Carnet cost verses temporary import charges
Thanks to those who responded to my thread "Getting a carnet on the road".
To follow on from that I would be interested to know whether the costs associated with getting temporary import documents for most of the countries in South America could be greater than the cost of a carnet for 12 months. I intend starting in Venezuela and traveling clockwise exiting from Ecuador.
I saw on one blog that the customs people in Venezuela increased the value of the guys Landrover from 3000 to 10000 pounds. I am guessing that this increase would be reflected in the amount the guy had to pay for his temporary import document, or are they a flat rate that is not dependent on the value of the vehicle. The blog was a bit vague on the implications of the revaluation.
Has anybody done a comparison of the costs and benefits of one or the other?
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