15 March 2019 Canada Border Services Agency to increase amounts for Administrative Monetary Penalties effective April 1 The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) released Customs Notice 19-05 on March 5, announcing that 22 contraventions related to commercial trade under the Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs) system will be amended with increases to the penalty levels for commercial importers, particularly for second and third penalty levels. Penalty amounts will approximately triple across all three penalty levels under the new structure. While the new amounts are, in absolute terms, still not overly onerous, the decision to change the penalty structure is indicative of CBSA’s efforts to improve its controls on importer non-compliance. Document ID: 2019-0550 |
