TRADING WITHCANADA

2Trading with Canada

Country Overview

COUNTRY PROFILE

Capital Ottawa

Population 34.8 million

Largest City: Toronto

Area 9,984,670 sq km

Currency 1 Canadian dollar (CAD) = 100 cent

Main business languages English, French (predominant in Quebec)

DHL

FACTS

Locations 95

Gateways into the Country 8

Number of Service Centres 12

DHL Delivery Zone 7

Vehicle Fleet 243

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Canada’s Economy

Largely self-sufficient and

independent from the US economy

Competitive in innovation:

ICT, clean energy, life sciences

One of the world’s most advanced

and stable economies

ECONOMIC FORECAST

2.5 per cent GDP growth

anticipated for 2015

Source: Royal Bank of Canada

33% of UK SMEs who

are currently exporting

trade with Canada

Source: Barclays Business, 2014

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Trade Data

Trading with Canada

US$ 458.7 billion (2013 est.)

Top Export Destinations

EXPORTS FROM CANADA

US$ 471 billion (2013 est.)

Top Import Origins

IMPORTS INTO CANADA

Source: DHL, CIA World Factbook

No. 1 No. 1USA

Italy

China

India

Belgium

UK

France

Taiwan

Germany

Japan

Germany

USA

Italy

China

UK

France

Hong Kong

Mexico

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Canada / UK Trade Relations

• Strong cultural and historical ties

• The UK is Canada’s second-biggest trading partner behind

the USA, with £15.1 billion in bilateral trade in 2012

• 2016: The Canada / EU Comprehensive Economic and

Trade Agreement (CETA) will come into place

• CETA is projected to

- Remove about 99 per cent of all tariffs between the two

economies

- Benefit British businesses, especially in the automobile,

wine, pharmaceutical, dairy and poultry sectors

- Inject £1.3 billion into the UK economy

- Boost British exports to Canada by 29 per cent

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Customs & Export Guidance

Trading with Canada

Exporting to Canada is straightforward for British businesses.

Duties only apply to shipments sent to Canada if they are valued CAN $20 and above.

To send goods to Canada, DHL Customs Brokerage needs to have on file the following

documents to clear the shipments.

For shipments sent under Incoterm Delivery Duty Paid (DDP), the sender needs to provide a:

• Signed Canadian Power of Attorney authorisation

• Registered non-resident Business Number (BN) for their company with the Canada Revenue Agency

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/bn/

DHL Canada can apply for a Business Number on behalf of customers.

For shipments sent under Incoterm DDU (Delivery Duty Unpaid), the sender needs to provide Power of

Attorney from the importer to allow DHL to clear the products through Customs.

Detailed information is available on the DHL Guide and through our dedicated DHL Customs Experts.

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Support when trading with Canada

FACT SHEET

TAS TOOL

To calculate

landed costs

DESTINATION GUIDE

Canada Customs Video

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Canada Customs Video

Trading with Canada

CUSTOMS

ADVICE VIDEO

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