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Subject: Re: Israelis! Why are computer and electronic equip. so expensive?

Author: Vasik Rajlich

Date: 03:21:03 05/09/05

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On May 08, 2005 at 10:22:54, stuart taylor wrote:

>Why are computers (and sterio equipment e.g. Sony etc.) so expensive in Israel
>compared with the rest of the world, e.g. UK, US?
>
>How much is the import tax these days? Didn't it used to be 40-50% and now went
>down to 20%
>
>But let's take e.g. note-book mobile computer prices, they seem to be far more
>expensive than international prices plus merely 20%.
>
>I mean, if ALL it takes to pay tax on these kind of products is 20%, then it
>would seem to be a very great saving to bring them in either by mail order, or
>by hand, wouldn't it?

I don't know about Isreal but computer parts are also somewhat more expensive in
Eastern Europe.

Not really sure why.

Vas




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