Guide
How to offer duty-paid (DDP) shipping from Canada to the US
Since 29 Aug 2025 every low-value parcel to the US needs a customs entry and can owe duty. If your customer has to pay that at the door, some refuse the parcel. DDP means you settle it up front and your customer pays nothing on delivery.
What changed
Why DDP matters now
The US ended the de minimis (Section 321) exemption for all countries on 29 Aug 2025, so every low-value parcel now needs a customs entry and can owe duty.
With DDU, the carrier collects duty from your customer before it hands over the parcel. With DDP, you pay it when you ship, so the order arrives like a domestic one.
Five steps
How to offer DDP
- Get your product data right. Every product needs an HTS code, a clear description, a value and a country of origin. Wrong data is a common reason duty changes after you ship.
- Choose a service that clears DDP. The service clears the parcel and charges the duty to you, not your customer.
- See the duty before you pay. Price the duty when you buy the label, so you know your real margin on every US order.
- Tell your customers. Say "duties included, nothing to pay at the door" on your product pages and at checkout.
- Check the rules every month. US tariffs change often. Watch US shipping updates.
Duty with the label
Duty is calculated live and charged when you buy the label, so you see the full cost before you pay.
One crossing
US-bound parcels are consolidated at our Niagara Falls facility before they cross. Parcels are handed to US carriers every business day.
Licensed brokers
On SavvyBroker shipments, your entries are filed by licensed customs brokers on your behalf.
Products pulled in from Amazon for US-bound shipments get an HTS code automatically. FDA-regulated goods: see shipping FDA-regulated goods.
DDP questions
What is the difference between DDP and DDU?
With DDP (delivered duty paid) you settle the duties and taxes up front, so your customer pays nothing at the door. With DDU (delivered duty unpaid) the carrier clears the parcel and your customer pays the duties on delivery, or refuses the parcel.
Do low-value parcels from Canada still enter the US duty-free?
No. The US ended the de minimis (Section 321) exemption for all countries on 29 Aug 2025, so every low-value parcel now needs a customs entry and can owe duty. Rules change often. We keep a dated log on US shipping updates.
What do I need to offer DDP?
An HTS code, a clear description, the value and the country of origin for each product, and a shipping service that clears the parcel and charges you the duty instead of your customer.
How does ShipSavvy charge the duty?
Duty is calculated live when you buy the label and charged with it, so you see the full cost before you pay. If a parcel's customs details change after you buy the label, we recalculate the duty and charge or credit the difference.
Who files the customs entry?
On SavvyBroker shipments, which the portal picks by default for US addresses, licensed customs brokers file your entries on your behalf.
Price your US orders
Send last month's US orders. We price every parcel and send it by the next business day.