| Customs charges for Japanese rims - Click HERE for Original Thread |
| Erfinder |
I was looking to purchase some Nakayama Zoro 10 Rims in Racing Chrome from Discount Tire in the US and I was wondering if any of you had gone through customs on something similar.
I'm not sure but I would imagine that the Nakayama's were manufactured in Japan so I don't think they qualify under the free trade act with the USA ( even though they are being sold from the USA)
I was curious if anyone knew what kind of duty charges I'm going to see at the border... I don't want to order these rims and have a UPS guy at the border phone me up and tell me the duty and taxes are going to be an extra $500
So if anyone has brought rims in from the USA that were made in Japan I'd appreciate any info you have on the import process. |
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| ChromeDragon |
Well if they are coming from Japan in the first place, I think you should get ahold of a wheel shop over there and order them. Should save you some money?
Chromey |
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| Nightstalker |
You are going to pay brokerage or duty on anything that you buy over the boarder. Unless this iteam has a value under $10, or is being returned after being repaired at a cost of under $2000. Personaly gifts or iteams traveling from a native reserve in the united states to a native reserve in canada are not subject to this nore can they be open by eather canadian or us customs.
I use to be in the import export kind of business |
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| ChromeDragon |
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Originally posted by Nightstalker@Jul 6 2003, 10:46 AM
You are going to pay brokerage or duty on anything that you buy over the boarder. Unless this iteam has a value under $10, or is being returned after being repaired at a cost of under $2000. Personaly gifts or iteams traveling from a native reserve in the united states to a native reserve in canada are not subject to this nore can they be open by eather canadian or us customs.
I use to be in the import export kind of business
LMAO, are you serious?
Think of the possibilities!
Chromey |
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| Spike7ss |
| have to open a reserve here and then one i the US too, could make some good coin shippimg across the border for people :wacko: |
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| Nightstalker |
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Originally posted by ChromeDragon@Jul 6 2003, 10:56 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Nightstalker@Jul 6 2003, 10:46 AM
You are going to pay brokerage or duty on anything that you buy over the boarder. Unless this iteam has a value under $10, or is being returned after being repaired at a cost of under $2000. Personaly gifts or iteams traveling from a native reserve in the united states to a native reserve in canada are not subject to this nore can they be open by eather canadian or us customs.
I use to be in the import export kind of business
LMAO, are you serious?
Think of the possibilities!
Chromey
Yes I am serious.. but it only means that customs cannot open the package. o in theory you could ship crack across the boarder from a US native reserve to a canadian one and customs would not be able to do anything about it. But any normal law enforcement agency could stop the truck on the road just past the boarder and search it. Then just wait tell the truck finished its delivery and bust you at your house with the stuff. Its not a prefect system but its a way thats better then nothing to get stuff into the country.. I only know about it because of my airsoft stuff.. Its illegal to import without a licence but its fine to own once its in country.. figure that one out... cut out customs are you are fine =) |
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| ak1200 |
First off since they are coming form the US it doesn't matter where they were manufactured.
Second you will not have to pay duty but will have to pay GST and brokerage depending on the courier you use. If they ship using USPS/Canada Post all you will have to pay is GST. If they ship using UPS, FedEx or DHL you will have to pay GST on the total value plus a brokerage fee and that is a percentage based on the total value. When I purchased my rims from the US I had to pay $195CND on a $2000 CND value. I had the sender put a lower value on the rims to save me a few bucks on fees. Since you would be ordering from Discount Tire they probably wouldn't be willing to do this. The best thing to do is call UPS with the value of the item and get them to determine the exact charges. |
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| Erfinder |
Thanks for the input...
was that $195 CND including GST??? which would be about $140 ???
I was thinking that UPS only charges $50.00 for brokerage fees.
If you paid $140 in GST plus $195 for Duty charges then I might as well do it through my bussiness and use my normal brokerage firm. ( usually in the $40 to $80 range)
I'm still not so sure about the duty since the NAFTA agreement only applies to items manufactured in Mexico,Canada and the USA.
I would however imagine that Discount tire probably paid duty on the rims when they brought them into the USA from Japan so maybe I don't have to pay duty on it a second time as they enter Canada due to NAFTA.
I import a large amount of equipment from the USA each year but they are allways "manufactured in USA" products.
I guess I could allways phone up my brokerage company but they allways make me seem like I'm asking stupid questions when ever I talk to someone there.
Unfortunatly I don't know any companies in Japan so dealing directly would be a fairly new thing for me as I normally only do bussiness in Canada, USA, Belgium, Germany and sometimes Quebec |
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| Pro Drag |
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Originally posted by Erfinder@Jul 6 2003, 11:28 PM
... as I normally only do bussiness in Canada, ... and sometimes Quebec
For some reason this makes me focking laugh. :D |
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| Apexparts |
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First off since they are coming form the US it doesn't matter where they were manufactured
Sorry that is incorrect.
You will pay brokerage/duty/gst on ANY package comming from the states (Except for gifts and/or repair items).
You can skip out on the duty if the package is acompanied by a Nafta certificate from the manufacterer that states the parts were made in Canada or the USA.
That is just the basics of it. But there is alot more to it than I wish to type. :-) |
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| Z3r03rr0r |
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Originally posted by Pro Drag@Jul 6 2003, 09:51 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Erfinder@Jul 6 2003, 11:28 PM
... as I normally only do bussiness in Canada, ... and sometimes Quebec
For some reason this makes me focking laugh. :D
we all know quebec isn't canadian.
call these guys Russel A. Farrow Limited, 423-5444. They are a local brokerage maybe they can give you some answers. Their website
hope it helps |
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| THEONE |
| when i ordered my intercooler it was shipped with purolator and i didnt pay a cent when i picked it up at their offices :blink: |
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| ak1200 |
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Originally posted by Apexparts@Jul 7 2003, 11:13 AM
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First off since they are coming form the US it doesn't matter where they were manufactured
Sorry that is incorrect.
You will pay brokerage/duty/gst on ANY package comming from the states (Except for gifts and/or repair items).
You can skip out on the duty if the package is acompanied by a Nafta certificate from the manufacterer that states the parts were made in Canada or the USA.
That is just the basics of it. But there is alot more to it than I wish to type. :-)
Well...That might be true but I have never been charged duty on anything I have imported from the US even if it wasn't made in Japan or Germany. |
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| kracka99 |
DO NOT use UPS! i was hit with a $111(cdn) brokerage fee on a $200(us) set of Eibac springs.
If you do ship with them, make sure you are home for the delivery or you will have to deal with the nasty, fat, cow, bitch, skank that works at the UPS depot here in Edmonton.
UPS IS A JOKE!!!
Kracka99 |
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| Erfinder |
I have a UPS and FedEx account so I can get the stuff delivered to my shop.
I think I will phone UPS just to make sure about costs.
My brother in law said that Duty from Japan would be paid at the first port of entry.... so Discount Tire would have paid the original Japan to USA duty when they brought it into the country.
He said he wasn't sure but he thought that there was a 6.5% duty on aftermarket wheels from the USA, but since it came from Japan there probably won't be any.
I'm still as confused as I was when I first posted...guess it doesn't really matter....I want the package they are offering no matter what. |
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| Nightstalker |
I use to work for a digital media company.. we ordered a 32 inch flat panel plasma display.. UPS managed to drop it out the back of one of there trucks.. it smashed in all four corners.. there goes $20,000... Anyway... think of it this way.
UPS = USE PUROLATOR STUPID..
Just something thats easy to remember |
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| h22civic |
| On any parts made in the USA the free trade agreement means you pay brokerage plus GST at the border. If the product is not of USA manufacturing origin you pay a percentage up to 7% dependent upon the type of product it is plus the GST at the border( up to a total of 14%). From the mouths of Canada Customs. :thumbsdown: |
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