Yeah, I phoned Douanes before I brought the lenses up. They told me there
would be no duty (they did ask the coutry of manufacture - in this case,
Japan), and there wasn't. You do have to pay the tax, but that's not the
same.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chris Brogden
Sent: June 14, 2001 10:45
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Subject: RE: Kinda OT:I need help with Duties from Canada to U.S.A.
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Bucky wrote:
> however, I imported a brand new set of Tokina lenses (28-80 and 80-200
> f/2.8 ATX Pro) last year and found out that there is no duty on
> photographic lenses coming up from the States (this may vary depending
> on the country of origin). This meant that ordering from B&H was WAY
> cheaper than getting the lenses locally, not to mention the fact that
> the local guys wanted 2 months to get the lenses where B&H got them to
> me in 2 days.
I've always heard that there is no duty on photographic equipment going
from Canada to the US, but that there *is* duty on the same stuff coming
from the US to Canada. I'm thinking used equipment specifically, so it
might be different for new stuff.
chris
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