Commercial Client Bulletin

New notices available to Carriers, Freight Forwarders and Warehouse Operators

TCC25-0003

Start Date / Time

End Date / Time

Clients Affected

2025-01-26

N/A

All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI

Description

Effective January 26, 2025, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will introduce two notices that will provide Carriers, Freight Forwarders and Warehouse Operators details of the status of their shipment pre- and post-arrival, the Enhanced Deconsolidation (DECON2) Notice and the Request to Move (R2M2) Notice.

The Enhanced Deconsolidation (DECON2) Notice is an extension of the current Deconsolidation Notice. This new notice clarifies the reason for the deconsolidation by assigning it one of 5 authorization reason codes granted by the CBSA:

• (8001) The Related Document is arrived at a CW type warehouse
• (8002) The Related Document is arrived at a non-CW type warehouse and there is movement on the House Bill
• (8003) The Related Document is arrived at a non-CW type warehouse and the house bill became acquitted
• (8004) The Related Document is arrived and all house bills are in-transit
• (8005) The Related Document is arrived and is a paper-based cargo report

(For these authorization reasons:
   - “Related Document” is referring to the previous cargo control document; and
   - “…there is movement on the house bill” is referring to the house bill possessing a different Port of Destination – Sub-Port than the previous cargo control document.)

The Request to Move (R2M2) Notice is a pre-arrival notice and aims to confirm movement details to the submitter of cargo and house bill documents. This notice serves as electronic notification to the party liable for Customs that the CBSA accepts the movement details provided and will process the documents as filed. 

As a result, changes have been identified in the following documents:

• Electronic Commerce Client Requirements – Chapter 7 – eManifest Portal – Carrier
• Electronic Commerce Client Requirements – Chapter 8 – eManifest – Freight Forwarder
• Electronic Commerce Client Requirements – Chapter 11 – Advance Commercial Information (ACI) eManifest  – Notices – Addendum

Copies of the documents can be requested via email at the Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) mailbox: TCCU-USTCC@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca. Please indicate in the subject line the chapter that you would like to receive. E.g.“ECCRD – Chapter 11 - Notices”.

Carriers, Freight Forwarders and Warehouse Operators who would like to receive the new notices via EDI, must register with the CBSA to become EDI clients.  This includes Carriers, Freight Forwarders and Warehouse Operators who are already certified.

Clients can register for these notices by submitting a BSF904 application form, which will be available on the CBSA website as of January 26, 2025. Please contact the TCCU on or after January 26, 2025 to obtain the revised testing and certification documentation.