In 2013 I bought a boat in Canada that also had been built in North Carolina. This boat according to customs is a NAFTA boat and does not require any import duties or fees. So when I contacted customs in Anacortes WA. the agent said it was just as easy as filling out a form and getting documentation of origination and presenting that at Customs when you clear when returning to the states. Wrong! The Customs Supervisor said that the only way they would handle the re-import of the boat was to go through a Customs broker. No exceptions. So $500 lighter we took delivery of an 18 foot boat in Sidney BC and ran it on her own bottom to Friday Harbor WA. $26 dollars for the customs sticker and we were on the way. Hopefully your experience with Customs will be better than mine. Good luck..........
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