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Nuvistor · 30th Jul 2022, 12:47 pm

I don’t know how much import duties were but they would have to add Purchase Tax to the cost of the item. P/T at 30-60% of wholesale price would perhaps make it uneconomic with added import duties and shipping whatever they were.

30th Jul 2022, 12:47 pm	#2
Nuvistor Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK. Posts: 9,433	Re: Controls on the import of American electrical goods in the 50's I don’t know how much import duties were but they would have to add Purchase Tax to the cost of the item. P/T at 30-60% of wholesale price would perhaps make it uneconomic with added import duties and shipping whatever they were. __________________ Frank