Please HELP! about noctilux and purchase.

[senior_danny]

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Hi I bought a noctilux from Canada and wanna shipping it back to U.S.

 

I wanna know if there have any tax or tariffs when shipping pass through the custom?

 

I mean shipping a declared $6000 lens from Canada to U.S.

 

will I pay for it?

 

thanks!

[sc_rufctr]

No idea of the actual cost but yes you'll have to pay tax.

 

Have you looked on the US customs web page?

[spydrxx]

If it was manufactured in Canada rather than elsewhere, it may qualify as a duty free item....you really need to check with US Customs for a definitive answer. I recall that whenever I returned to the USA from trips outside the country, I had to declare items valued over $5,000.

[Guest badbob]

Hi I bought a noctilux from Canada and wanna shipping it back to U.S. I wanna know if there have any tax or tariffs when shipping pass through the custom? I mean shipping a declared $6000 lens from Canada to U.S. will I pay for it? thanks!

 

A used lens would not necessarily have to have a large declared value, but the insurance on the shipment might be the giveaway for customs.

[peter_n]

There's no import duty on still camera equipment brought into the US. See the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the US chapter 90 I think. It currently seems to be offline because of the government shutdown but if you do a search on this site I've copied out the relevant material on several occasions.