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Re: [OM] Duty on imports into the US

Subject: Re: [OM] Duty on imports into the US
From: "Scott Nelson" <SNelson@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 10:27:39 -0500
You would not receive a bill from the carrier for duty unless the carrier 
unless they were acting as your customs broker.. It sounds like FEDEX charged 
you a service fee for clearing Customs, not duty.  If you look closely at your 
agreement with FEDEX, you'll probably see that you authorized them to act as 
your "Customs Broker." In practice, this means FEDEX delivered your package to 
a Port of Entry, Customs inspected it, then FEDEX picked it up again and 
delivered to the final US destination. The extra pickup and administrative 
costs are what FEDEX charged you for .Customs can also charge a "processing 
fee" A.K.A. "inspection fee" just for inspecting and determining if a duty is 
applicable, FEDEX might have passed this charge onto you. The  size of your 
purchase suggests that, first Customs would be interested enough to do an 
inspection rather than casual entry, and that the FEDEX fee probably is 
probably their charge or the inspection fee not duty. The duty on lenses form a 
MFN is typically 2.30r $46.  Although, the duty calculation is incredibly 
complex and well, arbitrary, and the ten year NAFTA gradual tariff phase out 
makes everything even  more complicated, so does the original country of 
manufacture being outside of Canada.

>>> Pandionhalietius@xxxxxxx 21:39:54 03/12/2001 >>>

<< Well, it's a crap shoot. I think there is supposed to be, but I've never
 been charged.  Hope that is true, since I have $4K worth of equipment coming
 my way.
 
 Tom
  >>
I bought a lens from Canada for $2000 and thought I was clear.
 Then, I get a bill from Fed Ex about a month later for $27 or so for a 
custom's fee.
So it's hard to say.  I think it depends on the carrier.
John Raymond
Olympia, WA

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