Buying from Canada!

non-NA product Import duty tax: yes

added Customs brokerage clearing charges : probably 

The United States imposes tariffs (customs duties) on imports of goods. The duty is levied at the time of import and is paid by the importer of record. Customs duties vary by country of origin and product. Goods from many countries are exempt from duty under various trade agreements.

You’ll need to pay customs duty (or import tax) on any goods you move across the US border from other countries, THOUGH goods from some countries are exempt due to different international trade agreements.

The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) enforces customs rules.

NAFTA is dead … we have a new United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement “USMCA”. I have not had the opportunity to research nor confirm if anything has changed from NAFTA w,r,t. audio equipment in general, or issues (if any ) from origination in other countries outside of NA,

And that is without prejudice to any favourable or lucky experiences others may have enjoyed under them”old rules” because of administrative and favourable laxity of rules applied by Customs for shipments using CANPOST to USPOST instead of large private carriers ( eg FEDEX) who have their own customs clearing houses and generally “go by the book” in detail.

POSTCRIPT

We are in a new international treaty regime. Don’t assume blindly that the favourable and anecdotal personal experiences posted herein under the old treaty automatically apply under the new one. It took years to negotiate.

- Go confirm what’s up with the CBP yourself that it may be exempt.
- Until you do, just assume and plan for the worst and hope for the best .

@carlsbad

great that you took the effort to research the CBP rules for importation into the USA.

” delighting in giving people bad news” ,,, really? .…, hardly the case, dude.

I already prefaced my comments that I had purposely not researched the rules nor assumed any reliance for anecdotal opinions under the new treaty for purposes of this issue and left it for the “Royal you” to do the spadework to confirm yay or nay.

why?

Simple: I’m not affected by CBP positions in general to import into the USA because (a) I live in Canada and thus totally agnostic to US positions , and (b) I buy and sell 99.9% on CAM and it’s related sub USAM.

And notwithstanding the purist rules, administrative positions applied at the border can - and has - varied depending whether it’s a private customs clearing via FEDEX vs UPS, vs a public government customs clearing with USPOST / CANPOST. The latter govt ones have given me unexpected favourable breaks that the private clearing houses firms have not .