What is exempt from ACI reporting?
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 a 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 in Canada on a highway vehicle
- Mail – as part of a mixed 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.