With interest in our Festival reaching beyond our Canadian borders here is some information we are compiling for U.S. vendors. Please check back for updates/changes and also, let us know which one of these links proves helpful for you as you prepare to attend. We are investigating these sites/links as well and finding out all we can.
Updated Sept, 2009 - If you are flying into Canada, somewhere other than PEI, and planning to then fly to PEI, should you be pressed for time between flights, please call the Airport to confirm where the Customs Office is located. If the office is not actually at the Airport but nearby you may run into some time problems! It may take time to fill out paperwork or make declarations…so plan ahead and find out what’s involved by calling the Airport and finding out what you can expect.
November 29, ‘08 We received this information from the Convention and Event Coordinator for the Atlantic Region (Canada Border Services Agency):
“All goods being imported for sale or for giveaways are subject to duties and taxes”
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/services/ie-ei/menu-eng.html
To speak directly to Sue Horne of the Canada Border Services Agency, please contact A Maritime Girl and she will send you her contact information.
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Website for Canada Business: http://www.canadabusiness.ca/ and the phone contact for the Charlottetown office is 1-888-576-4444
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Updated: May 15, 2009 For questions about documentation, duty and type/amount of merchandise and what will be required at the border when entering Canada from the United States, contact:
Jeantte Amand, Client Service Officer
Canadian Border Services, Halifax, Nova Scotia
phone 1-902-426-7982
