by mjamero » Fri Nov 10, 2017 9:55 am
Perhaps ship from the EU to Point Roberts then drive over and pick it up? You will still have to pay the taxes but are less likely to have to pay duties.
When I shipped sails from Sailworks last month I was expecting to pay duties. Sailworks is based in Oregon however the sails are actually made in China. The Country of Origin is not the US. When I picked them up at PR I did not pay the duties. So, either there is officially no duties on this gear regardless of Country of Origin or, (most likely) CBSA at PR forgot or did not care to actually open the package and look for the Made in China tag. Also, there was no mention on the invoice from Sailworks that the Country of Origin was china.
My 3 cents.