I think I looked through the same "phone book" of regulations online, the "harmonized tariff schedule." It's baroque, the whole thing. And what if she had said, "that will be $533"? It feels utterly random. I find it incredible that a simple question--"what will the duty be on a pair of used speakers?"--doesn't have a simple answer. I wouldn't want to get to the border crossing with an expensive purchase not having any idea what I was about to pay.
This thread, then, is like all the other threads on this topic out here--fairly useless. (That's on me, not on the helpful responses.) The answer is that no one knows what I would pay in duties/tariffs/etc on a pair of used speakers, perhaps not even the customs agent.
I think I'll keep my purchases stateside.
This thread, then, is like all the other threads on this topic out here--fairly useless. (That's on me, not on the helpful responses.) The answer is that no one knows what I would pay in duties/tariffs/etc on a pair of used speakers, perhaps not even the customs agent.
I think I'll keep my purchases stateside.