Mystery bag declaration?

Horse2345

Curious what the mystery bags were declared as? @Santos.  I’ve never been charged actual duty ever. 

Kearn5y

$80 was declared on my Irish bag.

Horse2345

Kearn5y said:

$80 was declared on my Irish bag.

Sorry, im referring to what the contents were declared as, that determines if duty gets charged or not, for Canada anyways. 

ekwipt

Horse2345 said:

Kearn5y said:

$80 was declared on my Irish bag.

Sorry, im referring to what the contents were declared as, that determines if duty gets charged or not, for Canada anyways. 

It was $80 US
Guessing “clothing” which can get dinged up to about 18% if it’s not North American made. 

Horse2345

ekwipt said:

Horse2345 said:

Kearn5y said:

$80 was declared on my Irish bag.

Sorry, im referring to what the contents were declared as, that determines if duty gets charged or not, for Canada anyways. 

It was $80 US
Guessing “clothing” which can get dinged up to about 18% if it’s not North American made. 

Strange though, ive bought dozens of shirts and never been charged duty before. 

ekwipt

Horse2345 said:

ekwipt said:

Horse2345 said:

Kearn5y said:

$80 was declared on my Irish bag.

Sorry, im referring to what the contents were declared as, that determines if duty gets charged or not, for Canada anyways. 

It was $80 US
Guessing “clothing” which can get dinged up to about 18% if it’s not North American made. 

Strange though, ive bought dozens of shirts and never been charged duty before. 

These bags definitely seem to have gotten extra attention from customs officials 🤷‍♂️ 

Kearn5y

Horse2345 said:

Kearn5y said:

$80 was declared on my Irish bag.

Sorry, im referring to what the contents were declared as, that determines if duty gets charged or not, for Canada anyways. 

Exact wording was Shirts/Stickers/Pins/Bundle 

demetrios

Here's 2 Mystery Bag orders I received from Canada Post. Both descriptions were different. One I paid duties, the other I didn't. Duties was hit on the "Special Classification" description package.

TinaE

Mine was at German customs but I didn't have to pay any customs fees.

Zod

I should of read mine more thoroughly.   It's complicated.   Here in Canada, a lot of the time, the CBSA lets a lot of lower valued stuff slide.  Our limit is crazy low.  $40CAD which is less than $30 USD.    In my experience many packages under $100 CAD seem to avoid tax even though the limit is that low.  It was even worse before Trump redid nafta and had the limit increased from $20 to $40, but in the opposite direction, stuff being mailed to the US, I think the limit is $800. It's kind of crazy.

I've rarely seen Duty applied.  I think on a pair of shoes once. I'm trying to remember what causes it, but I think it's when the clothing is manufactured outside of North America.  Then NAFTA doesn't apply to do it, and it has the potential to be dinged for duty, but again, most of the time CBSA doesn't bother.   I think I've had it on a pair of shoes once, and that's it.

demetrios

Zod said:

I should of read mine more thoroughly.   It's complicated.   Here in Canada, a lot of the time, the CBSA lets a lot of lower valued stuff slide.  Our limit is crazy low.  $40CAD which is less than $30 USD.    In my experience many packages under $100 CAD seem to avoid tax even though the limit is that low.  It was even worse before Trump redid nafta and had the limit increased from $20 to $40, but in the opposite direction, stuff being mailed to the US, I think the limit is $800. It's kind of crazy.

I've rarely seen Duty applied.  I think on a pair of shoes once. I'm trying to remember what causes it, but I think it's when the clothing is manufactured outside of North America.  Then NAFTA doesn't apply to do it, and it has the potential to be dinged for duty, but again, most of the time CBSA doesn't bother.   I think I've had it on a pair of shoes once, and that's it.

From Canada Post, I rarely see duties applied too.