Huge blow to importing anything from the U.S.

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This just came to be that all gun related companies that export out of the U.S. now have to apply for a new export permit and also pay a $1700 tax. This will impact businesses that don't really send all that much stuff to our little country.
 
And another cut, the death of a thousand cuts is getting closer. anyone hear what kind of justification there is for this latest tax?
 
IT all come down to knowing the right people that willing to go though all the trouble to get the paper work done right, because the paper work, is what wasted the most time, and Time is Very Valuable!
 
All I can

say is I cannot believe there are people who did not see this coming. It is/was only a matter of time B4 the US Gov would clamp down.

You better enjoy it now cause it will probably only get worse. The days of shipments from places in the US, whom are still doing questionable shipping are numbered.

You fellows better enjoy it and maybe get to the bank for some extra cash to make that purchase you have been humming and hawwing about.


Calvin
 
As I understand the new , as in a few days a go , legislation.
On top of what the US licensed exporters have to pay annually to be licensed exporters, any company that makes gun related items, must now register with the State Dept their intent to have their goods exported and pay a 1700.00 tax per brand per year if their products are to be exported.
We are still trying to get complete clarification on this, but as mentioned this is something new the State Dept dropped on manufacturers last week, not in 2002.
More to follow once we get further information
 
Do you really think this is ALL that newsworthy? I mean, $1,700 tax? That's not even worth worrying about. There's fees for becomming a registered exporter in the US now.

I don't see where this is going to impact much unless your goal is to justify price increases based on more paperwork and a slight increase in the cost of doing business. Perhaps, if more concrete info were available we might able to comprehend the full ramifications - if any.
 
2bad4u2 said:
Do you really think this is ALL that newsworthy? I mean, $1,700 tax? That's not even worth worrying about. There's fees for becomming a registered exporter in the US now.

I don't see where this is going to impact much unless your goal is to justify price increases based on more paperwork and a slight increase in the cost of doing business. Perhaps, if more concrete info were available we might able to comprehend the full ramifications - if any.
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I guess you don't understand it has nothing to do with Canadian prices... it has to do with the fact this will impact small businesses in the US that don't really send all that much stuff to our little country.(Canada)... they won't bother exporting which means Canadians can not import that product...

I am sure the full ramifications will be hashed out if this goes through...
 
The bad side, we lose a lot of small business import from the US.

The good side, us Canadians take up the demand and produce our own products if possible.

Let's face it, the USA is heading down it's own path and we're not a concern when it comes to the gun business related products. Increased taxes and fees are a slow way to choke those small business's off and it's working.

I'd certainly like to see us develop our own product lines rather then depend on US, China or European markets. It would also give the Cdn gov't something to think about when they choke off their own small business all for the sake of "If it saves just one life" nonsense and loose tax revenue for silly agendas.
 
There are already many small scale specialty products that cannot be shipped to Canada because the manufacturers don't want the hassles. In terms of cleaning up on the Canadian market, that's like expecting that Walmart will want to set up shop in my sleepy little town of 2500 and clean up on Bill & Amy's corner store and movie rental business.

The Canadian market is a pittance and not worth it to many. Between custom stamping firearms bound for Canada and exporting penalties, Canadian shooters are the ones who will truly suffer.
 
alberta tactical rifle said:
As I understand the new , as in a few days a go , legislation.
On top of what the US licensed exporters have to pay annually to be licensed exporters, any company that makes gun related items, must now register with the State Dept their intent to have their goods exported and pay a 1700.00 tax per brand per year if their products are to be exported.
We are still trying to get complete clarification on this, but as mentioned this is something new the State Dept dropped on manufacturers last week, not in 2002.
More to follow once we get further information
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Really, because the importer I use, has been having his manufacturers register for years. They pay $1750 to register with the State Department as a manufacturer. The exporter pays a similar fee to be authorized to export.
 
I was talking to Dan Lilja last week and he said that they had to pay the $1700 fee in order to export out of the US. Lilja was now charging an extra $70 per out of country order, 1 barrel or 100 barrel order, to capture back some of that cost plus the paperwork cost for each export permit.
 
Many of you have the right idea in terms of where it looks like Canada is heading and in terms of choking out the small business owner, we're going to see it up here as well while Kabella's continues to move across Canada. Now many of us are going to be forced to shop there because them being a U.S. owned company, won't be under the same restrictions as other American companies trying to export into Canada. Also, if Kabella's wants to take on a new line of product, they'll just walk in and order up a couple for each store and totally kill the smaller owner in price. Everyone that b!tches in Canada about prices being high and love to brag about getting it cheaper in the states will love Kabella's at the expense of being able to get any warranty work done or gunsmithing for that matter. We get calls all the time from people that have seen something cool on a website in the states and when we try to contact them, they're just not interested because they can't be bothered to incur extra costs that naturally the customer has to end up paying which makes the customer freak out. The customer then thinks he's getting hosed because the price he saw on the website isn't anything close to what he's being quoted.
 
Evidently, most US companies are isolationist enough that this doesn't bother them. They fail to recognize that any restriction of any type is an infringement on a free market economy. It makes a real joke out of the whole NAFTA concept for sure. From our standpoint, we can be sure that no Canadian official will protest on our behalf. Even the conservatives seems happy to see gun controls enacted by the US against Canadians.
The conservative Republican administration in the US also has no problem with this sort of sneaky taxation of businesses. Yet, the avaerage businessman will remain convinced they are his friends. It will never get better. Regards, Bill.
 
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