Montana to Canada Border Crossing - Coutts
On our way into Canada, one route we're considering is the 15N thru Coutts crossing. I read that it is one of the busier commercial crossings. I'm assuming the commercial group is separate from the me...
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Being Canadian perhaps our experience is not the same as for US citizens
but we cross there all the time. We try to get there early in the morning, usually stay in Shelby the night before but we have never been held up for more than 15 minutes and we find the agents to be very nice. We have at times been over our allowance and told them so and have never been asked to pull over or pay duty. One time we had to purchase new tires for our truck as we had a flat that could not be fixed. Being an unusual tire size, we had to purchase 4 new tires in Idaho. They were not cheap so when we went through customs we declared them along with all the other things that we had bought over our winter stay in AZ. We fully expected to pay duty and did double check to make sure that the agent had hear us and their comment was, that we were honest, so have a nice day!
We don't normally have liquor, sometimes a few bottles of beer but do have cigarettes which we always declare. My advise is always to be honest and you should not have any trouble.
Have a safe trip.
but we cross there all the time. We try to get there early in the morning, usually stay in Shelby the night before but we have never been held up for more than 15 minutes and we find the agents to be very nice. We have at times been over our allowance and told them so and have never been asked to pull over or pay duty. One time we had to purchase new tires for our truck as we had a flat that could not be fixed. Being an unusual tire size, we had to purchase 4 new tires in Idaho. They were not cheap so when we went through customs we declared them along with all the other things that we had bought over our winter stay in AZ. We fully expected to pay duty and did double check to make sure that the agent had hear us and their comment was, that we were honest, so have a nice day!
We don't normally have liquor, sometimes a few bottles of beer but do have cigarettes which we always declare. My advise is always to be honest and you should not have any trouble.
Have a safe trip.
