Importing into North America —
plan the landed cost, not the invoice.

Importing wholesale jewelry into North America comes down to one commercial term and three external rules. The term is DAP — Delivered At Place. Clazoire ships worldwide on DAP, which means the goods are delivered to your address but the buyer is responsible for import duties and taxes. That single Incoterm decides who pays at the border, and it is why your real cost is landed cost — product, freight, duty, brokerage, and local taxes — not the invoice you signed.

The first external rule is classification. Precious-metal jewelry is generally classified under Harmonized System heading 7113 in both the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule and Canada’s Customs Tariff, and published most-favored-nation rates on those lines tend to be low single-digit percentages. But that is a starting point, not a quote: special tariffs, country-specific surtaxes, and trade-remedy measures can change the effective rate, and these government schedules are revised frequently. We cite the 7113 line and the general rate band as an external reference as of June 2026, not as a Clazoire figure — your broker confirms the exact rate for your ship date.

The second rule is origin, and it is the one importers most often get wrong. CUSMA — USMCA in the U.S. — can grant preferential or duty-free treatment, but only to goods that actually meet its rules of origin and carry valid origin certification. Origin qualifies a good; the country it ships from does not. Jewelry manufactured in Surat and routed through Canada is still of non-North-American origin and does not become CUSMA-originating in transit. Treat CUSMA as relevant only where the origin test is genuinely met, and never assume it because a parcel crossed a North American port.

The third rule is de-minimis, and the headline is that you can no longer lean on it. The U.S. historically let many shipments under roughly USD 800 enter duty-free under Section 321, and importers built cost models around that exemption. As an external regulatory matter that treatment has been significantly curtailed in recent U.S. policy and cannot be assumed for commercial jewelry. Because the rule has already changed and may change again, the safe model — as of June 2026 — is to assume duty applies and confirm the current threshold with a broker rather than design around an exemption that may not be there.

Put it together as a landed-cost stack. Start with the Clazoire invoice — a confirmed price. Add insured freight: North American orders ship via FedEx or UPS, typically 5-10 business days, and require a signature on delivery, with international transit times varying by destination. Then add duty (classification rate against the dutiable value for your country), brokerage or entry fees, and any local sales, GST, HST, or VAT. The product and freight terms are confirmed Clazoire facts; the duty, brokerage, and tax figures come from external schedules and carriers, current as of your import date.

The discipline that keeps importing profitable is the same one good buyers bring to any sourcing decision: model the full landed cost before you commit. If you want to keep that cost flexible while you test an assortment, the case for buying shallow is in jewelry wholesale MOQ economics, and the full delivery terms live on the shipping page. Before you commit a brand to a maker, run the supplier vetting checklist.