With ARGO Customs broker, your goods will cross borders seamlessly. We will manage all customs work on time and on budget. We see every shipment as urgent.
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ARGO Customs broker makes it easy for individuals to ship into or out of Canada making the process quick and saving you on customs broker fees.
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ARGO Business Corp. ( Argo Customs Brokers) Canadian Customs Brokers provide quick and reliable customs clearance services in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton, Canada. We help with customs clearance anywhere in Canada, both for personal and commercial shipments.
Our specialists can help you exchange shipments with any country on any form of transportation, saving you a great deal of time, troubles and resources.
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Read more FAQThe “Hand-Carried Goods (HCG) Release Process” provides importers and customs brokers with the option of using a Pre-Arrival Review System (PARS, since 2019- SWI-IID) (including Other Government Department (OGD) PARS) or Release on Minimal Documentation (RMD, since 2019-SWI-IID) release option in order to obtain release of commercial goods being transported to Canada by an individual who is not a carrier. The release must take place at the First Point of Arrival in Canada (FPOA).The HCG Release Process is applicable to all modes for qualifying shipments and may be used as an alternative release option to submitting a paper Form B3-3 Canada Customs Coding Form. In bond shipments are not eligible for the HCG Release Process.An example of how the HCG CCN would look for a shipment being imported in the highway mode is shown below:
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The U.S. announced a 50% tariff on a wide range of Canadian goods under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 on July 20, 2026, effective August 19, 2026. The tariff applies based on the entry date, not the shipment date, so goods must arrive and clear U.S. customs before 12:01 a.m. ET on […]
Effective September 1, 2026, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Variety Registration Office (VRO) will implement a streamlined triaging process for variety registration applications for crop kinds listed in Part III of Schedule III of the Seeds Regulations. The new process is intended to improve service efficiency and speed up the review of eligible applications […]
Please be advised that responsibility for Canada’s Energy Efficiency Regulations is transitioning from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). This administrative change took effect on July 30, 2026. How this impacts the current consultation period: The proposed Regulations Amending the Energy Efficiency Regulations, 2016 (Amendment 19) were published in the […]
