How Much Are Canadian Customs on US Made Imports

PST / GST also paid on all shipping charges .Another Canadian tax grab....

Don't get me started..!!!

Alberta still has to pay GST but not PST.

If you ship via USPS there is no brokerage fee. DO NOT use FedEx or UPS if you can help it. I usually get my items shipped to a postal office in Washington and drive across from Vancouver to pick up the purchase.

Obviously, they are used items. I have only had to pay the sales tax (which is stupid, considering you don't have to pay sales tax on used items from Canada). No questions regarding the origin of the item and no duty thus far..

Incidently...sorry for hijacking the thread.... for Americans purchasers, does UPS and FedEX charge a brokerage fee on items sent from Canada? Any other special levies or charges?

Tobias is correct. I believe that you can import speaker drivers or spare parts from other countries (outside NAFTA) without import duty - however all finished products (like a speaker) get the 6% or sometimes higher "import duty" if not "manufactured" in NAFTA or a special status trading partner. (so technically you should pay import duty on a used US Brand player that says "Made in China" on it) Companies can get around some of these rules by manufacturing most everything overseas and then doing "final assembly" in the US.

After a few costly experiences, both ways, I do not ship to or from Canada. I do buy from Canada, but I insist that the seller ship the item from a US town. If they can't do that, I do not buy. I do buy from the UK, and find, even with duty and shipping cost some items can be landed for 20% less then us dealer prices in my state. But lately, with the exchange rate being high, I've stopped.