Good advice> Also label as antique car parts. Duty free. On Friday, August 15, 2003, at 02:25 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Canada Post charges a flat $5.00 CDN handling fee, on top of what ever > the > shipping charges are. I believe this is less than FedEx, UPS, etc. > > Shipments with a value of less than $20.00 CDN are not subject to any > duty > or taxes. Gifts under $60 CDN are also duty and tax exempt. > > For shipments over these values, the receiver must pay GST, PST, HST as > applicable for each province. No PST in Alberta :) > > I believe auto parts can be subjected to a duty (up to 6% I believe) > but I > have never had this happen to me. > > Typically, USPS - Canada Post is the cheaper way to go. Keeping the > declared value low, but still reasonable, will minimize the taxes. > > > Kevin > Calgary, AB |
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