British Expats - Importing a boat

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jennifer.evans

Jan 9th 2013 1:08 am

Re: Importing a boat

hi thanks for your reply she's on a twin Axel trailer and in the UK its probably around Â£20.000 so roughly what is the cost of import sorry to be a nag.thanks

Budawang

Jan 9th 2013 2:45 am

Re: Importing a boat

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Originally Posted by Turban Explorer (Post 10470666)

do you mean a tinny? how many feet long? I imported a sailing yacht which is worth quite a lot more over in Australia than in Europe but I did have to pay import tax and gst after a 3 year leeway period.

My dream is to buy a sailing mono or cat in the med or Caribbean and spend a year or three sailing it down here. Would have to pay GST on the purchase value plus 5 % import duty. No import duty if boat was manufactured in USA.

Budawang

Jan 9th 2013 2:54 am

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Originally Posted by Turban Explorer (Post 10472769)

Sailed from Guernsey to Darwin via the Suez Canal

The Suez / Indian ocean route is way too dangerous due to piracy these days. You would also have had some headwinds to contend with in the Indian ocean. I would think the longer Pacific route would have been easier.

chris955

Jan 9th 2013 3:30 am

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Originally Posted by La Vida loca (Post 10473287)

Is it on a trailer, you will pay approx $10k plus port fees, GST and taxes, custom clearances.

Whats the value of it?

Can I ask what the $10k is for ? Shipping wouldnt be anywhere near that much.

La Vida loca

Jan 9th 2013 8:56 pm

Re: Importing a boat

Cleaning, inspection, lifting, towing, port fees, storage, brokers fees, gst, import tax, other fees, release fees, quarantine, transportation

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Originally Posted by chris955 (Post 10473646)

Can I ask what the $10k is for ? Shipping wouldnt be anywhere near that much.

chris955

Jan 9th 2013 10:12 pm

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Originally Posted by La Vida loca (Post 10474892)

Cleaning, inspection, lifting, towing, port fees, storage, brokers fees, gst, import tax, other fees, release fees, quarantine, transportation

You said 10k PLUS those things. It wouldnt even be half that amount in total.

La Vida loca

Jan 12th 2013 12:47 pm

Re: Importing a boat

If its half do it, or just ask a shipping company for a all inclusive quotation. You will have your answer.

But be warned cost creep, and its amazing what they dont tell you.

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