import tax?


Does anyone know if you have to pay any kind of tax or tariff on used loudspeakers bought in Canada and shipped to the USA? Thanks!
seadogs1
I thought that NAFTA only applied to products MANUFACTURED in the USA, Canada, and Mexico. Items manufactured elsewhere are still subject to taxes and/or duties when sold internationally between these three NAFTA countries.
I can't give you a figure but if manufactured in Canada, what Brian said. If it is not a Canadian home grown product, certainly find out before jumping.

Jet
There is a tax for US goods being shipped to Canada. I too thought NAFTA (North American "Fee" Trade Agreement) was supposed to do away with that. I shipped a pair of Magnepan MGIII speakers to a buyer in Toronto, and he not only had to pay duty, tax; he also had to hire a "broker" to shepard the speakers through customs. Speakers took three days to get there and over two weeks to clear customs, all at considerable expense to the buyer. I can't imagine Uncle Sammy not wanting a piece of the action for goods comin the other way, so do your homework before committing...
Fatparrot is right on. I bought a pair of Infinity Betas from a guy in New York - cost me about $300 duty to get them into Canada, years later when I sold them to a guy in Michigan, the U.S. fees were a whole $5 - all I had to prove was their country of origin (either Canada, the U.S. or Mexico.)
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