It would be great if a European distributor - import duties are absolutely crippling!
Unless the new self-courier service from minerwarez has some scope to "ease" the import tax value
What are you talking about?
There are no import duties for EU, just Vat and the usual shippers handling fees. Any European distributor will have to still pay VAT on imports and will just pass it on and add it to the price.
The only way to mine without VAT is nog to Import Chinese miners Into the EU. Have them shipped to a hosting company in the US or China or Iceland or just anywhere without VAT on imports.