molson wrote:
Not correct... lenses imported to the USA are subject to duty.
Our trade agreement with the USA has no bearing on this, because the lenses are not manufactured in Canada.
The lenses we import from USA to Canada are not made in USA either, yet the duty doesn't apply.
You shouldn't go by your special "deal" with B&H where they make you pay import duty....that is a special case.
PetKal wrote:
The lenses we import from USA to Canada are not made in USA either, yet the duty doesn't apply.
You shouldn't go by your special "deal" with B&H where they make you pay import duty....that is a special case.
Peter, you're somehow confusing Canada with the United States...
Canada does not charge import duties on lenses, regardless of where they are manufactured. This is a Canadian government policy, which has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with our trade agreement with the US.
'The United States charges duties on lenses, regardless of where they are manufactured. This is a US government policy, which has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with their trade agreement with Canada.
Out trade agreement with the United States and Mexico (NAFTA) only applies to goods manufactured in North America. Since lenses are not manufactured in North America, this trade agreement has absolutely nothing to do with lenses shipped between Canada and the US.
The OP may dodge the duty on his lens, as things do sometimes slip through the cracks... but it's been my experience shipping expensive lenses to the US by UPS or FedEx, that the invoice for duty & brokerage always arrives separately, and it can take two or three months to show up.
Interestingly, while the US imposes import duties on lenses, cameras are exempt from duty, and if the camera is shipped with a lens, then the lens is also exempt. So, to avoid duty on a $10,000 lens, the buyer can have the store include the cheapest used SLR they can find, and voila - no duty.
My friends at B&H are a special case, alright... I just can't figure out if their issues stem from arrogance, ignorance, incompetence, dishonesty - or some combination of these.
Well thanks guys. As of yet I have seen no duties.
For an update on the 600 II, I got to do quite a bit of shooting this weekend mostly handheld actually. Very pleased with it so far, the extra IS is very noticeable. Still have to go through all the photos and cull out the bad ones. I will post some this week.
Here's one full res sample straight out of camera except for JPG conversion.
As for the state tax thing ordering from B&H you do not pay tax on an item ordered from an online store unless they have a physical store in your state that they sale to consumers from. Example, in Texas I never payed sales tax to Tiger Direct computer store, until they built a store in Dallas now you pay tax from if you have an item shipped to Texas.
molson wrote:
Peter, you're somehow confusing Canada with the United States...
Canada does not charge import duties on lenses, regardless of where they are manufactured. This is a Canadian government policy, which has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with our trade agreement with the US.
Argggghhh....soooo jealous...still waiting for my preorder at TheCameraStore in Calgary and I missed the chance to grab this copy as I have been on vacation in Europe for the past 3 weeks. I saw Peter's post about knowing where one was in stock about 2 days too late. Oh well patience is a virtue. I look forward to more samples from this beauty!!
arbitrage wrote:
Argggghhh....soooo jealous...still waiting for my preorder at TheCameraStore in Calgary and I missed the chance to grab this copy as I have been on vacation in Europe for the past 3 weeks. I saw Peter's post about knowing where one was in stock about 2 days too late. Oh well patience is a virtue. I look forward to more samples from this beauty!!
I know where you can buy a nearly-new 1DMk4 for a lot less.
Cliff, I am going by my understanding of the US Tariff Schedule, Sect. XVIII. The subheading applicable to photographic lenses I see as 9002.11.90. The special tariff rate is "free" for goods originating in Canada. That classification draws its strength from NAFTA.
Pixel Perfect wrote:
The lens originated in Japan. If Canada produced the lens that would be different.
"Originated in" vs. "fabricated in" is not the same. All imports from Australia originate in Australia, although we all know that very little is being manufactured in Australia proper these days.
At any rate, that discussion may be set aside, because I expect USA to have 0 import duty for lenses which both originate from and were manufactured in Japan.
USA have a whole bunch of free and special trade agreements with a number of countries, where there are import tariff easements and exemptions.
