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Pacem · 01-28-2012, 11:08 AM

I work at store and we import leather goods all the time.

UPS sucks and don't use them. Their brokerage fees are ridiculous, and they go over every item ensuring you pay the proper duty on every item. Some things we bring in our leather, some are clothing and the duties are different so they go over it with a fine tooth comb.

We get our supplier to use USPS. Its hit and miss if we get hit with duty or not. Keep in mind we import stuff all the time and we've found away to avoid duty most of the time.

We get our supplier to break up our order into smaller orders under $500. We have found that when the orders are smaller like that, they don't charge us duty and there are times we don't even pay GST. I have found it really rare to get charged duty when our orders are under $500. It is very hit and miss, just use USPS and cross your fingers that Canada post doens't make you pay.

01-28-2012, 11:08 AM	#13
Pacem Scoring Winger Join Date: Jun 2009 Exp:	I work at store and we import leather goods all the time. UPS sucks and don't use them. Their brokerage fees are ridiculous, and they go over every item ensuring you pay the proper duty on every item. Some things we bring in our leather, some are clothing and the duties are different so they go over it with a fine tooth comb. We get our supplier to use USPS. Its hit and miss if we get hit with duty or not. Keep in mind we import stuff all the time and we've found away to avoid duty most of the time. We get our supplier to break up our order into smaller orders under $500. We have found that when the orders are smaller like that, they don't charge us duty and there are times we don't even pay GST. I have found it really rare to get charged duty when our orders are under $500. It is very hit and miss, just use USPS and cross your fingers that Canada post doens't make you pay.