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Canada Customs Duty Rates, Tariffs and Taxes

Every day, we receive questions from our visitors asking us how much duty and tax they have to pay to bring goods into Canada from the United States if they exceed their duty free limits.

To help you estimate your cross border shopping duties and taxes, we have created the following Canada customs duty and tariff rate chart.

If you can’t find the product you are looking for in this table, you can try searching our Canadian Duty Calculator.

Duty and Tax Rates for Cross Border Shopping – Popular Items Source: Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) as of May 29, 2012
Categories & Commodities	Duty		GST / HST (♦)	PST
Categories & Commodities	U.S.	Other	GST / HST (♦)	PST
Category 1 Carpeting Life jackets and belts Skates (ice or roller) Sleeping bags Textile articles (bedding, linen, towels, curtains)	0%	20%	5% (♦)	√
Category 2 Clothing Footwear	0%	18%	5% (♦)	√
Category 3 Basic groceries (non-taxable) Bread Cakes and pies Other baked goods (pkgs. Of 6 or more) Canned food goods Dairy products (maximum $20) including: Butter Cheese Ice Cream Cream Yogurt Eggs (maximum 2 dozen) Fish and seafood Fresh or frozen fruit and vegetables Fruit and vegetable juices (large containers) Meat fresh or frozen (maximum 20 kg) including: Chicken (maximum 10 kg) Turkey (1 whole or 10kg of parts) Beef and other meats Medications (including vitamins) Milk Pasta	0%	7%	0%	N/A
Category 4 Articles of plastic, rubber, steel, wood Auto parts Baby carriages Beauty aids, cosmetics and toiletries Bicycles and tricycles Candles Canoes / rowboats Ceramic tableware (dishes) and kitchenware Cleansers and other cleaning preparations Coffeemakers Cookware (stainless steel) Dishwashers Electrical ranges Furniture Gas barbecues Golf clubs and balls Groceries (taxable) Candy Snack foods Soft drinks Household batteries Lightbulbs and light fixtures Lubricating oils Luggage Machinery for working wood (wood planer, table saw, chainsaw) Paints and varnishes Paper products Pet food Photographic film Pot pourri Refrigerators Single use cameras Speakers Sports and exercise equipment Sunglasses Televisions Tires Tools (electric handheld) Vacuum cleaners Wallets and purses (leather) Watches (under $50)	0%	8%	5% (♦)	√
Category 5 Audio and video cassette recorders Audio and video tapes Antiques (must exceed an age of 100 years) Breadmaker Calculators Cameras, lenses and flashes Clothes dryers Compact discs Compact and video disc players Computers and related equipment Display units Keyboards Modems Printers Scanners Software (on CD-ROM, disk, tape) Curling irons Electric shavers Fax and answering machines Flashlights Glass and glassware Hair dryers Irons (clothes) Microwave ovens Motorcycle parts Rice cooker Sewing machines Telephones (portable and cellular) Toasters Tools (pneumatic powered only) Toys Video cameras Video games and video game units	0%	0%	5% (♦)	√
Category 6 PST Exempt Goods
Category 7 Books	0%	0%	5%	N/A
Category 8** Beer – per dozen	** Values for these categories vary by province and are available from your CBSA office.
Category 9** Wine – per litre
Category 10** Liqeurs and Liquor – per litre
Category 11** Cigarettes – per pack of 20
Category 12** Tobacco – per 200 grams
√ - Provincial Taxes will be collected on these categories where an agreement between the Federal and Provincial governments exists. (♦) The Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) will be collected where an agreement exists.