Benthic2
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It does mainly benefit Nordhavn, which apart from the new N41, manufacturing yard is in China.
How does it benefit Nordhavn ?? It makes their boats more expensive but they don't get to keep the price increase !
It does mainly benefit Nordhavn, which apart from the new N41, manufacturing yard is in China.
Most likely because there are not a lot of boats built here and if the boat comes from China and it is what you want, then buy it. Because there probably isn’t one built here that meets their needs/wants. Would I rather buy American made, absolutely but the reality is that sometimes it just isn’t built here. That is just reality.
Most likely because there are not a lot of boats built here and if the boat comes from China and it is what you want, then buy it. Because there probably isn’t one built here that meets their needs/wants. Would I rather buy American made, absolutely but the reality is that sometimes it just isn’t built here. That is just reality.
Does Halvorsen/IG exist as a builder anymore? Not here.Cheoy Lee is building a motoryacht at a new factory in Doumen; Selene builds ocean trawlers from 36 to 72 feet at Jet-Tern Marine in Zhuhai; Australian company Halvorsen builds its Solo and Island Gypsy trawlers at several yards in China; Marlow builds passagemakers from 57 to 78 feet at a state-of-the-art facility in Xiamen and Seahorse builds trawlers at Zhuhai.
Hampton also builds in China.
Lol, there are a lot of boats built in the US. I'm sure you can find something that fits your needs. You just have to look. Don't settle for less, unless you can't afford an American built boat. Even if it is an older boat it's still better than supporting china
Lol, there are a lot of boats built in the US. I'm sure you can find something that fits your needs. You just have to look. Don't settle for less, unless you can't afford an American built boat. Even if it is an older boat it's still better than supporting china
So power boats between 47' and 120' are exempt? Very interesting. I'm guessing the builders got that slipped in after the whole tariff thing got started.
The Chinese do not pay ANY part of an import tariff. The Ameican buyer pays the tariff when the boat is imported, well actually the importer pays it and then passes it along to the buyer.
True but it is Congress that generates the bills to be signed.
Democrats controlled both the Senate and the House. Tom Foley (D) Speaker of the House....Robert Byrd (D) Senate Majority leader in 1991. So everyone takes part of the blame.
Most likely because there are not a lot of boats built here and if the boat comes from China and it is what you want, then buy it. Because there probably isn’t one built here that meets their needs/wants. Would I rather buy American made, absolutely but the reality is that sometimes it just isn’t built here. That is just reality.
Yes, buy American cars. Americans do build cars every bit as good (today) as anything foreign-built.
Tariffs were put in place to try to level the playing field. When China dumps product in the USA to eliminate competition, it often increases unemployment or reduces better paying blue collar jobs. Loss of good paying blue collar jobs is bad for the overall economy.
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Yes, trickle dow unemployment (my n key died.)
Wifey, it was a joke. Like the Monty Python sketch about the man unable to pronounce the letter "c" and who observes that makes him a silly "bunt".Wifey B: Then how did you type unemployment without an n key?
Any idea of taxes/duty with importing a Taiwan built trawler from Spain or Portugal into the US?
I understand sales tax, but apparently I'm not searching using the correct keywords as I'm not getting any info . . .
Tariff/duty is 1.5%. As to sales/use tax, it is totally dependent on the state and how long you've owned it.
Actually, it was Bush who enacted the 10% luxury tax in '91, and repealed by Clinton in '93
No, it was Carter. It almost destroyed the American boat and general aviation industry. As raising taxes always does.
No, it was Carter. It almost destroyed the American boat and general aviation industry. As raising taxes always does.