HVX could soon cost £12000 in EU due to risk of tax rise !!!

[Anarkic Twist]

anyone read this?????!!!!!


http://www.netribution.co.uk/2/content/view/759/182/

"Europe's only broadcast camera manufacturer, Thomson Grass Valley, says Japanese professional and broadcast video cameras are selling within Europe at lower prices than they can be bought for in Japan. If the complaint is upheld, the European Union could impose an import tariff of up to 200% on camera imports, to protect European manufacturer interests.

This is the second time a complaint of this kind has been lodged with the European Commission. Ten years ago, before Thomson and Philips BTS merged, both companies told the Commission that high-end 2/3" Triax broadcast camera systems were selling in Europe at lower prices than in Japan. The complaint was upheld and import duty on these cameras went up by between 100 and 200%. Those extra duties are still in place now, over ten years later. That's why a current industry standard digibeta camera still costs an arm and three legs."​

 

[VenezuelanD]

I believe the up to 200% number is on the tariff itself. So if they're charging say 7% on import then it might go up as high (as high being the operative word here) as 28%.
While I don't know the tax amount that the EU imposes on imported cameras, a quick online search I found that it is rather complicated to find out just what the import tariff is, but I did find this:
http://forums.dvdoctor.net/archive/index.php/t-28700.html

Which seems to indicate a 14% tariff on cameras. If we take the 200% increase as truth, then you're talking about a 42% tariff. Now since its already being taxed 14% and lets assume the HVX sells for roughly 5,500 euros (it has a list price of 5,990 euros ouch!) now thats 5,500 with the 14% tariff already computed in correct?
so we're talking about a jump to 7040 euros. I know hardly ideal, but not nearly as alarmist as your 12000 euro figure.

Also why is the camera so expensive in Europe? I had to double check to make sure the places I googled were not quoting in $$.

And what's with the isolationist economic policy? Hasn't an isolationist economic policy already been disbarred, since you know it helped cause that little incident in the '40s?