Air Freight to Montreal (YUL)
YUL's inbound story is a genuinely different one from its outbound story: 12 confirmed ASEAN/India origins already land cargo here, even though our Montreal origin page is honest that composed outbound routing data doesn't exist yet.
Get YUL Rates172k tonnes
Annual cargo YUL alone (2024)
+18.8%
YUL cargo growth, 2023→2024
12
Confirmed inbound origin connections
ADM
Airport operator
Montréal-Trudeau International Airport
IATA / ICAO
YUL / CYUL
Annual volume
~172,072 tonnes (2024, YUL alone); ~249,403 tonnes combined with Mirabel (YMX), ~16% of Canada's total air cargo
Operator
Aéroports de Montréal (ADM)
Cargo network
Air Canada Cargo's Canadian hub
12 ASEAN/India origins connect to YUL across 27 carrier options, 4 of them CPTPP-eligible.
Asia & India origins → YUL corridor
DEL
BKK
BLR
BOM
CGK
CMB
DAC
HAN
KUL
MAA
SGN
SIN
What lands at YUL
Semiconductors, electronics, computers, components
HS 84, 85
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Finished pharmaceuticals, APIs, vaccines, biologics
HS 29, 30
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Medical and surgical instruments, imaging equipment, prosthetics
HS 90
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Diamonds, precious stones, gold, jewellery
HS 71
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Precision machinery parts, semiconductor equipment
HS 84
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Aircraft parts, MRO components
HS 88
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Electronic sensors, ECUs, injection systems — NOT body panels or engines
HS 87
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Premium fresh/chilled fish, high-value crustaceans
HS 3
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Cut flowers, foliage, live plants
HS 6
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High-end and fast-fashion garments requiring rapid replenishment
HS 61, 62
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Premium fresh fruit and vegetables, out-of-season produce
HS 7, 8
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Primary batteries and lithium-ion accumulators/cells — the most commonly shipped DGR-classified cargo on this corridor
HS 85
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Raw and intermediate textile goods — yarns and woven/knit fabrics not yet cut and sewn into finished apparel
HS 52, 54
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Footwear — sports, waterproof, and leather lines with a real CPTPP saving
HS 64
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Toys, games, and sporting goods
HS 95
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Furniture and mattresses
HS 94
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Plastics and rubber goods — sheet, tubing, moulded articles, and rubber products
HS 39, 40
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Bulk organic industrial chemicals
HS 29
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General industrial machinery — pumps, compressors, fans, and engines/motors, distinct from the semiconductor-fab and industrial-robot machinery already covered under precision machinery
HS 84
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Electrical equipment and components — motors, transformers, domestic appliance parts, ignition equipment, lamps, and welding machines, distinct from the computing/telecom/semiconductor headings already covered under electronics
HS 85
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Optical elements and measuring/surveying instruments, distinct from the medical/diagnostic imaging equipment already covered under medical devices
HS 90
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Leather travel goods, handbags, and apparel accessories
HS 42
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Printed books, periodicals, and other printed matter
HS 49
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Coffee, tea, and spices
HS 9
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Settlement
How a shipment landing at YUL actually settles
Every AWB we issue — whichever carrier operates the flight into YUL — settles through our single Halifax IATA accreditation and its CASS enrollment. How IATA's Cargo Accounts Settlement System actually works between agents, carriers, and IATA — and how UAL's own accreditation runs through it.
Read how CASS settlement worksDocumentation & terms
Which Incoterm applies to cargo arriving at YUL?
FCA, CPT, and CIP govern air freight under Incoterms 2020 — FOB and CIF are sea-freight-only terms, and using them on an air shipment is a common, meaningful error. The named Incoterm on the commercial invoice decides who arranges freight, insurance, and import clearance at Montreal — confirm it before booking, not after the AWB is issued.
See which Incoterms apply to air freightWhy ship into Montreal through UAL
Neutral, not carrier-tied
We route cargo into YUL via whichever carrier is fastest or has capacity that week — not whichever pays us the best override.
One settlement, every gateway
Every AWB settles through our single Halifax IATA accreditation, regardless of which Canadian airport actually receives the cargo.
Direct AWB issuance
We issue the House AWB ourselves and hold the Master AWB relationship with the operating carrier directly — no forwarder-of-forwarder markup added on top of the carrier rate.
Origins connecting into YUL
Delhi
DELIndia
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Bangkok
BKKThailand
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Bangalore
BLRIndia
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Mumbai
BOMIndia
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Jakarta
CGKIndonesia
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Colombo
CMBSri Lanka
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Dhaka
DACBangladesh
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Hanoi
HANVietnam
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Kuala Lumpur
KULMalaysia
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Chennai
MAAIndia
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Ho Chi Minh City
SGNVietnam
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Singapore
SINSingapore
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Frequently asked questions
No, and that's worth being explicit about. Outbound (YUL to Asia) is where we don't yet have a confirmed same-carrier composed routing — see our Montreal origin page for that honest gap. Inbound (Asia to YUL) is a different dataset entirely: 12 ASEAN/India origins already have populated, carrier-confirmed routes landing at YUL in route-data.json today. The two directions aren't symmetric in our current data, and we're not going to pretend they are just because they share an airport. See the Montreal origin (/from) page →
YUL · 27 carriers · 1-4 day transit
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