US citizens buying vehicles in Canada
Hello - I am John and I am new to Good Sam. I am interested in buying an RV that was produced and currently registered and licensed in Canada. Can this be done? Any tariffs or other expenses?
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You'll need to declare it to US customs and pay import duties and taxes for the US. Is there something special about this RV that it can't be found in the US or something similar?
a lot of times they are much cheaper in Canada because of the dollar. right now I think the spread is 1US = 1.38 CDN so you would quite a favorable price.
so today if I were to list my rv for 20000.00 CDN you would only need 14520.00 US to buy it.
It is the exact vehicle I have been looking for at a good price. Are the import duties and taxes a percentage of the purchase price or how are they determined ?
Depends. Our current president is likely making it more tough on you due to tariffs. US Customs and border patrol is a percentage but up to a max. You may want to contact the customs and border patrol and ask them directly. I imagine a lot of this is probably readily available via google.
rv's and vehicles are covered through NAFTA, or USMC as Trump likes to call it.
