Montana import question

[toastgremlin]

I pick stuff up from MSO in Sweetgrass all the time. This time I've got a stumper of a question so I figured I'd ask Beyond before I spend a few hours on hold with the government to get them to explain their rules to me and get it wrong anyway.

I got a set of '04 STI struts that I want to have rebuilt by Feal, in California. Since shipping struts is understandably expensive I want to take advantage of USPS' cheap in-America parcel rates and have Feal ship the struts back to the border where I can pick them up with my next MSO run.

The problem is, how do I re-import these struts? I own them, they're already my struts, they spent time in Tim Hortons drivethroughs, the import duty was paid on them a long time ago.

[spikerS]

Originally posted by toastgremlin
I pick stuff up from MSO in Sweetgrass all the time. This time I've got a stumper of a question so I figured I'd ask Beyond before I spend a few hours on hold with the government to get them to explain their rules to me and get it wrong anyway.

I got a set of '04 STI struts that I want to have rebuilt by Feal, in California. Since shipping struts is understandably expensive I want to take advantage of USPS' cheap in-America parcel rates and have Feal ship the struts back to the border where I can pick them up with my next MSO run.

The problem is, how do I re-import these struts? I own them, they're already my struts, they spent time in Tim Hortons drivethroughs, the import duty was paid on them a long time ago.

I believe there is a form you can fill out for warranty work, or repair work.

If there are serial numbers, you can record those.

I have heard of others stopping at the canadian office at sweetgrass and getting a declaration form of property entering the states as proof that it was already in canada and not being imported upon return.

[MrSector9]

you pay duty/taxes on the service if applicable as the company will be giving you an invoice just make sure they state that it was for "service" and not for the item.

[toastgremlin]

Originally posted by spikers
I have heard of others stopping at the canadian office at sweetgrass and getting a declaration form of property entering the states as proof that it was already in canada and not being imported upon return. That would work, but I was thinking of mailing it from Canada to the US and picking it up in the US.

I think declaring the work based on the labour invoice is probably the right thing to do. Thanks chaps :)