Trip and Cargo Exemptions:

• CSA clearance – full load only
• Emergency response vehicles
• US Customs Border Protection (CBP) turnarounds
• Continuous Transmission Commodities (CTC) eg. electricity, oil, gas
• Military goods
• Bobtails
• Mail (Canada Post, US Mail, International) – full load only
• Hand carried goods – commercial goods carried by paying passengers onboard commercial vehicle or by a driver of a non-commercial vehicle (eg. personal vehicle)
• In-transit movements (interim period)

Cargo Exemption Only (trip still required):

• Courier Low Value shipment by an approved courier company
• Flying trucks – air cargo that arrives Canada on a highway vehicle
• Mail – as part of a mix load
• Empty equipment – ITT, empty racks, dunnage
• Personal effects aboard a commercial transport vehicle
• Emergency Repairs – A Canadian conveyance returning to Canada that needed repairs because of an unforeseen incident
• Each shipment type that qualifies as exemption cargo must still be indicated on the trip (under the truck or trailer details) by piece count