I have shipped a lot of card to Canada, but now I have a different type of question. My wife has a friend living in Canada. She is making her a quilt and plans to send it to her as a gift. She doesn't want the woman to have to pay duty for receiving a gift and I wasn't sure how to advise her.

How should she label the customs form to avoid duties? Since the quilt is being given as a gift, can she determine the value based on the materials used to make it? Should she actually list it as a quilt, or will that make it too much of a target to possibly be stolen?

Any help will be appreciated!

As you know, I live in Montreal and I can confirm canadian duties
can tax any package with a value of $100 CAD or more (amount written
on the US Export Green slip). The duty is $2.50(?) + 14% in sales taxes.
(approximate tax rate, varies from provinces to provinces).

Hope this help!

Have a nice day!

Just list it as a quilt. Wrap it VERY well and check the GIFT box on the customs form. Put a very low value on it. You should have no problems.

Earl ~ just mark it as a gift. As for value anything under $20.00 seems to fly through, sometimes they don't bother with stuff marked higher, but $20.00 seems about right.