Egyptian Customs Rip off for vehicle over 2 litres
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As of 16th May 2004 if you enter Egypt with a vehicle over 2000 CC the customs and excise (non-refundable) tariff has risen to 3,002 EGP Pounds (roughyl USD 450). For vehicles of 2000 CC and less it remains 1,000 EGP Pound. This could be a local customs charge - we crossed at Salloum (border with Libya). We called numerous offices before paying, and it seems it is genuine. We were told by the Customs officer that we were the first people to pay - a dubious honour!
Also - for complicated reasons we had a carnet with company name on and not our names (the drivers). Despite RAC letters etc we had to leave vehicle at border and bus/train to Cairo (900 kms) to have a stamp in Carnet. Took 80 hours to get vehicle released. Make sure for Egypt that your name appears on Carnet!
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