1 Dec
2010
1 Dec
'10
9:54 p.m.
On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 11:19:42AM -0800, Gene Buckle wrote:
On Wed, 1 Dec 2010, William Donzelli wrote:
Will, if my understanding is correct, any item imported to Brazil
carries a huge import duty. From what I've been told it was done to
"enourage" local innovation. A gent I ran into on IRC was
complaining that buying a joystick on eBay would cost him twice its
price in import duties.
Yep, that is what I heard from my brazilian coworkers as well. Importing
anything into Brazil is a very expensive undertaking due to very high
customs duties. And on top of that there are other limitations as well,
sharply curtailing the amount of stuff a young company for instance can
import[0].
Kind regards,
Alex.
[0] Which was done to stop a common business model: 1) import lots of stuff
with the customs duties to be paid later 2) sell the stuff locally
with a good profit 3) fold the company before the customs folks come
pounding at the door wanting their money.
--
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison
? Assuming
the fiscal would understand it is for personal use, and a $500
shipping charge, I'd pay around $600 in taxes, being lucky.
You could probably ship a small Tiag for a lot less than that - they
come apart fairly easily, and most of the pieces would fit in a couple
of flat rate boxes.