[Elecraft] Import duties on amateur radio items

[Jan Erik Holm]

Sweden has the same system as Iceland however we
have 25 percent TAX instead.
Iceland is not on top of the list!!!

Jim SM2EKM
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TF3KX wrote:
> The "import duty" is not the problem, but the VAT (somewhat similar to the US
> sales tax), which is exceedingly high in many European countries.
> 
> I wonder if anyone tops the Icelandic VAT, 24.5%, which is added on the
> total package value:  Content price + shipping + insurance.  Additionally, I
> may be charged for the paperwork ($10-20), and to top it all they may
> occasionally request a permit from the Post and Telegraph Authorities for
> "radio components".  This is what I had to go through when ordering my K2 a
> couple of months ago.
> 
> Last week I received a notice from the customs, which had in its custody an
> envelope with a transistor and five ceramic capacitors from Elecraft, marked
> with the value of $1.  I managed to convince the customs that these were
> replacement parts and I had already paid for the original kit earlier, but I
> was lucky this time.
> 
> 73 - Kristinn, TF3KX
>