If you contact a licensed Freight Forwarder, they should be able to tell you what charges are involved and the approximate cost as they generally handle all the formalities of International trade shipping, They also look after the importation and brokerage etc.
In Canada, if you are lucky enough to have a Freight company or customs that have a bonded wharehouse in your city, you can clear the customs yourself.
All the forms and Classification codes are on the Govt. website.
From experience, it would not really pay for 1 off items from places like China, but if you get a container full, it may well be.
Al.
CNC, Mechatronics Integration and Custom Machine Design
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