Australian Carnet Answered
If you are travelling in Countries that do not need a carnet after yours expires
But have since had an email from the RACQ in Australia,
This is how it works:
1. You cannot sell the bike if it under a Carnet, you must surrender the bike to Customs, if you sell it you must pay the duty, in the country sold
2. You can either get an extension done on your carnet- you can get 3 month, 6 month or 12 monthly ones where you pay an extension fee along with the extra insurance indemnity to cover the extended months, you would need to contact an automobile club that carnets are required to facilitate this process.
Or
3. You can continue travelling with an expired carnet in countries where a carnet is not required, however you would need to organise prior to shipping your bikes back to Australia with an authorised and licenced customs broker to import your vehicle back in as they will not accept your bikes back in Australia if your carnet has expired. The only time they accept an expired carnet coming back into Australia, is when the carnet expires when the bike or vehicle is in transit on its way back to Australia.
I hope this helps fellow travellers
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