Thanks for the info, very helpful. My carnet from the rac will expire when I arrive soonish, I asked the rac if I could renew my carnet and was told I'd have to get permission off nz customs.

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i'm intrigued as a price comparison between Fern, twowheels03 and Rustysauce as you all appear to have a carnet for ongoing travel to other countries, guessing all of you go to OZ next

so i'm guessing that the RAC was used and also CAA, and fern not sure where you got yours

would all three mind sharing that information of costs with me here or by PM as i'll be headed that way in 2014 and also what other countries you have included as the Carnet is always a shot in the dark it seems

now i know not to include NZ, this would be great information to have

Fern,

It seems that now Paul Gowan has jumped ship from the Carnet Dept it's not so easy to get a straight answer. First they told us we couldn't renew then that we needed permission and might be able to do it. You just have to remember that the RAC don't make the rules, they do make policy that they use but the RAC is bound to the customs regulations in each country just like anybody else. Easy to forget that the RAC isn't doing you a favour - just selling you a product. We dealt direct with NZ customs and more or less told the RAC what was happening and all was good.

It's going to be easier if you temp import the bike on the Deed of undertaking.
You then just inform the RAC and they will freeze your expired Carnet until you apply for a new one. You will start it from OZ so you will need to show proof of the Deed so they know that NZ customs won't make a claim against the expired Carnet. When you apply for the new Carnet, the Rac will transfere your refundable deposit to it and you just pay the difference.

Don't forget that your bike will have devalued loads as it's now all dirty and worn out !!!! Our 07 XT660R's are down to £1200 on the Carnet - makes it less painful when they do the sums. If you are shipping from LA - Would highly recommend Robbie Stevens.

Regards Paul

would it be possible for me to ride over to Vancouver Canada, as an American, and ship her from there to NZ or OZ? I've heard our USA TAC is making lots of hassels shipping out anything nowadays.

My Carnet was from the RAC.. My bike is valued at £1000 (minimum valuation level for insurance underwriters) and done through the insurance scheme the total bill was about £1000.

I am sat in Kolkata at the moment getting shipping quotations to get the bike from here to Auckland.

Can anyone enlighten me as to the exact fees at the NZ end and whether a Shipping agent is needed for clearance, I will not leave until I have the Bill of Lading in my hand.

Thanks for the advice, I won't use the carnet to enter NZ but do the other scheme. I think the carnet will expire then the bike is on the water-

Cheerio

F

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i was talking to simon and lisa thomas (10 years on the road) at overland expo last week about a similar situation so i'll relay what they told me as it maybe useful to you...

they were in OZ and shipped to NZ, they said because the bike entered OZ on a Carnet it had to leave on the Carnet, this meant that it had to enter NZ on a carnet as thats what is on the bill of lading from the australian shipper, then they had to cut short their time in NZ because the Carnet was running out and would have to be renewed or get out before it expired, as they were heading the states where no carnet is required they opted to leave early

you may want to look at that as they told me otherwise there is a possibility of the bike bike getting impounded until paperwork was resolved

based of this information i am heading inbound to NZ first (no carnet) and then to OZ as this works out as a cheaper option for me...but that doesn't help you right now