Klarinet Archive - Posting 000240.txt from 2003/05

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Importing Clarinet
Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 20:20:59 -0400

I have never had any problems crossing the Canadian border to play. I
played with members of the Montreal Symphony and took two basset horns
into Canada. Larry Combs played one and I played the other. No
problems. In that case my wife carried one and I carried the other.

Same thing with members of the Toronto Symphony. The customs
difficulties that I described arose when I shipped it by FEDEX.

Dan

Albert Nemiroff wrote:
> What happens in regard to fees and taxes when a musician, other performer,
> or other professional/tradesman transports equipment required to render a
> service when crossing the border?
> Al
>
> Subject: Importing Clarinet
>
>>Dan,
>
> Citizens and business on both sides suffer endlessly. .... your bassethorn
> problem is absolutely nothing compared to the
>
>>cross-border crap I've experienced. Consider yourself lucky!
>
> Ed Maurey
>
>
>>>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?
>
>
>
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