ChinaVoodoo
Moderator
I was reading a CRA website. http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/em/edn35/edn35-e.html
And realized that the duty on "raw leaf tobacco" is less than $1 a pound.
However, I'm confused because it also suggests that cigar duty is only like 8¢ per cigar, when I know for a fact people get dinged for waaaay more than that, such as $10 per cigar.
I have also heard of mistakes made, like a friend who ordered cologne that was made to look like cigar tubos, and paid $50 duty, charged as cigar duty. Now he has a huge headache to go through to get his money back.
I wish to order tobacco from the whole leaf tobacco website, but I don't want to be surprised with duties I didn't expect. Does anyone in Canada have experience ordering whole leaf tobacco, or as CRA calls it, "raw leaf tobacco"?
And realized that the duty on "raw leaf tobacco" is less than $1 a pound.
However, I'm confused because it also suggests that cigar duty is only like 8¢ per cigar, when I know for a fact people get dinged for waaaay more than that, such as $10 per cigar.
I have also heard of mistakes made, like a friend who ordered cologne that was made to look like cigar tubos, and paid $50 duty, charged as cigar duty. Now he has a huge headache to go through to get his money back.
I wish to order tobacco from the whole leaf tobacco website, but I don't want to be surprised with duties I didn't expect. Does anyone in Canada have experience ordering whole leaf tobacco, or as CRA calls it, "raw leaf tobacco"?