Klarinet Archive - Posting 000229.txt from 2003/05

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Importing Clarinet
Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 13:55:21 -0400

Dan,

You should have been able to "register" the instrument before you sent
it. When I was in the military I used to fill out a little form on my
Japanese camera equipment and have it stamped by the customs inspectors
before I took it overseas. When I returned it was my proof that it had
previously been imported.

I think you would still be liable for duty on the value of the repairs.

Gary
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At 07:08 AM 5/10/03, you wrote:
>I had to send my basset horn into Canada for repairs. Now keep in mind
>that it was imported FROM Canada in the first place, and I had a document
>to prove that it had been imported only about 45 days earlier, and further
>that it was going back to Canada for warranty repairs.
>
>Nothing mattered. I got a call from Canadian customs and they wanted to
>slap a $25 import fee on me. I protested, filled out some forms, answered
>some questions, and the import fee into Canada was cancelled.
>
>But when it came back into the US from Canada, I got hit with an import
>duty that I was obliged to pay. Complaints to the US Customs were ignored.
>
>Dan Leeson
>
>Robert MacMillan wrote:
>>Does anyone know if there is import duty applied to Clarinets imported into
>>Canada from the United States?
>>Bob

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