maraoud108
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Oud Strings in Canada?
Does anyone know if anyone sells Kurschner Turkish sets in Canada?
I know there's stores that have free shipping but I'm a bit worried about the import fees.
If anyone knows of any websites please let me know!
Thanks!
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Brian Prunka
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The general threshold is $20 - if the value is listed less than that you should owe no duty.
It appears that the general tariff for instrument strings is 3-4.5%, but most countries are exempt: all the EU, UK, US, and Australia, for example are
exempt. So you should be fine ordering from most stores - although it looks like Turkey isn't a trade partner so not sure about that.
The US doesn't charge import duty on musical instrument strings, period — sucks that Canada does. At least you should be able to order from the US
or EU without problem.
https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2022/html/00...
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maraoud108
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Thank you for this response Brian.
Do you know of any US based outlets that sell them? I'm headed to the US next week and thought I could have them shipped to that address.
Also wondering if there's any places that sell the German Kurschner Sets.
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Brian Prunka
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Unfortunately, no, I don't know who is selling them. John Vergara gets them at his shop in Beacon NY last heard - you could ask him.
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