I seem to remember that a probe to Venus had a huge diamond lens and NASA would have had to pay import duties on it, but in that case customs determined that a launch WAS an export so the diamond just passed through the US on its way to Venus.
At 11:05 AM 6/7/2002, you wrote: >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 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >_______________________________________________ >ERPS-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list ---------- Jerry Durand Durand Interstellar, Inc. 219 Oak Wood Way Los Gatos, California 95032-2523 USA tel: +1 408 356-3886 fax: +1 408 356-4659 web: www.interstellar.com _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
