Date:         Mon, 3 Jan 2005 18:41:30 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Nvc-but maybe future vans-pretty please VW
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>I always laugh when people complain about the import duty the USA has put on
>commercial vehicles.  They always get in such a huff about something that
>nearly EVERY other country does as well.
>
>Anybody ever import a vehicle into Germany?  Their fees make ours look like
>chump change.  Face it, only countries that do not have their own auto
>industry to protect will have low duties on imports.

Australia has no duty on imported commercial or commercial-based
vehicles... but then, as you say, Aussie doesn't manufacture any
commercials, only sedans and their derivatives. Er... think, bro...
some of those derivatives ARE commercials ie pickups ("utes") eg Ford
Falcon & Holden's renamed Commodore (Opel-based) pickups &
cab/chassis. So there is one exception...
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut