-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne and Debbie Tallack [mailto:tallack@sympatico.ca]
Sent: May 3, 1999 7:50 PM
To: Philip Smith
Subject: RE: Customs duty (some humour)
Canada still gives preferential treatment in the (form of lower duties)to
some imports from the old country and some of the commonwealth countries. I
think it classified as BPT (British Preferential Treatment or tariff)
I don't imagine the US does ever since you threw all of their tea into the
Boston harbour. : )
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Philip Smith
> Sent: April 18, 1999 8:49 AM
> To: Randall Young; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Customs duty
>
>
>
> Thanks to all, who corrected me in my reference to NAFTA, when
> referring to
> my customs bill, I recently received after purchasing my Moto
> Lita Steering
> Wheel from England. How about GATT, does that apply? Might as well get a
> complete education now!Thanks
> Phil Smith
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randall Young <randallyoung@earthlink.net>
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999 3:05 PM
> Subject: RE: Customs duty
>
>
> >
> >Maybe you mean NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement ?
> It's only
> >for trade within North America (eg Canada, US, Mexico) !
> >
> >Of course, IMO, it has so far only succeeded in creating Ross Perot's
> >"giant sucking sound" <g>
> >
> >If you are interested, the entire text is available at
> >gopher://wiretap.spies.com/11/Gov/NAFTA
> >It's rather amazing reading, if only to see what level of detail
> things are
> >spelled out at. (Some 10,000 categories of goods listed, most with many
> >subcategories.)
> >
> >Randall
> >
> >On Thursday, April 15, 1999 5:16 AM, Philip Smith
> >[SMTP:smith007@mindspring.com] wrote:
> >>
> >> I too just got my Customs Bill from UPS, $ 10 plus, on my recent Moto
> >Lita
> >> Steering wheel bought from Europa in England. What ever happened to "
> >NAFDA"
> >> ? Maybe NAFDA was just for making it easier to smuggle drugs into the
> >> Country?
> >> Phil Smith
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: R. John Lye <rjl6n@server1.mail.virginia.edu>
> >> To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> >> Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999 7:59 AM
> >> Subject: Re: Customs duty
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> >Jim Hill wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>I've also had the experience of getting a delayed bill from UPS for
> >> customs
> >> >>charges they claim to have paid. Sometimes I get such a bill and
> >sometimes
> >> I
> >> >>don't. Makes me wonder . . .
> >> >
> >> >That's been my experience too; I've bought lots of stuff from England
> >> >over the years and I seem to get charged duty about half the time. It
> >> >seems to be completely random as to whether I get charged the duty or
> >> >not. Once though, several of us pooled orders and ended up with quite
> >> >a large order and found out that if the order is big enough that it
> >> >has to go through a customs broker before the shipment will
> be released.
> >> >That got *expensive* really fast; unfortunately, I don't remember the
> >> >details of that transaction.
> >> >
> >> >John Lye
> >> >
> >> >'59 TR-3A, '62 TR-4, '70 GT-6+
> >> >email: rjl6n@virginia.edu
> >> >homepage: http://avery.med.virginia.edu/~rjl6n/homepage.htm
> >>
>
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