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- From: harry@cv.hp.com (Harry Phinney)
- Subject: Re: Personally importing a bike ???
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:14:54 GMT
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- tomk@netcom.com (Thomas H. Kunich) writes:
- : However, if you fly to Europe and buy a new bike you could probably
- : not have bothered. European bikes generally have pretty )(*& paint
- : jobs and the price is almost identical to what you could buy it for
- : here.
-
- From my experience the primary determining factor is the exchange rate
- at the time you are importing the bike(s). In 1985 I purchased two
- Cinelli Super Corsas (equipped with Super Record) in Milan and had them
- shipped to the US. The bikes cost around $900 each including shipping
- charges and customs duty. This was a lot less expensive than buying
- them in the US, but the exchange rate was right at 2000lira/$. I agree
- that at today's exchange rate it is probably not worthwhile.
-
- : Most of the time the duties and taxes are
- : pretty insignificant compared to the risk.
-
- Importers of complete bikes are (or at least were as of 1985) assessed
- duty at 11%. I have no idea how used bikes are handled. I understand
- the duty on components is quite a bit lower.
-
- Harry Phinney harry@hp-pcd.cv.hp.com
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