The BC Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) has been working to upgrade its customs clearance systems as part of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) initiative, to transform the collection of tax and duty for goods imported into Canada.
As scheduled, CARM went live on October 21. However, due to some early system challenges, non-stocked wholesale product (NSWP) import beer ordered between October 21 – 28 may be slightly delayed in delivery. These orders are now at the Agent Warehouse for processing, and will be included on customer orders shipping from LDB Distribution Centres starting October 31.
Note that the system challenges are now resolved, and any NSWP import beer ordered from October 28 to present will be processed along the usual NSWP timelines.
We thank you for your patience during this time.