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Sittler · 10-18-2006, 08:45 AM

Stay the hell away from those b@stards at UPS.
www.ups.com/content/ca/en/shipping/cost/zones/customs_clearance.html

Go USPS if you can.

Here is the scoop in a nutshell:

"Gifts from friends and relatives, valued at $60CDN or less, are duty and tax exempt. Goods imported into Canada, valued at $20CDN or more, are subject to all duties and taxes."
http://www.canadapost.ca/tools/pg/manual/b06-e.asp

So, if you get the contents sent as a gift and they are valued at for example $100 you will then pay GST on $40 of that as well as a flat duty fee of $5.

Hope that helps.

10-18-2006, 08:45 AM	#18
Sittler Backup Goalie Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Coast Exp:	Stay the hell away from those b@stards at UPS. www.ups.com/content/ca/en/shipping/cost/zones/customs_clearance.html Go USPS if you can. Here is the scoop in a nutshell: "Gifts from friends and relatives, valued at $60CDN or less, are duty and tax exempt. Goods imported into Canada, valued at $20CDN or more, are subject to all duties and taxes." http://www.canadapost.ca/tools/pg/manual/b06-e.asp So, if you get the contents sent as a gift and they are valued at for example $100 you will then pay GST on $40 of that as well as a flat duty fee of $5. Hope that helps.