Interestingly, it seemed a little arbitrary, they were debating between themselves whether they should charge duty because of the length of time it was in Canada. I guess it depends who you get and what side of the bed they got out of.
I recently managed to reimport my vehicle and did not have to pay any duty but the two border guards concerned were debating if I should due to the length of time the vehicle was out of the USA. Eventually they stamped my forms and sent me on my way with no duty paid. I was the owner and exporter of the vehicle in 2007 and it remained in my ownership throughout so this probably will not help but just thought I would add my experience.
Hello all.
Not Mexico related but similar issue
I exported a Porsche from the US to Canada in 2007. I now have now relocated to Texas and need to re-import my vehicle into the US. It seems that the form 3311 is applicable to US manufactured goods. Does anyone know what I need to provide for re-importing a US spec vehicle originally bought in the US but manufactured in Europe?