I know the things that can be imported, i'm from Argentina and I go to customs once or twice a month. All the orders bellow 999 dollars (or low qty) the customs consider them for personal use.


IMHO, be very pacient 'cause it's going to take time.

You are in good hands with Javier and Sandra
 

Mervifwdc, please follow the advice of javkap, he and Sandra have been helping overlanders for many many years - and not only with import problems, but with hospitality and good cheer.

I will bow out unless javkap thinks I can help with anything specific. This problem is better handled by one person and that person is javkap.

I would like to add that it is always best to determine to the best of your ability what the law is and do what is right, no matter what country you are visiting.

But, for those who live here in Argentina, and have developed friendships with the authorities, those same authorities might well bend the law - this is true for each of the many many countries I have visited.

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Hi Everyone,

Many thanks for all the information, it's making it a lot clearer to us. Javcap (and Mrs Javcap!) are helping us out. I'll post again when we know more.

Merv.

Just a quick note to tidy this up for anyone reading in the future.

We had to come to ba to sort this, the person who's name is on the airways bill needs to visit customs, and this makes it a lot smoother. Javcap got us hooked up with a good agent in the airport, and we went there to get the parts. UPS had told is it would take them 15 days to process the package through customs, but by going there ourselves, with javcap's contact, we got the package processed and out in a few hours, at less than half the cost UPS had quoted us.

Many thanks to everyone who helped us out especially Sandra at Dakar motors.

All that's left is a few more beer in ba, and then another 25 hr bus ride back to our truck in esquel.

Merv and Sarah.