1 Dec
2010
1 Dec
'10
11:19 a.m.
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.
g.
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by the clean end.
? 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.