CUSMA eliminates duty on qualifying Canadian goods entering the US — but only if the claim is made, on the right form, on every single shipment. OriginProof checks eligibility per SKU, puts the certification on every label, and files refunds on what you have already overpaid.
Early access — we are onboarding a first cohort and reply to every enquiry within one business day.
Two years of a quiet leak
Illustrative. Refund windows and procedures depend on entry type and how the goods were entered — which is the first thing OriginProof establishes for your shipments.
The problem
The most expensive misunderstanding in Canadian cross-border ecommerce is the belief that CUSMA makes Canadian goods duty-free. It does not. CUSMA makes qualifying goods duty-free when the importer claims preferential treatment and can support it with a certification of origin.
No claim, no exemption. The entry is filed at the most-favoured-nation rate, duty is assessed, the carrier pays it, and you are billed — for goods that were entitled to enter at zero.
Worse, the two failure modes look identical on your invoice. A product that genuinely does not qualify and a qualifying product with no certification attached both show up as "duty charged." Without a per-SKU eligibility determination you cannot tell which is which, so you assume the duty is correct and move on.
In their own words
We did not invent this problem. These are the actual queries people type when they hit it.
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If three or more of these are true, OriginProof will pay for itself. If none of them are, we will tell you so rather than sell you something.
How it works
The work happens whether or not you are watching. You get the output.
We take your product list, bill of materials and supplier origins, and determine which goods actually satisfy the applicable rule of origin — not a guess based on where you assembled them.
A compliant certification with the required data elements, issued for your qualifying goods and ready to accompany every shipment.
The claim travels with the parcel instead of living in a folder. This is the step that turns eligibility into actual duty-free entry.
We identify entries where duty was charged on qualifying goods and pursue recovery through the appropriate post-entry process.
What you get
Tariff shift, regional value content, and the specific product rules that apply to your heading — assessed per SKU rather than per brand.
The supporting records that make a claim defensible, held in one place and kept current as you change suppliers.
Where appropriate, a blanket period certification covering repeat shipments of the same goods instead of one per parcel.
We monitor whether the claim is actually being made at entry, because a certification nobody transmits is worth nothing.
Identification of eligible entries, preparation of the claim, and follow-through to recovery.
Preference claims invite verification. Your documentation is organised to survive one.
Side by side
| Today | With OriginProof | |
|---|---|---|
| Knowing which SKUs qualify | An assumption | A determination, per SKU |
| Certification of origin | Produced when someone asks | Issued and attached to every shipment |
| Duty on qualifying goods | Paid and absorbed | Not charged |
| Duty already overpaid | Gone | Claimed back where recoverable |
| If you get verified | Scramble | A file that was built for it |
Send us your situation and we will tell you plainly whether OriginProof would make a difference at your volume — before you commit to anything.
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We are onboarding a first cohort of Canadian brands, so spots are limited and we would rather tell you early if you are not one of them.
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