From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
(There is this little agreement in place between Canada and the
U.S.A. known as "NAFTA," after all...).
I found out the hard way that NAFTA only applies to goods
manufactured in a member country. Technically, if you can PROVE that
duty was paid on an item in one country or the other, you should not
have to pay it again to move it between countries, but that proof is
apparently not as simple as a sales receipt -- you need some sort of
import document.
In one battle with US Customs, I discovered two rules:
1) The customs agent is always right.
2) If you think you've been wrongly charged a duty, refer to Rule #1, above.
The worst that SHOULD happen is a 3 0.000000ee for camera gear, plus a
possibly usurious "brokerage fee," which can be many times the actual
customs duty! I once paid ~$5 in actual customs duty, plus a $25
brokerage fee to UPS!
International Post seems the best on brokerage, at "only" $5 in the US.
: Jan Steinman <mailto:Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: Bytesmiths <http://www.bytesmiths.com>
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