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Originally Posted by wilgusj
Thanks for the advice everyone. I talked to a guy at the airport customs office in La Paz the other day and he told me it would be possible to import the tires, I will just need to pay an import tax of around 10% of the stated value. I'm going to bring them with me and see what happens. I'll post an update once we're settled down in La Paz to let you know how it went! Thanks again.
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more like 30-40 percent in my experience. If you have your receipt that says you paid $35 for the tire on sale that will probably be the tax basis. Some of the more aggressive aduana folks will google it right in front of you and use the lowest retail price they can find no matter what receipt you show them. I think some items are now in a database with a fixed tax basis price.
I would not buy a motorcycle tire down here if I could bring them in with me. We get a lot of cheap Chinese shit down here, factory rejects, etc.
Interestingly last time I came in with a motorcycle tire the customs guy asked me what it was (it was in a box). I told him and he waved me through. I was near first in line, so I figure he didn't want to waste time doing paperwork on a single mc tire when there were potentially higher dollar items in the boxes and suitcases of people behind me.
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