CSMS #51467772 - Expiration of the Emergency Processes for U.S. Transit of Goods to and from British Columbia

U.S. Customs and Border Protection sent this bulletin at 03/31/2022 01:30 PM EDT

Cargo Systems Messaging Service

CSMS #51467772 - Expiration of the Emergency Processes for U.S. Transit of Goods to and from British Columbia

On November 14, 2021, British Columbia (B.C.) was subject to an unprecedented “Atmospheric River” which resulted in flooding and mass wasting events in various parts of the Province. Through collaboration with partners from United States (U.S.) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other government departments and agencies in the U.S. and in Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) implemented a domestic in-transit emergency protocol to support the supply chain and emergency goods needing to move through the U.S. to reach destinations in Canada due to road closures in B.C.

The U.S. and Canada exercised a facilitative approach to these movements to ensure expedited availability of these goods during the emergency, the objective remained facilitative while not compromising safety and security for over 4,500 passages. As of December 21, 2021 all of the major routes into B.C. were restored and traffic resumed.

Based on consultations with trade chain partners and our U.S. CBP counterparts, the temporary measures developed have been allowed to expire as of March 31, 2022 at 12:01 am PDT.

Thank you to our all partners and colleagues for their support during this period, as this was an excellent example of cooperation.

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