On May 10, 2001 04:29 pm, you wrote:
Damn,
what happened to NAFTA? I thought the Canada was the US' prison bitch =)
I thought NAFTA would make trade between the US and Canada more favorable than Canada and Europe.
Despite I just sent a midsize package(8 lbs) from the USA to Australia with tech stuff in it like Kingston RAM and big harddrives. I insured it(700.00 $) so it was widely visible on the package what was in it. No charge at all on the Australian side. 49 dollars shipping incl. insurance.(7 day air travel)
Are you telling me the Canadian officers are so bored they touch and tax every package which crosses their borders???
From: Chris Herrnberger
Thanks for the reference, they do have good prices but here is the problem we are faced with in Canada.
SuSE Linux Server = 28.50 US (discounted price) 39.99 regular Canadian dollare = 1.45 US So = 41.35 CDN Shipping 10US = 14.50 CDN (approx) Import duty 30% = 12.40 CDN (approx and varies on the day..:)) ____________________________ = 68.24 CDN
There has never to my knowledge been any duty on books or software coming into Canada from the US. You'll get hit by 15% in taxes depending on the province. The courier will hit you with a customs handling fee. Even when they do nothing at all. The post office does this also now. I had a $10 package get hit with a $5 fee last year. There might be a duty on the media but the value of a blank CD is pretty low. Now this doesn't mean you won't get hit by duty. UPS has the nasty habit of finding the wrong section to declare an item under. Of course they never pick one with a lower duty. Also the company shipping the product to you might screw up and make an incorrect declaration. IMHO you're choices are stick to companies that routinely ship into Canada [while avoiding UPS like the plague] or take the time to call Customs Canada and finding out the right section to declare under. They used to have experts you could talk to. Even they have trouble with figuring out the proper section some times. Nick