What is the difference of Single Shipments and Consolidations?

What is the difference of Single Shipments and Consolidations?

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  1. The CBSA requires information on each single shipment of imported goods. For each shipment one shipper and one consignee must be identifiable.
  1. A consolidated shipment is a number of separate cargo documents grouped together and sent to the CBSA under a single cargo document.
  1. As a result of consolidation, the CBSA requires additional cargo information to identify one shipper and one consignee for the consolidation which is comprised of multiple single shipments.