Building a Case for Customs ComplianceExploring CBSA and the Broker Relationship

CSCB 2012 Annual Conference

Key Words;

•Advocacy & Facilitation

•Stakeholder

•Partner

•Respect

While the CBSA is charged with ensuring that businesses comply with trade requirements, compliance can only be achieved if there is a shared commitment between the CBSA and the business community.

Customs Brokers play a pivotal role in defining the relationship with the CBSA, both at the port and head quarter level.

They also define, communicate, implement, foster and promote policy within the scope of the regulatory framework for the agency.

Customs Brokers are the “gateway” leveraging their expertise and knowledge

Customs modernization will afford third party service providers with opportunities for engagement to promote our advocacy work, providing a key support role in shaping the future of the agency in scope with changes mandated under modernization.

Candace SiderLivingston International Inc.

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