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Wine · 13.5% ABV · AOC claimedFrance → Canada · QCChange answersAssessed 2026-09-19
3 of the 3 requirements below are at our beta verification level: read from official sources but not yet reviewed by a customs expert. They are marked on the card.
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Verdict · France → Canada

Possible, with 3 requirements

Time to first shipment
4–7 weeks
Blocking items
2
Estimated duty
CAD 532.95Estimate
Email only for the file. Printable layout, sources included — designed to hand to a broker.
Critical path

To ship by

2026-11-18

you must start by 2026-09-30.

Binding constraint: REX exporter registration. There is still time, but only just.

REX exporter registration
start by 2026-09-30
Appellation attestation for the wine name claimed
start by 2026-11-04
Origin declaration on the commercial invoice
start by 2026-11-17
What you need

3 requirements

2 blocking · 1 recommended
Blocking

REX exporter registration

Your responsibility
Verified against official sources · beta

Why this matters: Without a REX number you cannot make the CETA origin declaration, so your buyer pays full duty instead of 0% — on a CAD 30,000 pallet that is the whole margin.

4–7 weeksNot heldtriggered by origin FR
Source: CETA Protocol on rules of origin, Art. 19; Reg. (EU) 2015/2447 Art. 68 · effective 2017-09-21Report an issue

Origin declaration on the commercial invoice

Your responsibility
Verified against official sources · beta

Why this matters: CETA has no stamped certificate. The prescribed wording on the invoice IS the proof of origin — get it wrong and the preferential rate is refused at the border.

1 dayNot heldtriggered by origin FR
Source: CETA Protocol on rules of origin, Annex 2 (text of the origin declaration) · effective 2017-09-21Report an issue
Recommended

Appellation attestation for the wine name claimed

Your responsibility
Verified against official sources · beta

Why this matters: Canada protects EU wine and spirit names under the 2003 Wine and Spirits Agreement, not under the CETA food annex. The practical effect is the same — you may not use the name without backing it — but the instrument, and therefore the paperwork, is different.

1–2 weeksNot heldtriggered by wineAppellation
Source: Canada–EU Agreement on Trade in Wines and Spirit Drinks (2003), Annex III; CETA Art. 20.20 · effective 2017-09-21Report an issue
What it costs

Landed cost components

Assumes DAP Montréal, 1,000 kg, CETA preferential origin, Québec destination.
Goods valueCAD 28,500.00
Duty — standard rate, because origin is not establishedCAD 532.95Estimate
GST 5%CAD 1,451.65Estimate
QST 9.975%CAD 2,896.04Estimate
Estimated totalCAD 33,380.64Estimate
How we help

If you would rather not do this alone

We can file the REX registration, run the bilingual label review, and assemble the per-shipment document pack. You keep the relationship with your buyer; we handle the paperwork and watch the deadlines.

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These are requirements with their sources, not a certification of compliance. Duty and tax figures are estimates. Binding rulings come from the customs authority.

Evaluated 2026-09-19 · ruleset 96e5a8c14f96 · assessment 1a13a87468e3 — this result is reproducible from these identifiers.