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
>
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