Thanks to all, who corrected me in my reference to NAFTA, when referring to
my customs bill, I recently received after purchasing my Moto Lita Steering
Wheel from England. How about GATT, does that apply? Might as well get a
complete education now!Thanks
Phil Smith
-----Original Message-----
From: Randall Young <randallyoung@earthlink.net>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999 3:05 PM
Subject: RE: Customs duty
>
>Maybe you mean NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement ? It's only
>for trade within North America (eg Canada, US, Mexico) !
>
>Of course, IMO, it has so far only succeeded in creating Ross Perot's
>"giant sucking sound" <g>
>
>If you are interested, the entire text is available at
>gopher://wiretap.spies.com/11/Gov/NAFTA
>It's rather amazing reading, if only to see what level of detail things are
>spelled out at. (Some 10,000 categories of goods listed, most with many
>subcategories.)
>
>Randall
>
>On Thursday, April 15, 1999 5:16 AM, Philip Smith
>[SMTP:smith007@mindspring.com] wrote:
>>
>> I too just got my Customs Bill from UPS, $ 10 plus, on my recent Moto
>Lita
>> Steering wheel bought from Europa in England. What ever happened to "
>NAFDA"
>> ? Maybe NAFDA was just for making it easier to smuggle drugs into the
>> Country?
>> Phil Smith
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: R. John Lye <rjl6n@server1.mail.virginia.edu>
>> To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
>> Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999 7:59 AM
>> Subject: Re: Customs duty
>>
>>
>> >
>> >Jim Hill wrote:
>> >
>> >>I've also had the experience of getting a delayed bill from UPS for
>> customs
>> >>charges they claim to have paid. Sometimes I get such a bill and
>sometimes
>> I
>> >>don't. Makes me wonder . . .
>> >
>> >That's been my experience too; I've bought lots of stuff from England
>> >over the years and I seem to get charged duty about half the time. It
>> >seems to be completely random as to whether I get charged the duty or
>> >not. Once though, several of us pooled orders and ended up with quite
>> >a large order and found out that if the order is big enough that it
>> >has to go through a customs broker before the shipment will be released.
>> >That got *expensive* really fast; unfortunately, I don't remember the
>> >details of that transaction.
>> >
>> >John Lye
>> >
>> >'59 TR-3A, '62 TR-4, '70 GT-6+
>> >email: rjl6n@virginia.edu
>> >homepage: http://avery.med.virginia.edu/~rjl6n/homepage.htm
>>
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