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[Tornado99]

Recently had two orders from MiniSpares to Canada. Both came by courier (DHL; postal shipping to here not an option from MS). First order had a "brokerage" fee charged by DHL once package was in Canada. This fee is to cover import duty/taxes and the courier's typically "juice" it up with their one special "handling" surcharges...basically to cover filling in the customs paperwork. This was some $50 on top of the $60 shipping cost applied at MS checkout. Second order, which was for more than double the first's value, only had $17 brokerage. The box from MS had "Antique Car Parts" scrolled all across it. This likely gave it some sort of exemption from Canadian import duty. 

 

Be sure to request this designation if you are ordering anything from outside Canada. 

[Spider]

We have something similar here 'Vintage Car Parts' which if I recall are older than 25 years, are exempt of Duty and GST, however, just now, the country could do with that !

[phillrulz]

A Chinese website i bought some bits from gave a box at the end where you get to type in how much its declared as ( my £200 laser was auto declared as £20 "telescope parts"), another Chinese site i use sells you shipping insurance , in the case your parcel is stopped and you have to pay duty they will refund it! 

[Tornado99]

Yesterday I was chatting with a guy that runs a local mini parts seller here in Canada. He says his recent large ($7000) shipment from a well known supplier in the UK has been held at Canadian customs for several weeks. He has been notified they will no longer accept the EU declared as country of origin for for this shipment. It's taking him lots of pain/effort to have the C.o.O. declaration changed and directed to the right customs official. 

 

Might be something individuals may also encounter during the implementation of Brexit changes. 

[Tornado99]

FYI: Tariff coding for Canadian duty exemption on parts for cars older than 25 years is code 9966.00.00.

 

As per website: 

 

https://www.cbsa-asf...-15-20-eng.html

[bpirie1000]

What is the world coming to these days..

We just need to keep these minis on the road....

[Icey]

FYI: Tariff coding for Canadian duty exemption on parts for cars older than 25 years is code 9966.00.00.

 

As per website: 

 

https://www.cbsa-asf...-15-20-eng.html

I was going to post similar for the UK. If you use a courier broker like Transglobal Express you can nominate the commodity codes (can be found on UK Gov website) which means, yes, you still have to pay the tax but at least you'll know what it is and can avoid extra handling charges. We've used them a few times, I imported tools from Australia which, from memory, only had a 15% VAT rate when using the correct (not fiddled with) code.