Brokerage Fees
When you ship something to Canada, you're essentially hiring someone (the shipping company) to represent you to bring goods across the border. The brokerage fees are usually a percentage of the shipment's value or a minimum fee. It's much like a handling fee and what a broker will do is fill in the appropriate paperwork, often just a single form stating the package's content and value, and send it and the appropriate duty and taxes to the government.
Brokerage fees are not imposed by the Canadian government or by Heirloom Organics, but by a courier company (UPS, FedEx, or USPS/Canada Post). The courier company is charging you for providing customs service for you: being your agent when "clearing" your parcel across the border.
All Canadian customers are responsible for these fees with their local courier office.
THESE FEES ARE SEPERATE FROM THE SHIPPING FEE
UPS Brokerage Rates
| Order Value |
Brokerage Fee* |
| |
|
| $0 - $199 |
$10.00 |
| $200 - $350 |
$42.95 |
| $350 - $500 |
$48.25 |
| $500 - $750 |
$54.85 |
| $750 - $1000 |
$61.40 |
| $1000 - $1250 |
$67.95 |
| $1250 - $1600 |
$72.25 |
To check the conversion visit USD to CAD Conversion or type "USD to CAD" into Google
*These prices are in addition to Canadian Government Taxes and Duties. Taxes and Duties vary by Province.
Seed Pack Changes and Exceptions
Due to customs regulations we are unable to ship certain varieties of our seed. In some cases we can offer a replacement variety equal in value. These restrictions do prohibit us from sending certain seed packs because we cannot offer a viable replacement.
What we can ship
Seed Vault
All varieties in the Seed Vault are approved for shipping except for Wheat. We have substituted the 8 oz of Wheat for 4 oz of Flax in this pack.
Family Pack
All varieties in the Family Pack are approved for shipping except for Wheat. We have substituted the 12 oz of Wheat for 6 oz of Flax in this pack
Specialty Packs
All of our Specialty Packs are approved for shipping except the Grains Pack & Livestock.
What we cannot ship
Homestead Pack
We are unable to ship the Homesead Pack to Canada.
Farm Pack
We are unable to ship the Farm Pack to Canada.
Grains Pack
We are unable to ship the Grains Pack to Canada.
Livestock Pack
We are unable to ship the Livestock Pack to Canada.
WHY:
We are unable to ship any kind of Wheat, Barley and Rye because of agricultural restrictions between Canada and the U.S. If any other varieties in the future are prohibited we will update this page with the information. These prohibitions make it impossible for us to ship our Homestead, Farm, Grain, & Livestock packs as we cannot offer any replacement varieties.
Additional potential hidden fee
There is one more financial consideration before making your purchase. Your credit card company may charge an exchange rate that you will not see until you receive your credit card statement. |
