Cost Recovery

Cost recovery procedures are applied to all requests for new or enhanced service from a client that receives a specific benefit from the CBSA. This includes an external client (such as an importer, a transportation company, a municipality or an airport operating authority), a Government of Canada department or agency, the government of a province, an international government or other body.

The fees charged for the CBSA special services represent, to the extent possible, the actual cost of providing the services.

When cost recovery is applied

Section 167 of the Customs Act provides the CBSA with the authority to charge for special services. Cost recovery for the International Events and Convention Services Program may be applied to the following types of services:

• CBSA clearance of imported goods and conveyances;
• CBSA clearance of arriving international passengers;
• CBSA clearance of goods for export;
• CBSA services to conventions or international events in Canada; and
• CBSA collection of fees, levies or taxes at the border on behalf of another federal department/agency or a province.

Special service charges may not apply if the service is provided during regular business hours (this may vary depending upon the location of your event).

For more information:

• IECSP coordinators
• Memorandum D1-2-1, Special Services