quote:9966.00.00 The following vehicles, manufactured more than 25 years prior to the date of importation, and articles for use solely or principally with those vehicles:
Motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons or goods (other than vehicles specially designed for travelling on snow, golf cars and similar vehicles, and dumpers designed for off-highway use); Fire fighting vehicles; Motorcycles (including mopeds), cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor,
and side cars.
Duty Free
I pulled up this thread as I am shipping some tail light housings to BC.
As some of you found out, because vehicles older than 25 years are exempt, the importation of your Pantera should have been duty free. Big refund.
But if I am reading this right, parts used solely or principally on qualified 25 year-old vehicles are also exempt. And while the date of manufacture is noted in relation the vehicles, there is no such reference applied to the date of manufacture of PARTS for those vehicles.
So, Pantera specific items, or part numbers, even if made recently, should also be exempt from import duty fees.
Am I reading this correctly?
Armed with this information, I bet you could argue the point that ANYTHING coming from a Pantera vendor (since they only sell items for 25 year-old cars) and other items (such as Jon Haas' Pantera Electronics items, Fluidyne radiators made for Panteras, etc) should also be exempt from duty tax.
Have any of you tried out, or inquired about, this angle on the regulations?
Larry