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I enquired about the Free Trade Agreement with customs officers at Clyde, they clarified that it only applies to goods manufactured in the USA, & there has been some confusion over this point.

example A: goods mfg in USA, purchased from USA, no import duty

example B: goods mfg in Canada, purchased from USA, 15% import duty

example C: goods mfg in USA, purchased from Asia, 15% import duty

Also there are concessions for certain vehicle parts, but i didn't get the lowdown on that.

so... buyer beware !

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I enquired about the Free Trade Agreement with customs officers at Clyde, they clarified that it only applies to goods manufactured in the USA, & there has been some confusion over this point.

example A: goods mfg in USA, purchased from USA, no import duty

example B: goods mfg in Canada, purchased from USA, 15% import duty

example C: goods mfg in USA, purchased from Asia, 15% import duty

Also there are concessions for certain vehicle parts, but i didn't get the lowdown on that.

so... buyer beware !

Never had a parcel opened by Customs from the USA since January, if it is post marked "from the USA" they seem to let it through. If the value is high enough they slap some GST on it, but never had any duty applied.

The definitions of "made in", "manufactured in", "product of" etc are just as blurred as in Australia. I think it is just too hard for them.

:wub: cheers :wub:

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I enquired about the Free Trade Agreement with customs officers at Clyde, they clarified that it only applies to goods manufactured in the USA, & there has been some confusion over this point.

example A: goods mfg in USA, purchased from USA, no import duty

example B: goods mfg in Canada, purchased from USA, 15% import duty

example C: goods mfg in USA, purchased from Asia, 15% import duty

Also there are concessions for certain vehicle parts, but i didn't get the lowdown on that.

so... buyer beware !

The 15% duty is long gone from anywhere , its now 10% from countries other than USA ( since jan 1-05 ) however bigdatto is correct but in practice what SK said goes , no-one will open a parcel from USA but dont forget the 10% GST is payable always .

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I only mentioned this because they did open the parcel (in front of me) & said "WTF is this ?? (to use the parlance of our times). If I had let the parcel continue to the post office I'm sure it would have remained sealed. But xmas had come early & I couldn't wait !!

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Never had a parcel opened by Customs from the USA since January, if it is post marked "from the USA" they seem to let it through.  If the value is high enough they slap some GST on it, but never had any duty applied.

The definitions of "made in", "manufactured in", "product of" etc are just as blurred as in Australia.  I think it is just too hard for them.

;) cheers  :)

dude i got ripped off by custums they charged me more than my goods were worth, they had what i paid then put what they thought they were worth, WTF i got it shipped through UPS, which i thought weren't too good but who do you get your stuff through?

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not always...

You may not pay but its payable , regardless where you buy localy or o/s .

You must also pay gst on the cost of freight .

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link to his ebay account/username/goods listing would be much apprecited

Because I am a nice person:

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZmybasquie

i think bigdatto has done that on pg 1,

i tried emailing the guy about the HKS TO4R but no response yet.

Yeah, I also emailed him an no response yet.

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i got a response from him yesterday..... doesnt stock internal gated T3 turbos..... :D

but finding out about external stuff shortly.

i think he'll find he's way to this post shortly.. coz he ask where i found out about his details.

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what about things bought from asia? what taxes apply there??

Depends on the item, but standard GST/import duties apply. This may change in the near future if the proposed free trade agreements with some of our Asian neighbours go ahead.

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