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Old 10-24-2010, 06:32 PM
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I thought so....

My understanding of a "Fair Trade agreement" is that some countries agree to trade goods between each other without any of the import duties being charged.
As long as an engine is marked as " Made in the U.S.A."....I believe it's allowed in without extra charges.....

Of course...as Craig says....that doesn't exclude it from G.S.T......but that's nothing to do with the origin of the goods being purchased.

With the Aussie buck hanging around the USD value..and if G.S.T. is all we have to consider, and of course shipping costs...at maybe $1,000-00 per engine...then some of the really nice stuff is much better value than many of the Aussie constructed engines.

That's a pity...but we should take advantage of this while it lasts I suppose.

My 2c worth.

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Warren
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