On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Bill Clawson wrote:
> If launch is not an export and re-entry is not an import, than does that
> mean that freight shipped by rocket would be inherently duty free?
I doubt it very much.
Looking closely at the wording, we see: "is not, because of the launch or
reentry, an export or import". I think that middle phrase means that it's
not an export/import *just* because it goes up/down. It might, however,
be one for *other* reasons -- like, for example, because it went up and
came down in different countries.
Think boats for an analogy. What this clause says is that sailing your
boat out into international waters and back again does not, *by itself*,
constitute export or import. But if you sail from Mazatl�n to San Diego,
that adds a new factor and the story changes.
Randall is, of course, the authority on this stuff...
Henry Spencer
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