What is FAST? Fact Sheet: Fast Brochure
The Free and Secure Trade (FAST) program is a joint Canada-U.S. initiative involving the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the United States Customs Service, and the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service.
FAST supports moving pre-approved eligible goods across the border quickly and verifying trade compliance away from the border.
It is a harmonized commercial process offered to pre-approved importers and carriers, and registered drivers. Shipments for approved companies, transported by approved carriers using registered drivers, will be cleared into either country with greater speed and certainty, and at reduced cost of compliance.
- In Canada, FAST builds on the Customs Self-Assessment (CSA) program and its principles of pre-approval and self-assessment, as well as increased security measures under the Partners in Protection (PIP) program. Importers and carriers must be approved in the CSA program and must be a participant in the PIP program to be eligible for the FAST program.
- FAST includes aligning the requirements of Canada's PIP program and the U.S. Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program.
For more information on the FAST program visit the Canadian FAST Site at:
English: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/import/fast/menu-e.html
French: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/import/fast/menu-f.html
