Retroactive duty charged on reimportation of luxury purse to Canada

11/14/2017 10:03:55 PM

As for question 2, Canada says that “it is the individual’s responsibility to establish that such items were initially taken out of Canada and were not acquired abroad.” In short, they can suspect that your goods were purchased outside of Canada, and it’s your responsibility to demonstrate otherwise.

In your case, I can imagine the customs officer saw a number of pristine designer bags in their original packaging and found that unusual for a five-day trip. There’s nothing wrong with it, and it’s certainly easy to imagine a trip where you would want to carry several such purses, but it’s not hard to see why the officer was suspicious, especially as you were importing other luxury items nearly up to the $800CAD limit of what you can bring without paying duty.

The Canada Border Services Agency has a mechanism by which you can register your items at one of their offices before you travel. You show the items to an officer, and they’ll give you a BSF407 form, which represents official proof that your possessions came from Canada or were previously legally imported to Canada. If there’s a question at the border, you can show that form as proof you didn’t buy the items abroad.

This is, of course, a significant hassle, but may be worthwhile if you’re traveling with valuable items and want to avoid trouble and costs at the border.

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