Tariff Charges

I recently bought some locating dowels from Canada on ebay. Shipped UPS, the total was $45 or so. About 10 days later I got a bill from UPS for S18.00 for tariffs. 

I wonder what it would have been from USA to Canada?

There is no tariff on motorcycle parts moving from the US to Canada.  I've received many parts from Z1E and Partzilla.   If the package has a stated value greater than $100 there might be (but not always) sales tax required.  The Canadian feds charge 5% plus each province has a separate sales tax between 5% and 10%.  The sales taxes are applied to all products purchased in Canada, with a exceptions for food items.

hardrockminer wrote:

There is no tariff on motorcycle parts moving from the US to Canada.  I've received many parts from Z1E and Partzilla.   If the package has a stated value greater than $100 there might be (but not always) sales tax required.  The Canadian feds charge 5% plus each province has a separate sales tax between 5% and 10%.  The sales taxes are applied to all products purchased in Canada, with a exceptions for food items.

that's a lot more paletable than the 20% VAT plus 9% import duty here 

Cra-z1 wrote:

I recently bought some locating dowels from Canada on ebay. Shipped UPS, the total was $45 or so. About 10 days later I got a bill from UPS for S18.00 for tariffs. 


 

That would be a 40% tariff. This may be the tariff collection fee, and not the tariff itself. 
Is UPS refusing to deliver until the $18 is paid?

hardrockminer post=920177 userid=49877There is no tariff on motorcycle parts moving from the US to Canada.  I've received many parts from Z1E and Partzilla.   If the package has a stated value greater than $100 there might be (but not always) sales tax required.  The Canadian feds charge 5% plus each province has a separate sales tax between 5% and 10%.  The sales taxes are applied to all products purchased in Canada, with a exceptions for food items.

In December of 2025 Canada imposed new 25% tariffs on a broad range of steel derivative products from all countries.

I am not sure what products they are letting thru at customs tariff free, or if they are just imposing the tariffs on large dollar value imports. They could also just be applying the tariffs to registered businesses, no one really knows.

Those steel tariffs don't apply to the US or Mexico because of the tripartite trade agreement.

   We're considering buying a gently-used $15.00 U.S. item from a private individual in Canada.  It was made in China years ago, and has been in his possession for a long time.  Similar items are still available from the same Chinese manufacturer for ~$20.00 shipped to U.S., tariff included.

  The rules & steps supposedly necessary to ship a privately-owned, used item of Chinese origin priced at  $15.00 U.S. from Canada to U.S. look burdensome for the seller, with potentially costly  pitfalls for the buyer.

   We'd appreciate insight, advice & real-world experience to help us decide if this elective purchase will be a hassle for the seller, and result in unforeseen pitfalls for us as U.S buyers.

TIA

Good Ridin'
slmjim & Z1BEBE

I wrote in detail in an earlier post what a Canadian shipper had to do in order to ship to the USA.  I paid no duty because it was a book I had written and was gifting to a cousin in Detroit, but I suspect there will be a duty on the $15 item, and the shipper will have to go through the process.  This all came about when the USA eliminated the $800 deminimus amount, which was badly abused by Chinese suppliers.

Paying duties on $15 part should not be much, but many shippers add a processing fee on top, because it takes them time.  That's the wild card.  Hard to know how much, since shippers sometimes send a bill after delivery.