Duties and import taxes now support a new option for postal tariff rate calculations for orders shipping into the United States.
Previously, tariff rates for parcels using commercial and postal carriers were the same. As such, for packages shipping into the United States, the Shopify duties and import tax calculator calculates duties based on individual Harmonized System Code and Country of Origin information applied to your products. This calculation scheme is used by US Customs for commercial carriers, and is the default option.
Now, with our new setting, merchants have the option to modify duties calculation towards postal tariff rates. When on, duty calculations are calculated Ad Valorem based on the Country Code of Origin of your products. This calculation scheme is appropriate if you ship with a postal carrier, like Canada Post.
This new setting applies to all international checkouts with United States as the destination, regardless of available shipping options.
To toggle the feature, visit your admin’s duty settings and click the box next to “Use postal duty rates into the United States”.
For more information on Shopify Duties and Import Taxes, please see the help center.