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I notice how prominently the phrase "Value Added Tax Paid" appears in European boat ads. This British sales tax is heavy, compared to North America, and is designed to keep the British buying British. Some of the old cruising books by the Hiscocks and the Smeatons refer often to their bureaucratic struggles to try and save a few pounds by building boats in New Zealand, and then trying to get them accepted back in England without paying vast duties.
The OP should consider that it would be cheaper to leave his boat in Mexico, perhaps, than to re-establish a U.S. residence and have to officially import his boat.
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