Summary
Overall you should charge for the person receiving in Quebec ~ $18.75,
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If you drop tracked shipping and we make the package a little smaller it would cost, ~$10.75
- $15 CAD (Cross Border Import and Processing) / 4 = $3.75
- $6.50 CAD Shipping to Quebec
And if you want to understand calculations it's all below.
And if you declare as a gift under $60 CAD it would be a very small savings of ~17.75 and ~$8.75.
Importing from US to Canada through Cross Border
We use Cross Border Pickups which provides. a manned US address. Upon arrival there is a two step process.
A - Calculate Duties
This is for the most part trust based. We fill into their portal the product type, country of origin, cost and number of items, which then charges import duties based on that. It roughly follows the Canada Duty Calculator, base on province. Importing to Ontario for a $60 CAD value of T-Shirts would be, $5.20.
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Finally there is a rarely invoked option of Personal Effects, for example you've forgotten an item during travel and a friend is sending it back to you. If the item is brand new and packaged you'll likely get fined, but otherwise it should be fine. For expensive items like watches for example, I imagine they might ask if you have proof of a transaction, serial card or ownership etc... but in Canada I've never heard of such an event.
B - Release and Pay Overhead
Cross Border publishes basic rates on their website but also some hidden costs and options to reduce import costs by grouping shipments together.
I need to capture the exact fee on the next transaction... I recall some small minor administrator fee on top. But, overall, expect to pay about $9 CAD (it's $7.50 + TAX) per shipment . And if you consolidate multiple shipments of 3 more, the price goes down to $6 ($5 + TAX) per shipment.
A + B Total
So assuming the above costs it'll look to be about $15 total assuming we don't declare as a gift.
Shipping in Canada
There are two forms of shipping for the t-shirt package,
- 12.50" x 9.5" x 1" at 0.34 kg aka 340 g
Tracked
Use the Find a Rate Website to determine.
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Shipping from Ontario to Hamilton is only slightly farther is $16.63.
Regular Mail
The package does not meet the weight but not quite the size requirements, but is close. If you can bring the measurements down to 14.9 inches x 10.6 inches x 0.8 inches it would meet Other (Non-standard and Oversize) Lettermail and the cost - but no tracking, would be, $6.50 CAD ($5.75).
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