In a message dated 11/10/2003 1:04:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: << The problem with your logic is that it is usually a one-way trip out of the US. Due to unreasonable tariffs, many countries sell more to the US than the US sells to them. As an example, look at Russia. If you notice, many of the non-Russian aircraft are leased and are registered in foreign countries because the Russian government imposes a tariff of as much as 40%. >> Yet they still fly them. It is the same as companies in the US, which has some of the world's lowest Tariffs and Excise taxes, they will often find ways around tax structures in the US and other countries in which they do business.