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Old 06-06-2008   #5 (permalink)
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Default Must be written in the trade treaties between countries

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Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit View Post
This is not quite what you're asking about but when I bought my 09 SLK 350 one month ago in the US, I had to sign an agreement that I would not sell the car out of the country for at least one year.
I did this on the prior 280 and then again on the 55. Salesperson states it's to prevent unauthorized export unto gray market especially in Asia (where the tariff is 100% to 200%). A "used" MB can be imported at much less import duties.
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