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Yes, a number of companies bring in things such as helicopters on temporary import and fail to pay full duty, knowing full well that they plan to keep them here long-term. For example, CHC when they imported their S76s into Nigeria, air-freighted them into Ghana, re-assembled them there and flew them into Nigeria from there under a temporary import permit, with a far lower duty than should really be paid. I'm not sure of the exact figure, but I believe the full import duty on an S76 is about $1.6 million. I think CHC did this with about 6 S76s which they brought in after their take-over of Schreiner.
I'm sure Caverton/DanCopters/Gulf will be totally above board and pay full duty on all the AW139s they bring in to the country to ensure that they operate in a fully ethical business manner
