan, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) introduced the Customs Self Assessment (CSA) program, a progressive trade option for clients who invest in compliance.Based on the principles of risk management and partnership, the CSA program will bring a lot of potential benefit to the importing community.

Clients will have the opportunity to significantly reduce the costs of compliance while enhancing their ability to comply with customs requirements. The CSA program will give approved importers the benefits of a streamlined accounting and payment process for all imported goods. The streamlined accounting and payment process ends the need for importers to maintain separate and costly customs processes, allowing them to use their own business systems to fully self assess and meet their customs obligations.

The CSA program also gives approved importers, approved carriers, and registered drivers the benefits of a streamlined clearance option for CSA eligible goods. The streamlined clearance process ends the need for transmitting transactional data related to eligible goods. This allows for the clearance of goods based on the identification of the approved importer, approved carrier, and registered driver.

What are the benefits of the CSA program ?

The CSA program will reduce costs for the private sector by :

• ending the transmission of transactional data elements;
• ending the need for artificial customs systems;
• increasing the certainty of expedited customs processing;
• making it easier for clients to meet their obligations;
• streamlining legitimate trade.

W2C can Help you :

We can help you estimate the potential benefits of this program for your company and we can also provide you the software technology necessary to participate in this program.