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December 2005
Importing into the U.S. : What Businesses Need to Know . U.S. Embassy, Ottawa.
This pamphlet is designed to introduce Canadian businesses to the major factors involved in getting products across the border and into the United States and comes with a handy guide to web resources.

Agriculture, U.S. Department of
Agriculture
Customs and Border Protection
Sending Food and Drink to the United States

Agricultural Products
Agriculture
Customs and Border Protection
Sending Food and Drink to the United States

Alcoholic Beverages
Customs and Border Protection

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
Agriculture
Customs and Border Protection
Sending Food and Drink to the United States

Animals
Agriculture
Customs and Border Protection

Art
Customs and Border Protection

Automobile document requirements
Customs and Border Protection

Beef
Agriculture
Customs and Border Protection
Sending Food and Drink to the United States

Biometrics
Temporary Visitors to the United States for Pleasure, Work or Studies

Bioterrorism Response Act (BTA)
Sending Food and Drink to the United States

Boat document requirements
Temporary Visitors to the United States for Pleasure, Work or Studies
Customs and Border Protection

Border waiting times
Customs and Border Protection

BSE
Agriculture
Customs and Border Protection
Sending Food and Drink to the United States

Cultural artifacts
Customs and Border Protection

Customs / CT-PAT
Temporary Visitors to the United States for Pleasure, Work or Studies

Duty-free allowances for travelers
Temporary Visitors to the United States for Pleasure, Work or Studies
Customs and Border Protection

Endangered species
Agriculture
Customs and Border Protection

Business travel to the United States

FAST
Customs and Border Protection

FDA
Agriculture
Customs and Border Protection
Bringing Prescription Medicines Across the Border

Firearms
Customs and Border Protection

Food
Agriculture
Customs and Border Protection
Sending Food and Drink to the United States

Food by mail
Sending Food and Drink to the United States

Fruits and vegetables
Agriculture
Customs and Border Protection
Sending Food and Drink to the United States

Fur
Customs and Border Protection

Game animals
Customs and Border Protection

Goods accompanying travelers
Customs and Border Protection
Temporary Visitors to the United States for Pleasure, Work or Studies

Government regulation
Government Regulation

Home-made food products
Sending Food and Drink to the United States

Hunters / Hunting
Agriculture
Customs and Border Protection

Identification requirements
Temporary Visitors to the United States for Pleasure, Work or Studies

Immigration information for Canadians
Canadian customers may now inquire about general immigration information at USCIS.Canada@dhs.gov in addition to obtaining immigration information at www.uscis.gov.

Mad Cow
Agriculture
Customs and Border Protection
Sending Food and Drink to the United States

Marine mammals
Agriculture
Customs and Border Protection

Meat
Agriculture
Customs and Border Protection
Sending Food and Drink to the United States

Medicines
Bringing Prescription Medicines Across the Border

NEXUS
United States - Canada NEXUS Program

NRS
Temporary Visitors to the United States for Pleasure, Work or Studies

Packages
Sending Packages to the United States
Sending Food and Drink to the United States

Passport requirements
Temporary Visitors to the United States for Pleasure, Work or Studies

Pets
Temporary Visitors to the United States for Pleasure, Work or Studies
Customs and Border Protection

Plants, exporting to USA
Agriculture
Customs and Border Protection

Polar Bears
Agriculture
Customs and Border Protection

Postal Requirements
Sending Packages to the United States
Sending Food and Drink to the United States

Preclearance
Temporary Visitors to the United States for Pleasure, Work or Studies

Prescription Medicines
Bringing Prescription Medicines Across the Border

Prior notice for Sending Food and Drink to the United States
Sending Food and Drink to the United States

Prohibited items
Customs and Border Protection

Registration for food production facilities
Sending Food and Drink to the United States

Regulation, government
Government Regulation

Restricted items
Customs and Border Protection

Seals
Agriculture
Customs and Border Protection

Search Authority
Why did a Customs and Border Protection officer search me?

Shared Border Accord
Customs and Border Protection

Smart Border Action Plan
Customs and Border Protection

Study
Studying in the U.S.

Tobacco
Customs and Border Protection

US-VISIT
Customs and Border Protection

Visa requirements
Temporary Visitors to the United States for Pleasure, Work or Studies

Visa Waiver Countries
Temporary Visitors to the United States for Pleasure, Work or Studies

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