Yes, I knew, though I wasn't sure of how much and still don't know the "formula" for it, just that there ARE charges. I try to never buy anything that will be shipped from out of Canada via UPS because the brokerage fees are outrageous. Otherwise, for fabric, I have never paid anything extra on delivery...I'm sure I read something on Connecting Threads (where I buy a lot) that the extra taxes and whatever are added to the order before shipping specifically so that DOESN'T happen. I've never found my shipping costs from them to be overboard, and even with them, I'm still paying way less for fabric from the US than I do in Canada.