Helping to Ensure Olympic and Paralympic Goods Arrive on Time

(CBSA)

During the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, over 3 billion people will see how well prepared Canada is for the Games. Hosting such a high profile event also provides the Government of Canada with an opportunity to show how much we value our foreign visitors’ business.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is responsible for the processing of all goods arriving in Canada, including all goods and equipment destined for use during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

The CBSA is working closely with the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), 2010 corporate sponsors and other importers of Olympic Games goods to ensure that the goods will be processed in an expeditious manner when they arrive in Canada.

To facilitate this process the CBSA established the 2010 Import Logistics Field Team. The Team was created to provide guidance and awareness to 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games stakeholders about the CBSA’s visitor and goods admissibility requirements.

The 2010 Import Logistics Field Team serves as a single-window information service for stakeholders, providing them with up-to-date, accurate information regarding commercial import and export procedures for the 2010 Winter Games.

The Team provides stakeholders with support prior to the arrival of the goods, ensuring those importing goods for the Games can experience an expedited facilitation process that will save them time, money and stress. This approach is also expected to ease the impact at the border entry points prior to Games time.

Anyone considering shipping goods for the Games is encouraged to contact the CBSA 2010 Import Logistics Field Team at:

Telephone: 604-666-4504
E-mail: CBSA2010FieldOperations.PAC-Vancouver-333Dunsmuir@cra-arc.gc.ca