JOC Staff | Jan 09, 2013 9:33AM EST
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Canada Border Services Agency have increased and harmonized the value thresholds for expedited customs clearance to $2,500, under the U.S.-Canada Beyond the Border Action Plan.
The final rule was published in the Jan. 7 Federal Register, implementing the rule. The previous levels for expedited customs clearance was $2,000 in the U.S. and $1,600 in Canada.
“Increasing and harmonizing these thresholds will allow an additional 1.5 million shipments to be cleared on the day of arrival, instead of these goods being held up in customs clearance,” Ed Fast, Canada’s minister of international trade and minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, said in a written statement.
