1 item is a gift, 2 might be a gift, more then that is more then a gift. Sam. Quoting Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu>: > On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, Richard Hoffbeck wrote: > > > Harv Nelson wrote: > >> > >> Several years ago I did such a thing with a friend (a Ham, like me)in > >> Brazil. In the end, after paying duties and "fees" to expedite > >> movement thru customs, it would have been cheaper to buy the machines > >> in downtown Rio. Check with a local consular office before you pack > >> your bags. Often it will be easier and cheaper to bring in a completed > >> machine ... a laptop, for example, as part of your personal effect and > >> "luggage". You may need an "import license" for the component parts > >> that costs as much as the components themselves ... and you haven't > >> paid the duties, yet! NAFTA be damned! > > > > NAFTA is just the US, Canada and Mexico so Brazil and Ecuador don't > > enter the picture, and after the response Bush got in Argentina last > > week it doesn't look like there'll be a general agreement for South > > America anytime soon. Just for reference I think the import tariff for > > Ecuador is in the 20% - 30% range for most goods. I'm certain that its > > something you'd want to research before you turn up at the border with a > > suitcase full of motherboards and the likes. > > > I will want to research it, but it seems to me that we bring tons of > things to Ecuador all the time without paying import tariffs. Aren't > import tariffs for things you plan to sell? The items I'll be bringing > over are gifts for relatives. > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >