p.2 #1 · August 29th Tarriffs on All Imports to U.S. Regardless of Value
Cliff L. wrote:
Canadian shippers now have to pay all duties, taxes, tariffs, remittance fees, bond fees, processing fees, and other fees up front before Canada Post will accept parcels destined for the USA.
Needless to say, I won't be shipping anything to the USA for the foreseeable future.
p.2 #3 · August 29th Tarriffs on All Imports to U.S. Regardless of Value
Here is the information I received from Canada Post this week:
What’s changed – A quick recap
• New U.S. customs rules came into effect on August 29 – the de minimis threshold of US$800 for all countries is now suspended.
• Postal shipments will now require duties to be assessed and collected upfront, before your packages can be accepted for delivery.
•To keep your U.S. shipments moving smoothly, we’ve partnered with Zonos to meet the new Executive Order requirements and collect duties on your behalf, before they enter our network and remit them directly to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
•This will help ensure compliance, faster customers clearance, fewer delivery delays and a better customer experience.
Paying duty in advance with Zonos
As a small business, you have two easy ways to prepay duties on your U.S. packages.
1. Automatic billing with Zonos by signing up for a Zonos Verified Account.
• Available through Canada Post Shipping Manager (or Canada Post SnapShipTM) tools or directly through our web services and APIs
• Access to duty calculation tools and HS classification built into your Zonos Lite dashboard
• No subscription fee to sign up and access Dashboard Lite, a $1.99 remittance fee and disbursement and bond fee of 10% of calculated duties (per package) will be applied
• Ideal for merchants with repeat international shipments
Using a third-party platform? Your provider will inform you directly once they have integrated with Canada Post and Zonos to support southbound services.
Important note: Currently, the solution is unavailable for EST 2.0 and for 3rd Party Shipping System (3PSS) or Custom Developed Shipping System (CDSS) customers.
2. Manually pay duties per shipment using the free Zonos App.
• Prepay duties/taxes when you create a shipment
• View the total landed cost (duties and fees) so there are no surprises
• Available with a $3.99 flat remittance fee and 10% processing fee (with optional $1 photo discount)
• Ideal for micro-businesses shipping occasional international shipments
Canada Post and Zonos generate a Declaration ID tied to your tracking number. It is used in the background to mark duties as prepaid and create your U.S.-bound shipping label – it won’t appear on the label itself.
Important note: We recently learned from CBP that country of origin is mandatory when creating a shipping label. If it is missing, Zonos will calculate applicable duties using the Canada IEEPA duty rate of 35%.
p.2 #4 · August 29th Tarriffs on All Imports to U.S. Regardless of Value
Canada Post was rather lame even before this tariff crap came into effect.
Maximum you could insure for was $1,000. Give me a break. That did not even increase when they upped the rate from $1 per $100 to $2 per $100 in insurance.
For those that advised sending by Purolator, FedEx, etc., they forgot to mention that if the gear was not new, they would not pay out replacement cost of the gear.
Now you guys are trying to short-change Trump out of increasing the 18 trillion dollars he has brought into the U.S.
p.2 #6 · August 29th Tarriffs on All Imports to U.S. Regardless of Value
I purchased a camera from eBay from Japan and got charged 15% tariff plus 2% processing fee... it's 17% total (not including eBay taxes) - shipped to the U.S.
p.2 #7 · August 29th Tarriffs on All Imports to U.S. Regardless of Value
What I'm also seeing from shippers in Japan is that they are only allowed to use DHL, which is arguably the worst of the carriers. They have screwed up so many of my shipments with their ineptitude.
p.2 #8 · August 29th Tarriffs on All Imports to U.S. Regardless of Value
quasitime wrote:
What I'm also seeing from shippers in Japan is that they are only allowed to use DHL, which is arguably the worst of the carriers. They have screwed up so many of my shipments with their ineptitude.
Don't worry... these tariffs are going to force all the camera manufacturers to start building their cameras and lenses in the USA again!
p.2 #9 · August 29th Tarriffs on All Imports to U.S. Regardless of Value
quasitime wrote:
What I'm also seeing from shippers in Japan is that they are only allowed to use DHL, which is arguably the worst of the carriers. They have screwed up so many of my shipments with their ineptitude.
You are wrong. Lots of them ship by Expedited Mail, which is Japan Post then USPS, or Canada Post.
I have had a number of items shipped this way because when Canada Post accepts it, the brokerage fee is a fraction of that charged by DHL, FedEx, or UPS.
If the seller will not ship by Expedited Mail, I buy from a different seller that will.
p.2 #10 · August 29th Tarriffs on All Imports to U.S. Regardless of Value
I hope everyone forced-prepaying tariffs is passing those, plus all the handling fees, on to their US shipment recipients. The recipients really should be the ones having to deal with the additional clearance workload but instead it has been pushed on the rest of the world to deal with.
p.2 #11 · August 29th Tarriffs on All Imports to U.S. Regardless of Value
rscheffler wrote:
I hope everyone forced-prepaying tariffs is passing those, plus all the handling fees, on to their US shipment recipients. The recipients really should be the ones having to deal with the additional clearance workload but instead it has been pushed on the rest of the world to deal with.
It’s just too much of a headache to deal with period and selling to the US has been put on hold for me.
p.2 #12 · August 29th Tarriffs on All Imports to U.S. Regardless of Value
Oh, I've definitely requested EMS or some form of normal post multiple times. One guy specifically tried every other carrier and was told no go. My experience is only to the US though, not the magical land of Canadia.
Imagemaster wrote:
You are wrong. Lots of them ship by Expedited Mail, which is Japan Post then USPS, or Canada Post.
I have had a number of items shipped this way because when Canada Post accepts it, the brokerage fee is a fraction of that charged by DHL, FedEx, or UPS.
If the seller will not ship by Expedited Mail, I buy from a different seller that will.
p.2 #13 · August 29th Tarriffs on All Imports to U.S. Regardless of Value
Cliff L. wrote:
Don't worry... these tariffs are going to force all the camera manufacturers to start building their cameras and lenses in the USA again!
p.2 #14 · August 29th Tarriffs on All Imports to U.S. Regardless of Value
I hear that the US administration had also decided to prevent import of items with names containing « free press », « freedom of speech », « first amendment »,… 😂
