Hi Gerard, > With the US$ suffering an extra bump due to the war, the price of an EOS > 10D in USA is about EUR1400 but ordering directly will make you go > through customs, with a 30% VAT+import duties, making it almost as > expensive as taking a train to UK and buying there.
How did you calculate this figure of "30%"? I know VAT is 21% in Belgium, but according to the EU Taxation and Customs site ... http://europa.eu.int/comm/taxation_customs/dds/en/tarhome.htm ... and assuming that "digital cameras" have the TARIC-code 8525401100 the site tells me that the import duties for "digital still cameras" is 0 (zero) % . Which btw also means that "import duties" can't be the reason that digital camera's are more expensive in Europe than in the US. Somehow I get the impression that we are here to subsidize the photohobby of our friends on the other side of the ocean... ;-) (big grin here). So, I would say you have to pay 21% VAT. Period. And maybe something extra for the paperwork done by the customs officer... Groetjes, Bart _____________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY : This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
