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However, in today’s world private carriers have increased the range of services, though finding the one within your budget is a challenge, but happily, that’s something Secureship can help you with, and save you a lot of time and money in the process.
Secureship will also guide you through preparing the parcel’s necessary documents, and its website can inform you of Italy’s importation rules and regulations and duties and taxes that may apply to your shipped goods.
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Canada Post may be the cheapest option for an air freight parcel delivery to Italy, but that could involve a transit time of nine business days. And while you could save some more money by using surface transport, i.e. sea freight, it may take a month at minimum for the parcel to arrive at its destination.
Shipping travel time can be reduced further to two business days by having a carrier like FedEx do the job for you, but as expected, you pay a lot more for that. To help you sort through the possibilities, read on to the next topic as it introduces Canada’s best known shipping broker – Secureship.
There are so many shipping options available to consumers these days that choosing one might seem overwhelming. So, that’s what sparked Secureship’s founders into action many years ago. They developed an easy-to-use platform that allows you to quickly find a carrier within your budget and timelines.
But the biggest reason for using Secureship as your shipping broker is taking advantage of its bulk buying agreements with FedEx, Purolator, and UPS. Which could have you saving as much as 50% off the carriers’ standard shipping rate.
There’s more involved than finding a carrier and sending a parcel off to Italy. The package requires specific documentation, the goods must abide by Italian importation rules and regulations, and they may incur duties and taxes.
Again, Secureship eases your workload when arranging shipping from Canada to Italy, and offers a wealth of resources to answer your shipping questions.
The documents required for a shipment depends on the goods entering Italy and how long they may be staying there. However, every shipment to a foreign nation demands a commercial invoice (CI), which can be compared to a passport – no CI, no entry.
All countries have a list of prohibited (banned) and restricted (limited) goods that may cross their frontiers.
A few of the goods that Italy prohibits includes meat and products with meat; milk and dairy products; drugs and doping substances.
Several restricted goods are foods such as caviar, salmon eggs, and fresh and dried vegetable products.
Italy is a member of the EU, and because of CETA (Canada-EU trade agreement), many of the goods traded between it and Canada have low or zero duties applied to them.
Taxes, however, specifically VAT (their GST equivalent), applies to all goods regardless of their value. The standard rate is 22%, but certain items will incur a reduced rate of 4.5% or 10%.
Canada Post offers Canadians parcel deliveries to Italy and most other international destinations. And customers have a choice of sending packages by sea freight for a slower trip and lower cost or by air transport at a higher rate. Most people, though, choose air freight, and often with private carriers like UPS, Purolator, and FedEx. However, this modern expanded choice of services has brought its own set of complications. But fret not! Canada’s shipping broker Secureship will find you a number of economical options in short order when you use its online estimator. And once you’ve made your selection, the system helps you prepare the paperwork, and has easily available information concerning Italy’s prohibitions and restrictions on imported goods as well as duties and taxes they may incur.
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