• Before you import
  • Vehicle admissibility
  • Vehicle branding history
  • Modification and inspection requirements
  • Recall clearance
  • RIV exemptions
  • Cost considerations
  • Importer checklist
• At the border
  • U.S. Customs export requirements
  • CBSA entry requirements
• After vehicle entry
  • Vehicle modifications
  • RIV inspection
  • Provincial licensing
• News Alert

At the border

Find out more about requirements and reporting to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Canadian Border Service Agency (CBSA) by visiting:

U.S. Customs export requirements

• Requires three business days (72 hours) notice of all self-propelled vehicles leaving the country.
  note: trailers are not self-propelled vehicles and therefore exempt from this requirement.

CBSA entry requirements

• CBSA confirms vehicle admissibility, assesses duties and taxes, and initiates the RIV registration process.

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