Canadian tariff on U.S.-originated mail?

[blahsome]

Hi, does anybody know what kind of tariff, if any, will be levied against computer hardware that I mail to a friend in Canada?

I bought a graphics card for him as a birthday present but was wondering if he needed to pay any tariff.

I've only mailed documents to Canada before, and I've always put down $0 as their value.

Thanks.

 

[Pepsi90919]

it's a GIFT right?



cough.

 

[blahsome]

>> it's a GIFT right?

Yes, precisely.

And your point?

 

[blakeatwork]

Simply makes ure it's labelled as such. Gifts to friends aren't taxable or charged duties. There may be a small handling fee, but usually nothing more then 5 bucks. Of course, this also means that the package is generally subject to a lil more "rigorous" handling, but nothing that will kill it, hopefully....