Not really importing - - it is customs assessment, and if the package comes from a business address, Customs is going to look quite closely if the value (of the contents) is greater than $20.00 on the duty form - that was the minimum amount last time I checked. Happily books are exempt and my last several purchases from US lace suppliers, of books, arrived with no problem.
If there is a dutiable amount, our various sales taxes might apply on top of whatever customs percentage is assessed. There is always a chance that the tax assessor made a mistake though and on the back of every customs assessment form there is a return form. They will refund with interest, if we can show, e.g. via the invoice, that the contents are not dutiable, or should have been assessed in a different (hopefully cheaper) category. Thus, 'lace' might be considered 'luxury' and dutiable, at first glance of, say, 'lace bobbins' - but the bobbins themselves are tools for the craft (I call them 'sewing notions' - close enough, and understandable by the agent). blah blah blah. I just got a package valued at $100 from a friend in the US and it arrived safe and sound, having cleared customs the week before, no duty charged. On 12/30/10, Janice Blair <[email protected]> wrote: > I hope the US Post Office is not reading the emails about the Canadian > postal > service. I can see the USPS thinking of ways on how to make more > money if > they > see what Canada charges to import mail!! :-) -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
