Yes, you’re looking at ~92% tax right there. Final price jumped from ~113 dollars (584BRL) to ~220 dollars.

EDIT: A bit of clarification, when buying from abroad there’s a flat 60% federal tax if the thing + shipping price surpasses 50 dollars. Then there’s a state tax that can vary between 17-25%, which goes on top of the total taxed value. Part of the tax is literally “tax of a tax”

    • RickRussell_CA@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I’m curious – strong protectionism is usually associated with far-left pro-labor government. Free market economics and low tariffs (here in North America, policies like NAFTA for example) are more associated with centrist neoliberalism.

      What makes you suggest that high import taxes are a neoliberal policy?

    • T4V0@lemmy.ptEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Doesn’t work in Brazil. Gifts cannot be sent from a business to a person, and even then there’s a 50 USD limit.

      • 0x4E4F@infosec.pubEnglish
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        2 years ago

        You tell him to send it as a person 🤷.

        What I’ve found out over the years is that Chinese will agree to almost anything to make a sale 😂.

        And you can always claim engineering samples if it’s a gift from a company 😉.

  • josefo@leminal.spaceEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Dude, Argentina recently updated this from 100% tax to 155%. We literally pay more to the government than the full price. And this is for every purchase, no matter the amount. Be thankful that your shitty politicians are less shitty than ours, you could be worse.