Derek W. Keoughan wrote:
>> Give you a simple example: I ordered a few years ago a real IBM keyboard at:
>>
>> http://www.pckeyboard.com
>>
>> It was listed  at 49,99 $ and after having done the entire parcours I 
>> ended up at 151,25 $. That are USD.
>>
>> Believe me, it just isn't doable. (-:
>>     
>
> Sounds like you (meaning the EU as a collective) need to join the rest 
> of the world... NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) kicked in at 
> least 15 years ago, if I'm not mistaken, and eliminated all taxes and 
> duties on most consumer products.
You are a bit mistaken. The "kicking" is/was valid inside valid. For 
goods sent from outside NAFTA you'll have about the same problems as we 
have here for goods sent from outside the EU. NAFTA, that is Canada, USA 
and Mexico, right? So in that respect these 3 act as one and the same 
country - just as in the same respect the EU acts as one and the same 
country.
>   Things like textiles and lumber are 
> still under dispute, but there's no duty on computer parts, which means 
> I can ship into the USA without much hassle, and my clients don't pay 
> duties...
>
> If I import, I pay a 14% tax on goods for my own consumption, 6% federal 
> tax on goods for resale - that's it.
>
>   
Should have a try from outside NAFTA. :-)

-- 
Groeten uit Gent,

   Kris




 
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