“Apple’s iPad 2 may have the same performance in São Paulo as San Francisco, but Brazilians pay about 56 percent more [US$1025] for the same magical tablet,” Nicole Martinelli reports for Cult of Mac.
“Cult of Mac’s Global iPad Index takes iPad 2 prices – the 32GB model, Wifi only – and compares them in Apple’s 37 online stores [local taxes or VAT figured into the online price listed],” Martinelli reports. “Our number crunching shows that you can buy a slightly cheaper iPad from our North American neighbors (US$605 in Canada and US$621 in Mexico) than in California.* You could also pay about 13 percent less Malaysia than in the U.S., where the same iPad 2 costs the equivalent of US$559, tax included.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: According to Wikipedia, Brazil’s Imposto Sobre Produtos Industrializados (tax over industrialized products) can reach 60% on imported products.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
Import tariffs. That will soon be alleviated as Foxconn makes iOS devices there.
Exactly.
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Teacher Says
Class, is there anyone out there now who doesn’t understand how establishing tariffs, manipulating currency, lowering employment and ecological laws and stealing intellectual property doesn’t add dramatic growth to your economy???
Yeah,
Every libtard entering this site would not understand. That’s why they keep voting Demorat.
You should re-read the comment with which you agreed. Here it is with the extras deleted”
You agreed with the opposite of your agenda. Now who’s the ‘tard?
I bud thee KingTard! You are such a tool.
No wonder we have so many Brazilians here in South Florida!
Yeah, it’s about the same in all South America. In Peru, we pay in between 60% – 100% for an iPad or a Mac.
Right; Brazil’s economy is second in size only to the US in the Western Hemisphere, and is the eighth largest in the world. It also is one of the fastest growing in the world, plus being mostly energy independent. But other than that, Brazil is going nowhere fast.
I thought I read Brazil was up to 5th, but no matter, the problem with Brazil has been its boom-bust economy.
Caution americans: Hillary Clinton praised the tax system in Brazil.