And I believe that in many cases the decision to charge one for duties and fees is arbitrary and up to the Customs officer.
I say this because there were numerous times I traveled outside the US and brought back items worth well over the $400 limit. I always listed EVERYTHING I bought overseas on my Customs declaration, a few times having to use more than one form, and not once was I ever required to pay duties. On one occasion I returned from a trip to Calgary and Edmonton with a very expensive animation cel I purchased at a gallery in Calgary that belonged to the wife of one of my customers. It was well over $400 and was BIG - probably 3' x 4' boxed, and I carried it on, too. I fully expected to have to pay duties on it, as I declared it for the full value with a copy of the invoice. When I cleared Customs in Calgary, the Customs officer took my form, swiped it with a marker, and waved me through. Dan Sent from my iPad On Sep 20, 2013, at 12:40 PM, Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote: > On 20/09/2013 11:20 AM, Gary Hurst wrote: >> and what exactly are they "brokering?" while my own country is becoming >> kind of a third rate third world kinda place, it's still a place where you >> just buy stuff and it shows up and there are none of these issues. at >> least back when i used to actually buy stuff, this was the case. > Well, "free trade" is loosening things up a bit but there still are duties > payable depending on what one buys etc. > For example, if we go to ND and buy good and show up at the border with them > to "import" them into Canada, we will pay PST and GST on the value if we go > for a day trip. > If we stay in the USA for 48 hours we get an exemption but not for a day trip. > If we bring back items that are made in the USA, Canada, or Mexico, there is > no duty chargable. > If we bring back items from the USA that originate in China, there will be > potentially duty imposed. > Often the border folks don't bother to charge the duty but theoretically they > should and if we brought in a significant dollar value of the goods, no > doubt would. > > I assume the same thing happens in reverse. If you bring things into the USA > from Canada that are made offshore, the USA customs folk will likely charge > you duty. > > The brokerage is essentially the process of filling out the papers, > collecting the duties, if there are any, and submitting the papers and monies > to the government. > > Randy > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
