US vs UK prices

[lvackerman@telocity.com]

Just a note of interest about UK and US prices.

Today the exchange rate is 1.407 US $ = 1 UK L.

Looking at the prices for a monowheel with a 914 turbo
engine:

Kit 16380 UK L
engine 11920 UK L
Total converted to US $ = $39818
or

Kit 26250 US $
Engine 19072 US $
Total in SU $ = $45322

Which results in a difference of $6504 US.
Which is about a 16% difference in price.
The Europa costs that much more in the US vs the UK.
Does this happen because of transportation costs...
Why the large difference?