Duties when importing gear into Canada

Dpoirier

Dpoirier

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I'm on the edge of placing an order for gear made in the European Union... but it all depends on the expected duties. Is there a web site where I could search for the Canadian-imposed duty's percentages for a given category of equipment? Hopefully it's not too cryptic or ambiguous to fit a piece of gear into a category. If it matters, this is for a powered monitor made in italy. Thanks!
 
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Daniel, have you tried to contact the maker (that I think is Red Sound)? I’m sure Mirko can check and let you know the final price.
 
Dpoirier said:
I'm on the edge of placing an order for gear made in the European Union... but it all depends on the expected duties. Is there a web site where I could search for the Canadian-imposed duty's percentages for a given category of equipment? Hopefully it's not too cryptic or ambiguous to fit a piece of gear into a category. If it matters, this is for a powered monitor made in italy. Thanks!
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Expect at least HST on declared value, shipper fees. Duty will depend on country of manufacture.
 
Vio said:
ah, let me google that for you...
https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/dte-acl/est-cal-eng.html

or the full schedule

https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2023/01-99/01-99-2023-7-eng.pdf
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Yeah, I had already found these, but neither helped. The first one has an estimator (great!, I thought) but no category that fits. The second one is very cryptic and does not list speakers (except in the context of a speaker being a component of something like a cell phone). Hence my asking the community...
 
Budda said:
Expect at least HST on declared value, shipper fees. Duty will depend on country of manufacture.
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Actually, it's the full taxes (HST and provincial). The duty component is the one that is currently a total mystery, and which I'd like to anticipate in order to avoid surprises.
 
Dpoirier said:
I'm on the edge of placing an order for gear made in the European Union... but it all depends on the expected duties. Is there a web site where I could search for the Canadian-imposed duty's percentages for a given category of equipment? Hopefully it's not too cryptic or ambiguous to fit a piece of gear into a category. If it matters, this is for a powered monitor made in italy. Thanks!
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From my experience importing all kinds of gear, over the years, it’s about 18-20%.
 
Dpoirier said:
Yeah, I had already found these, but neither helped. The first one has an estimator (great!, I thought) but no category that fits. The second one is very cryptic and does not list speakers (except in the context of a speaker being a component of something like a cell phone). Hence my asking the community...
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This will be close. Which is inline with the 18-20% I mentioned for Ontario. Your taxe in Quebec are about 2% higher.

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Dpoirier said:
Yeah, I had already found these, but neither helped. The first one has an estimator (great!, I thought) but no category that fits. The second one is very cryptic and does not list speakers (except in the context of a speaker being a component of something like a cell phone). Hence my asking the community...
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Thanks you all for your help. It's still very confusing. There's contradictory info (the very official looking long list seems to say free, the estimator, whatever it was, says 6%, and someone mentioned earlier 18-20%...). There's gotta be a source somewhere that is accurate and official. But thanks for the input.
 
Dpoirier said:
Thanks you all for your help. It's still very confusing. There's contradictory info (the very official looking long list seems to say free, the estimator, whatever it was, says 6%, and someone mentioned earlier 18-20%...). There's gotta be a source somewhere that is accurate and official. But thanks for the input.
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Careful for ups or FedEx broker fees too. These can be avoided if you know how to self clear a package
 
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