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Last year i bought some item online, its price was CAD$22 i needed this item very urgent so i selected DHL for shipping (I have same experience with other shipping companies) so total cost including shipping was CAD$100

Canadian customs imposed import duty considering item price $100, total import duty was about $10 in addition to that DHL charged me CAD$22 for agent/handing fee while paying customs so total cost of that $22 value item went to about CAD $130, in some other example i also paid $22 for paying duty $5

Please note that i do not remember exact numbers but here i want to discuss the situation based on real example.

My questions is, How can i avoid agent fee while evaluating customs duty Does shipping cost includes to the value of item when evaluating for customs? (often seller include shipping cost in the invoice and print total amount paid, but some time there is a separate invoice for shipping paid)

Note: for sure; here I'm not looking for any illegal solution, I live in a small city where i can't buy items(tools) for my work locally and i have to pay additional amount each time i buy online.

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Its really surprising for me that at such a big forum no one have answer to my question.

In fact FedEx, DHL and UPS charge unjustified fee for clearing customs, when your parcel is shipped just request the shipping company that I will clear customs for this shipment by myself and they will send you documents related to your shipment. You take those documents to nearest border services agency/office and pay your import duty/taxes and email back copy of those documents to related shipping company that's all you need to do.

I did it for my DHL shipment and I was able to save clearance fee ($30) in my case for no reason DHL delayed my parcel for about 10 days, may be they were not happy on loosing money or its their service issue. I did it in Canada and it worked all good.

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