Buying from Canada!

I’ve never had a problem using postal service when having audio items shipped from Canada or the US it took about 7 days the first time and 10 days the second time, but that was just before Christmas.

Not sure where the advice you are getting above came from but my relatively large amount of experience says no. never been charged an import fee of any kind buying from canada.

Jerry

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.

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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 .