Originally Posted by
Gargleblaster
I travelled a lot to Dhaka, Bangladesh in the 90s, spent almost a year there in total, working on EU funded projects. Anyways, getting computers and equipment was very difficult. So we'd always bring one, not laptops, but proper stationary ones. We had all the required paperwork designating the goods as temporary items, to be re-exported. When leaving again, typically after a couple of months one would always carry a dead motherboard, or some other remains, and everything was stamped and good.
You could have done that on carnet. As long as the serial numbers match, you're good to go. A carnet is good for six months.
Zimbabwe wasn't a carnet country, I had to air-freight goods ahead, pay duty on them, and then have the duty refunded on them when I left the country. That's the only non-carnet country I've been to.
I don't know about Bangladesh, but India is a pain. Not only do you have to declare everything, you have to enter through the port on your carnet. Everywhere else, you enter the country at any international border aeroport.