Canada's ASECC Pilot: Carrier Pre-Season Business Profile and Voyage Package Requirements
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CBSA Customs Notice 25-13 opens Part 1 business profile submissions for the Arctic Shipping Electronic Commercial Clearance (ASECC) pilot. Carriers must file form BSF786, the ASECC Pilot Program Carrier Pre-Season Business Profile, to Nunavut_Clearance@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca with a copy to the National Targeting Centre before April 30. The ASECC season runs from July 1 of the application year to June 30 of the following year. Part 2 voyage packages are due seven days before departure from the foreign port. The notice also addresses consolidated shipments, though the summary does not state the requirement in full. The current position is that the pre-season business profile deadline of April 30 applies for the upcoming season; no later report has changed it.
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- CBSA · Customs NoticesCBSA opens Part 1 business profile submissions for Arctic Shipping Electronic Commercial Clearance pilot
CBSA states in Customs Notice 25-13 that carriers must submit form BSF786, the Arctic Shipping Electronic Commercial Clearance (ASECC) Pilot Program Carrier Pre-Season Business Profile, to Nunavut_Clearance@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca with a copy to the National Targeting Centre prior to April 30; the ASECC season runs from July 1 of the application year to June 30 of the following year. Part 2 voyage packages are due seven days before departure from the foreign port, and consolidated shipments are prohibited from the pilot and must report to a designated C/VESS port.