Food & beverage customs brokerage
Move food and beverage shipments across the Canada–U.S. border with accurate classification, complete documentation, and compliance support designed to reduce holds and protect shelf life.
Common cross-border challenges
- Perishable timelines, temperature control, and appointment-driven deliveries
- Product and ingredient details that change HS classification and admissibility
- Labeling, country-of-origin, and traceability expectations
- Quota, permit, or agency requirements depending on the commodity
- Duty/tax exposure and landed-cost accuracy for pricing and margin planning
- Recordkeeping and audit readiness for importers of record
How we help
We support importers, exporters, and distributors with end-to-end brokerage coordination—so your shipments clear efficiently and your filings stay consistent.
- Customs clearance to reduce delays that can impact freshness and delivery windows
- Import/export documentation review to reduce rejections, holds, and post-entry corrections
- Tariff classification (HS codes) support for consistent, defensible product coding
- Duty & tax consulting to improve landed-cost visibility and support pricing decisions
- Compliance support for internal processes, recordkeeping, and audit readiness
- Bonded shipments support when routing, timing, or cash-flow considerations require it
Typical shipment types
- Packaged foods and ingredients
- Beverages and concentrates
- Refrigerated and frozen shipments
- Bulk and palletized freight
- Samples for sales and product development
- Time-sensitive retail replenishment
- Seasonal and promotional shipments
- Returns and re-exports (when applicable)
Commonly required documents
Document requirements vary by product and destination. We’ll confirm what’s needed for your specific commodity and shipment profile.
- Commercial invoice (with detailed product descriptions and ingredients where relevant)
- Packing list
- Bill of lading / airway bill
- Certificates of origin (when applicable)
- Product specs (e.g., composition, processing method, packaging format)
- Permits, licenses, or agency documents (as required by commodity)
- Prior notices or entry data elements (as applicable)
- Temperature and handling instructions for cold chain shipments
Get a Food & Beverage quote
Email us your product details, origin, destination, and shipment frequency. We’ll respond with next steps and a quote.