The import fees you pay to FedEx are the same import fees you pay through the Global Shipping Program.
NAFTA only covers items manufactured in the USA, Mexico, Canada and Chile.
Not purchased in those countries manufactured there.
And NAFTA does not affect sales taxes. And unlike duty, sales taxes are charged on used goods too.
Any import valued over $20 CDN (about $16 USD) is supposed to be processed for duty and sales tax. In addition, the shipper is allowed to charge a service fee for doing this. (GSP about $5, Canada Post about $10, most couriers like FedEx about $25 and up).
But the Canadian Border Services Agency have had to good sense to ignore the law, and it is a law, and rarely process imports valued under $100 or so and/or not bulky for the applicable duty AND TAX.
Don't forget those taxes. In some provinces the sales tax is 17% of the item's value.
CBSA has the common sense to realize that there is little point in assessing what the applicable duty and tax will be, if it costs the government more to assess and collect the duty and tax than it is going to collect.
Commercial carriers don't have that luxury. They have to obey the law. And they cover the cost of collecting with that $25 ~ service charge.
Which is why the GSP can be cheaper. On a conveyor belt, in a low wage state, the service charge is one fifth or less than other couriers.
The GSP is still a bad program and Canadians should try to avoid US and UK sellers using it for items valued under $100DCN.
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