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Import duties/taxes on a turntable to the usa

Hi there,
can anyone help.
I'm looking to sell a guy in the states a Linn but have
no idea the duty this will incur on arrival at US customs?.
Trawled the us customs site but it 'harmonised' with the uk one - indecipherable goobledy gook!
I know through bitter experience what we pay here 17.5% on declared value & shipping + whatever % for import duties grab them that day, + feul surcharges+ landing duties + a million soddin other things.Usually works out about 27%
Just a ballpark % for a used record player imported to the US would help.
Thanks Simon
simon74

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dogpile
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I shipped a turntable from Canada to USA by Canada Post surface (Expedited) with a declared value of $1000 last year. As far as I know, the buyer didn't pay taxes or duty. I think items that are under $1500 are duty and tax free, lucky buggers.....

As Bdgregory mentioned, the country of mfg. might work against the buyer so just state that the item is made in Canada and hope for the best.
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