Shipping between US and Canada

[Allison]

I try to avoid UPS on General Principle.  I'd FEDX it first.

Noncommercal and not as business activity.

It's things like an inch of 8.5x11 paper (manuals).  Maybe an S100
board or three (no cash value).

Allison

Tim Shoppa wrote:
> 
> Shipping to Canada: always use USPS.  If the declared value is small
> (don't know what the limit is today, $15 or $20?) then it goes through
> with no import duties (but possibly GST/PST).
> 
> If you dare ship it UPS, the receiver will be stuck with a $30-$40
> "brokerage charge" even if there are zero import duties.
> 
> UPS and the brokerage charge are not necessarily all that bad if
> it is truly a commercial shipment and the value is large enough
> that the $40 brokerage charge is in the noise.  It's a crying shame
> when a supplier sends a free catalog to Canada via UPS and the
> recipient ends up paying $40 in brokerage fees!
> 
> Tim.
>