Retirement exempt from taxes or duty when moving my things here?

If you find out let me know. I'm in the same boat. I have heard so many rumors. But one thing is for certain. Customs is pretty corrupt. I wanted to ship my 09 honda down here. It's full of bells and whistles. "People" have told me that "luxury items are taxed at higher rates."so that it would be much cheaper to by a new car here in Guatemala.I paid $30k for my honda about 6 months ago and found out the same car here is $43K. Go figure. have also tried to find some sort of definative guide on customs. But I can not find one either officially or unofficially. I hagetingve heard nothing about retires getting a break of any kind.

The original question was more than a year ago, too bad he hasn't reported back.  I work with a tramite to handle my import stuff, so I avoid the red tape. 

I believe it is correct that pensionados get a certain amount of household goods they can import without paying a duty.  I don't recall the exact amount, but there are lots of companies who help with these things.  Check the tourist magazines for import companies, this is what they do for a living.

Shipping a car is straightforward, they will determine a market value on the car (based on their calculations) and you will pay about 26% import duties on the car.  A little market research will tell you whether it's worth it.  My own opinion is I don't want to be driving a $30k car around Guatemala; it's too nice of a target.