RE: Re: RE: Importing From UK
Oh yeah, as for duties.
If you are importig one vehicle and ONLY one vehicle PER SHIP, then you can import your vehicle tariff/duty free.
Now understand I put emphasis on one per ship. Your F-6 is good for as many vehicles as you can import at any time during the 12 months it is valid. When it expires you can always request another or do like me and request a replacment within 2 months of the originals expiration date. Usually it only takes 3 weeks to get a F-6 back. It's a free permit and only costs you time, take advantage of it. I've got a vehicle on the way at the moment, check the transportation section and look for my post. It has cost me a grand total of maybe $8-$9,000 including shipping and handling. $3,000 for the truck, $1,000 for a complete restoration, $1,100 for internal shipping, and like $3,000 for shipping and port services. Not anywhere do I have to pay for any permits, bribes, etc.
The whole bribe thing that RI's in this buisness tell you is mostly to throw you off and make it seem more shady of a job than it usually is. Sure if you deal with these little third world arms dealers then I can see where you might have to grease some things but if you stick with a more well know dealer wether it be in the UK or former com-block you should be cool. I've never imported from the UK because stuff is way too expensive there and for no good reason either.
I really can't say much better for the armor dealers here in the U.S. either. They make a tremendous profit per vehicle. Granted, such things don't sell as quick as used cars and theres not much of a market for them so they try and recoup the entire lot's expenses on one or two vehicles so you "usually" end up paying 50-75% above actual cost. Learn to do it yourself and you'll be better off. I'm looking at a T-72 for $17,000 right now, might get that next year.
Here is a decent UK armor dealer you might want to check with.
http://www.witham-sv.com/
They've got allot of good stuff as well as crap. The FV-432's are pretty nice and fast too! Easy to work on IMHO. They have some Saracens too but you have to register with them to view the full catalog I beleive.
Your Saracen will be imported under the tarriff heading 8710.00.00 Stat-Suffix 30. SS-30 is for all tracked APC's, tanks, and other tracked and armored fighting vehicles. The duty rate for your Saracen is 0% for one and for 2 it's 35% of the declared value.
If you were doing a truck or a self propelled howitzer or something of that sort it would be 9301.11.00 SS-00 and your duty rate would be 0% per one and 27.5% per two.
The reason for this is simple, importing one looks like an obvious personal; import. Importing two looks like you want to sell them. If you are importing to sell then you need to register with ATF as an RI (Registerd Importer) the arms control act. Importing and selling military equipment imported on a personal F-6 is illegal and will win you like 10 or more years plus a big fine in Club Fed so don't sell or even look like you are engaging in the buisness of this.
