CUSTOMS DUTY
An educated consumer means a smart consumer. Do you know your customs duty? Here are tables containing common dutiable and duty free items.
Stamp tax..what is it? Stamp tax used to be a percentage of the duty that was calculated and added to entries for customs duty. This 7% tax was eliminated in 2009 and replaced by a flat fee of $10.00. This fee is added to all entries for customs and it applies to duty free items as well.
(Updated February 2010)
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DUTY FREE
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Books |
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Magazines |
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Notebooks |
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Maps Printed Music Personal Computers Computer Printers Credit Swipe machine Corrective Glasses Contact Lenses Orthppaedic Appliances Insulin Syringes Medical Atomizers Blood Glucose Meters Hearing Aides Software Baby Napkins Infant Bottles Contraceptives Condoms Feminine Napkins Diagnostic Test Strips Toothpaste Medicaments Insecticides Energy Saying Bulbs Baby Carriages Dictionaries |
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Solar lamps Wheelchairs |
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Infant High Chairs Baby Walkers Baby Cribs & Playpens Mattresses for Cribs Infant Car Seats Vitamins Supplements Pasta Cereals for Infants Food Preparations for Infants Juice packaged for infants Shortening Olive Oil Salmon-in airtight containers Herring-in airtight containers Tuna-in airtight containers Anchovies- in airtight containers Apples Pears Strawberries Oranges Limes Bananas Potatoes Butter Milk & Cream Peaches Coffee Rice Flour |
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Bill of Lading: A bill of lading is standard, mandatory paperwork providing the carrier and driver with all pertinent information related to the shipping costs and information. This paperwork allows for proper billing to be processed by the shipping company, customs and PCL Imports. All parties involved should have a copy of the BOL (buyer, seller and carrier).
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Intermodal transportation: Combination of two or more modes of moving freight.
- LTL/LCL (Less than Truckload/Less than Container Load): Less than container load/truckload is just that, usually Items on a 48" x 48" pallet that do not require a full container to be shipped.
- Logistics is the management of the flow of goods, information and other resources between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet the requirements of consumers. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material-handling, and packaging, and occasionally security.