All articles tagged with “Canada Customs Clearance”.
Your container hits the Port of Montreal at 07:00 EDT. CBSA decides within hours whether it'll be flagged for physical exam. Your broker files the CAD pre-arrival. You're tracking release timing against drayage windows and dock-to-stock SLAs. Here's what actually happens in the clearance pipeline, and where ops time gets lost.
The customs clearance process in Canada doesn't start when your container arrives at port. It starts days or weeks before, and missing the rhythm means your dock-to-stock SLA goes sideways fast. Most importers think clearance is one gate, but it's really three phases with their own timelines and failure modes. From the dock perspective, understanding each one is the difference between hitting your 48-hour putaway window and burning five extra days in detention.