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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
30% duty? What countries were you importing from? Libya? North Korea?
If it manufacuted in the US or Mexico there is NO duty.
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Most goods you buy in retail stores are not manufactured in the US or Mexico. I was trying to buy from wholesalers. it actually worked out to over 30%, but it wasn't strictly duty. 15% for duty and then gst/pst on top and then a handling fee on top. This was about a year ago. Canada has one of the highest duty rates and is one of the strictest on enforcing it outside of Scandinavia. No I did not use an agent. That would have saved on handling fees, but I believe there was some flat fee, that would not have been worth it for what was just a venture.
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I don't think you can blame transportation costs when prices are so much cheaper in Montana, the Dakotas, Wyoming, etc - those are as remote or even more remote than many centres in Canada. SW Ont has as many shoppers and as good a transport system as anywhere in the US, and they aren't significantly cheaper than Alberta (and are perhaps more expensive with PST).
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I dont know if I would call those states "isolated" per say. They are all connected by major highways to huge city centers.
The issue is actually infrastructure and economy of scale. The more people you have buying something in an area, the cheaper it becomes per item to transport, produce, and retail. Canadians will always suffer from this. Part of what being Canadian, IMO, is sacrificing economic gain for other values so I don't have a huge problem w/ it.