Tereposky & DeRose advises and represents government entities and private sector clients, including industry associations, large corporations and small and medium-sized businesses, on the full range of customs and regulatory issues arising from cross-border trade.

We have over 30 years of hands-on experience and technical insight to guide you in navigating the resolution of complex customs and regulatory issues.

Our expertise and experience in this area includes:

• Tariff classification of goods, including formal requests to the CBSA for advance rulings and the assessment of applicable customs duties and taxes
• Advising and representing clients in requests for re-determination and further re-determination, and appeals to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal
• Interpretation and application of conditions and requirements for preferential tariff treatment, tariff rate quotas, and other market access provisions in bilateral and regional free trade agreements
• Determination of origin under the applicable rules of origin and advising on certification requirements
• Interpretation and application of Canada’s Temporary Importation Program and Duty Deferral Program (including the Duty Drawback Program, the Duties Relief Program and the Customs Bonded Warehouse Program)
• Advising and representing clients in the CBSA voluntary disclosure process (proactively identifying and correcting inadvertent mistakes in tariff classification, valuation, or origin declarations)
• The identification of domestic regulations, including technical regulations and standards and any other measures which create barriers to trade, and the development of strategies to reduce or eliminate those barriers