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bajadave1
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Importing cabinets ?
Can anyone tell me if there are restrictions on bringing kitchen cabinets into Baja, or just the aduana necessary?
THX
Dave
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Bob and Susan
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No problem....just don't exceed the $5000 mark.
Contact an importer if you exced $1000.
Expect to pay 24% of the invoice value
...and you CANNOT install them unless you have a work permit...
you'll need to hire someone
We also want standard cabinets...although local cabinetmakers do some excelent work.
Home Depot has some excellemt off-the-shelf stuff.
Tell us later what you did.
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bajajudy
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I would expect to pay 30-35% of invoice(original must accompany the shipment to your importer in San Diego, where ever). That is what we have to pay
to import our books.
Probably more like 35% because you will have to pay IVA.(10%) Books dont have IVA
Let me know if you need some advise on importers. Some are very difficult to deal with, others just fine. Unfortunately our's very seldom takes on
new customers.
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Bob and Susan
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But Judy you are Re-selling your books..
I think dave is building a house...
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In La Paz you can do any work on your own house. This is per immagration, you can't on your place because it a commercial business.
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...and you CANNOT install them unless you have a work permit...
you'll need to hire someone
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Imigration here says a homeowner can work on his own property - no restrictions - but not on a neighbor or friends.
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probably....only with an fm3...not an fmt
I had to get an attachment to my fm3 so i could work on my property only...
but it is a corp....like you said
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Local source?
With a few of the Big Box stores now in Baja, is there not a source for standard cabinets in Baja? (isn't there a Home Depot)
I'm enjoying the simplicity of the 27' Holiday Rambler on our lot for now... but we'll be building one day soon too.
Its all just stuff and some numbers.
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Bob and Susan
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yea but they really don't have the complete line all the time....
we'll see when the ensenada home depot opens....
it looks really BIG
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yea but they really don't have the complete line all the time....
we'll see when the ensenada home depot opens....
it looks really BIG |
Where is it (home depot) located in Ensenada?
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It has absolutely nothing to do with what I do with the books.....That is the tariff here in Los Cabos to bring something from the border for whatever
purpose....we are farther down the road than Mulege. That 25-35% is mostly transportation, paper shuffling charges; the actual amount paid to the
Mex gov't is less than 10%(not including IVA). I am not sure of the exact amount, but it is a processing fee imposed by aduana. The rest is renting
the truck, hiring the driver, paying for the gas....etc. They could care less what you do with the stuff.
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Home Depot in Baja
As an avid Home Depot customer, I eagerly awaited the opening of the Mexicali Home Depot and stopped there the first week it was open. It was a huge
disappointment. Although I've stopped there numerous times to check selection and prices, I have yet to purchase ANYTHING. I've found I'm not alone.
Two Mexican friends of mine who do a lot of construction work told me they cross the border and shop at the Home Depot in El Centro unless it is too
much to bring across without a broker.
The Walmart in Mexicali is another example of the above. I've never bought anything there, either. When people ask me why I don't shop there and
avoid the border hassle, I tell them that I pass the Walmart in Calexico on every trip down and the parking lot is jammed at eight a.m. Most of the
license plates in the parking lot are Mexican. That tells me I'm wasting my time checking out Mexicali.
For those farther down, of course, the options are more limited.
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Bob and Susan
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judy...the actual import fee is 17%
broker get 5% more
that's 23%
transportation and handeling doesn't count if you bring it down yourself
bill...home depot lumber sucks but...faucets parts tools and other hardware is almost the same price without the import fee
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Driving up to get our books is not an option. I was talking about using an importer
Who gets the 17%
Where is the IVA in your figures? You have to pay that. Maybe that is 10% of your 17%, bringing the import fee down to 7% which is about what I
thought it was.
FYI, the prices at Home Depot, Costco, reflect this 25-35% importation.
Interesting aside. The importer's trucks have to push the buttons too. Red light and you are going to unpack your truck and account for everything
in there with the invoices. This can take up to 24 hours, according to how big the truck, how small the boxes.....etc.
[Edited on 3-12-2006 by bajajudy]
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The Home Depot in TJ has the full line of cabinets, does computerized kitchen design, and will deliver and install as far down as Santo Tomas (for a
price of course).
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17% Import Fee
The Import fee charged at the border to an individual on goods produced in the U.S. is 17% and is levied on the cost of the goods only. The sales
tax paid in the U.S. is NOT included. I have a stack of Customs forms reflecting the prices I have paid on numerous imported goods.
B and S: You're probably right. The lumber and other goods such as ladders (too large to hide) have been my primary focus. Small items I have never
checked out unless I had forgotten to get them before crossing. For me, convenience is another factor to be considered. Since I normally cross the
border once each month, it is a lot more convenient to pick up the items on the U.S. side. It is about to be more convenient since the Conditional
Use Permit has been issued in Yucca Valley for the Walmart Supercenter and the Home Depot two miles from my house. Soon, except for Doctor's
appointments, I won't have any reason to leave YV unless I'm heading to Baja.
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Why don't you go mexican. In the towns larger then a small village there are
craftmen that can build anything you want. When in mex buy mex. CHEAP and good quality. Or let us make Baja the next state.
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The import tax is 17%
Broker comission is 5%
IVA is 10% is only for resale not for construction.
The rest must be the costs for your importer charges you.
I did a cost comparison two years ago on 10 specific items at Home Depot in TJ...the result was that the prices were very close.
Actually some prices were lower and some were higher but not by much.
The Ensenada Home Deopt is right across the street from Costco.
BIG parking lot!!!
There is a sign there also that says a Walmart or SAMs Club is going in also.
I also contacted Home Depot Headquarters for assistance in importing or ordering in USA and picking up in Mexico and they were of NO ASSISTANCE!!
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"It is about to be more convenient since the Conditional Use Permit has been issued in Yucca Valley for the Walmart Supercenter and the Home Depot two
miles from my house."
What's this???
Is it something we should look into?
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[Edited on 3-12-2006 by Bob and Susan]
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Go Mex
I did have close neighbors in Percebu that had some kitchen cabinets built in San Felipe. They were pretty good with only a few defects and the price
was decent too. They were constructed from Pine, which seems to be the rule. The neighbors who had them made were elderly so they didn't have the
option of coming North and hauling them back.
Although Baja won't be the 51st State (and I'm glad), it WILL become whatever the U.S. markets decide. That's already apparent closer to the border.
The San Felipe area is growing exponentially as a result of U.S. migration. The most notable aspect of the recent growth is the extent to which the
service businesses are following the U.S. models. At business after business you see "Large" signs posted out front that say "We Speak English",
"American-Style Food", etc. Money Talks (Loud).
One item that seems to always be cheaper and that I have bought a lot of over the years is PVC pipe and fittings. There may be others.
Unfortunately, none of the Big-Ticket items have ever been cheaper even after paying the duty.
[Edited on 3-12-2006 by MrBillM]
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