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What is a Transportation & Exportation Bond (T&E Bond)?

Published by Joe Webster.

What is a Transportation & Exportation Bond (T&E Bond)?

There are many occasions when you’ll want to import a vehicle or another belonging into Canada, but to do so you’ll have to transport it through the United States first. When this is the case, you should use a transportation and exportation (T&E) bond to get the job done without spending more money than necessary.

What is a Transportation and Exportation Bond?

A T&E bond is a way for the US Federal Government to ensure that it’s getting paid duties on imported items that are remaining in the United States. In other words, the US takes a temporary payment from a hauling company or a private property owner that’s moving an item through the United States to another country, such as Canada or Mexico. The bond amount is reimbursed when the item is transported back out of the country once again, but it is kept if, for some reason, the export never happens. This makes it easy for the Federal Government to collect money for import duties, and it’s a form of security that’s easy for everyone involved.

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Why is it Valuable?

The transportation and exportation bond system is valuable for hauling services and people moving objects through the United States because it allows them to avoid paying duties to the country for items that aren’t really being imported. With these bonds in place, they just make a temporary payment that’s later reimbursed so that the shipping cost is much more affordable overall. Paying duties multiple times would be very expensive and a poor way to ship items between countries.

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Finding A Service That Utilizes Securities

When having vehicles or other items shipped through the United States and into Canada, you must ensure you work with a company that uses T&E bonds. If they aren’t using this bonded method of transport, you’ll be stuck paying additional duties, which will be on top of the duties you’ll pay when the vehicle finally makes it to Canada. This will make your conveyance significantly more expensive and is never a good idea.

You won’t need to worry about T&E bonds unless you’re moving a vehicle or another piece of property through the United States from another country and to another country. However, it’s still an important concept to understand. T&E bonds can save you a great deal of money, and they’re something that all professional transport companies should be using to make sure their shipping services are as affordable as possible.

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Joe Webster always knew the auto transport industry would be a great career option. And with decades of experience, Joe is now an established consultant for A1 Auto Transport.

Joe was born in Santa Cruz, California. During high school, Joe worked as a mechanic; a job continued to work part-time during his bachelor's degree.

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