My experience here in Canada has been the same as SteveB. I was able to track right to out on delivery. It has also been my experience that import duty is based on the declared value. My experience that the shipper normally puts their cost (ie wholesale value) for insurance purposes on the package. Frequently the customs people don't put on duty charges because it's not worth the bother. They don't do the exchange rate therfore it's not valued high enough to tax