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CBSA Says CAED Software Available Soon, New System to Be Deployed in June

The 2020 version of the Canadian Automated Export Declaration (CAED) program software will be ready for download on Dec. 9, the Canada Border Services Agency said in a Nov. 25 customs notice. Starting Jan. 31, only the 2020 CAED version…

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will be valid, it said. The CAED program will be retired altogether on June 30, 2020, and replaced by the CBSA Canadian Export Reporting System (CERS), it said. “CERS is a free, web-based, self-service portal that will enable exporters and [customs service providers] to continue to submit export declarations electronically to the CBSA for the purpose of reporting the export of commercial goods,” the CBSA said. “It includes many of the same data requirements as CAED and is designed to accept Summary Reporting Program (SRP) reports of eligible goods, as well as have the functionality allowing businesses to submit a large set of declaration data via its 'bulk upload' feature.” Also beginning on June 30, 2020, “the CBSA will be mandating electronic export reporting and will no longer accept Paper Export Declaration Forms (B13A). Exporters, or their customs service providers, will be required to report their exports electronically.”