As of January 11, 2016, adherence to the eManifest requirements of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) becomes mandatory. Failure to comply with these requirements can result in service delays and monetary penalties under CBSA’s Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS), which would be passed on to the bill to party. For example, one of the penalty areas relates to “failing to provide true/ accurate/complete information”. This primarily relates to bill of lading preparation; for example accurate description of packaging a
