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Go to the US Customs & Border Protection website & look up import taxes & duties there. Look up the item, the country of origin (which means where it's made NOT where it's shipped from) & the value. You could even look for a toll free number to give them a call to ask.
I ship to the US all the time. I bring stuff over the border to do so. Americans have a $200 import limit before taxes & duties apply. Generally. Mail is hit & miss because you have to think about the volumes of mail they get. They can't grab every single package to assess tax & duty or people would get mail months later. If the value is less than $200 though, I wouldn't worry. What I would worry about is what the seller puts as the declared value of the package on the customs form. Have them put the amount you paid for the item not any perceived declared or insured value and do NOT undervalue the item. That usually gets USCBP's attention too.
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