Canada Agrees to MRAs With Hong Kong, New Zealand
The Canada Border Services Agency signed Mutual Recognition Agreements with the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department and with the New Zealand Customs Service, the CBSA said in a June 29 news release. The MRAs allow for participant countries to…
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consider Trusted Trader programs administered by other countries as part of customs processing. "Each MRA signifies that the CBSA’s Partners in Protection program members will be recognized by, and receive trade facilitation benefits from, the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department’s Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programme and the New Zealand Customs Service’s Secure Exports Scheme (SES) program, respectively," the CBSA said. "The CBSA will reciprocate by providing similar benefits to members of Hong Kong’s AEO programme and New Zealand’s SES program." The countries signed the MRAs while at a World Customs Organization Council session in Brussels, Belgium, the agency said.