[imc-tech-solidarity] questions about the shipment

[evan@protest.net]

On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, hendrix wrote:

> hi, after a meeting with a local NGO that COULD help us to import the
> container with tax exemption (this is difficult since there are probably only
> two organizations with this provilege and very related to goverments) some
> question arised for you (the group in the USA):
> - If there is no way to avoid the taxes, you could pay for it, right?

It depends on how much the taxes are. If they are anything like what we
have feared would happen for Ecuador then we won't be able to pay them.
For Ecuador the worse case is that the taxes will be tens of thousands of
dollars. If we get stuck with big taxes then we loose the computers. If we
loose the computers then it's going to be much harder to get funders for
future shipments to other imc's/countries. There has got to be a way to do
without having to pay the taxes, the question is how.

For Ecuador we have budgeted $2500 for shipping and another $2500 for
vairous in country expenses. I expect we'll need to raise a similar amount
of money for the next shipment. Speaking of which, we should start that
process.

> - Is the container rented or included?

Rented. When it arrives you generally have 2 hours to unload it before
they take it away agian. I believe it's possible to have them leave it for
two days for us to unload if we pay more. The best way to do it is to get
some space at a warehouse with a loading dock and a palett jack so we can
unload them quickly.

> Someone suggested to see if we have the possibility to enter through Uruguay
> since there is a better chance of finding a "free zone" or something like
> that.

I don't know the difference in import laws between Uruguay and Argentina.
Maybe we should look to sending teh container to montevideo if that will
be easier. The shipping costs for Brasil, Uruguay, and Argentina are all
the same.

> The other thing we need to talk about is which IMCs take a share of the
> computers and how many go to each country for their projects.

yeah that's a big issue. But let's get the computers there and organized
first. Then we can come up with the principles by which we organize the
distro of the computers. If we don't get them there and through customs
without lots of taxes then we'll have nothing to fight over.

in solidarity,
evan

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