A non-bonded 8000-series carrier code is solely for the transmission of house bill/supplementary data to the CBSA, allowing a non-bonded freight forwarder to submit only non-consolidated house bill data.

On the other hand, a bonded 8000-series carrier code can be used to submit consolidated and non-consolidated house bill data to the CBSA, and allows a bonded freight forwarder to transport goods “in bond” beyond the First Port of Arrival (FPOA). To obtain a bonded 8000-series carrier code, a freight forwarder needs to provide security to the CBSA for situations such as moving goods to a CBSA office inland for release. Understanding the bonded/non-bonded status of an 8000-series carrier code is crucial when accepting co-load shipments under eManifest.