Crossing the canadian border with products purchased in canada

[Locutus]

So. if i wanted to bring back to the US, lets say, 1000.00 worth of products purchased in Canada, how much will they charge me at the border?

please provide a reference if you can… Ive been searching with no luck.

thanks!

[Beck]

i believe you only have to declare items or money that exceed $10,000. I could be mistaken. Minglor and Walker will most definitely know the correct answer.

[joelster]

@Locutus"

So. if i wanted to bring back to the US, lets say, 1000.00 worth of products purchased in Canada, how much will they charge me at the border?

please provide a reference if you can… Ive been searching with no luck.

thanks!

I bought my Skis and bindings over there. They were just over $400 iirc. I stopped at the place just before the border to get my GST tax back. When I finally got to the American side and showed them what I purchased with receipt, they didn’t even bat an eye, and let me right on through.

[Locutus]

i just called… im buying furniture. as long as the furniture manufactured in the US/Canada you’re good. at MOST they will get you for 3%

minglor, can you confirm?

spanks for the quick replies.

[joyride2k]

@http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/types_of_exemptions.xml

$200 Exemption
If you cannot claim other exemptions because:

you have been out of the country more than once in a 30-day period or because
you have not been out of the country for at least 48 hours,
you may still bring back $200 worth of items free of duty and tax. As discussed earlier, these items must be for your personal or household use.

If you bring back more than $200 worth of dutiable items, or if any item is subject to duty or tax, the entire amount will be dutiable. For instance, you were out of the country for 36 hours and came back with a $300 piece of pottery. You could not deduct $200 from its value and pay duty on $100. The pottery would be dutiable for the full value of $300.

You may include with the $200 exemption your choice of the following: 50 cigarettes and 10 cigars and 150 milliliters (5 fl. oz.) of alcoholic beverages or 150 milliliters (5 fl. oz.) of perfume containing alcohol.

Note that unlike other exemptions, family members may not combine their individual $200 exemptions. Thus, if Mr. and Mrs. Smith spend a night in Canada, each may bring back up to $200 worth of goods, but they would not be allowed a collective family exemption of $400.

Also, duty on items you mail home to yourself will be waived if the value is $200 or less. (See the sections on Gifts and Sending Goods to the United States.)

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[theblue]

I’ve purchased up to $1500 in canada at ikea.

I just don’t say anything at the boarder on the way back. I also don’t lie - I just answer with the minimum truth needed.

i.e.
where did you go?
a: ikea. (not = I spend 1500 at ikea).

I’ve never had to pay anything.

[tpgsr]

^ exactly. Just answer their questions and you should be fine. Lie and they will rape you.

[boxxa]

I went to Toronto a few times last summer and came back with about $1,000-2,000 in stuff from various clothing stores and electronics.

I never did try to get my GST tax back but when I came through US customs, they asked me what I did in Canada and told them shopping in Toronto and they never said anything. A few times I was asked what I bought and told them a few shirts, camera, whatever it was and that was the end of it.

I did have bags from stores in the back seat that were visable too and at most they looked inside them but that was it.