Import Duties and Taxes for International Trade Shows: How to Avoid These Hidden Costs

Import duties and taxes on trade show exhibits are a sizeable cost of exhibiting abroad. In the absence of an effective temporary import strategy to avoid these expenses, exhibitors will pay more than necessary to exhibit overseas.

Pinpointing those costs can be challenging however, without some basic knowledge about temporary imports. For instance, the cost of duties and taxes to the exhibitor may not be transparent since they can be buried in the fees paid to intermediaries such as shipping companies, freight forwarders, customs brokers, trade show organizers and overnight delivery services.

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