CBSA signs trusted traders recognition arrangements with Hong Kong and New Zealand
Trusted Trader programs provide streamlined border processes to pre-approved traders.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced the signing of two mutual recognition arrangements (MRAs), one with the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department and one with the New Zealand Customs Service, regarding their respective Trusted Trader programs.
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 will reciprocate by providing similar benefits to members of Hong Kong’s AEO programme and New Zealand’s SES program.
Trusted Trader programs enhance the security and integrity of the global supply chain through the establishment of customs to business partnerships and by providing streamlined border processes to pre-approved, low-risk traders.
In addition to the MRAs with Hong Kong and New Zealand, the CBSA has signed MRAs with the Customs Administrations of Australia, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea and the United States.
