How much VAT (Value Added Tax) do I have to pay if I will buy a bicycle wheel

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The USA does not charge a sales tax at the national level, so none. If there are any sales taxes charged at a state/region/county/city level, you may be required to pay them.

In addition, the wheel may be subject to Duty, depending on the country of origin (where it's made) and any tax treaty or preferential tax treatment for said country. Duty rates will be found on the US Customs website, it may be under Tariffs or HS Tariffs. HS, or Harmonized System, is a worldwide system used to assign a numbered code to a product, so that when it is exported from Switzerland and imported into the USA, they simply look the code and know it's a bicycle wheel.
 
from Switzerland via Internet? I am living in the US.
I am trying to buy a bicycle wheel from an internet shop in Switzerland (www.bellatisport.com).
The wheel price will be $ 1,856.13 without VAT.
The website is saying that I may need to pay VAT, import taxes or duties but they can not tell since every country applies different taxes and import duties.
Does anyone have any ideas how much the VAT will be?
I checked the US custom website but I could not find any information about it.
 
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