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Originally Posted by PatOnTrip
Maria, I have not personally gone through the process of shipping a motorcycle out of South Africa without a Carnet. Also I have not checked the latest exportations rules. But a quick search on Google showed that you can get into South Africa without a carnet by air or sea but you will need to leave a deposit for the bike. Also if you enter by land and have a TIP at the land border, you can export your bike out of the country.
Zenbiker, It might be worth it for you to research a bit more before deciding to pay for a carnet.
Patrick
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Interesting Pat. I shipped two bikes to Cape Town last May and out of South Africa in September and shipping companies at both end (UK and SA) were adamant that a Carnet was required for shipping to and out of South Africa.
Maybe depends on the shipping companies dealing with custom in South Africa. Best ask the shippers what they need to get the bikes through customs.
By land it is not required, which makes it very annoying. Very few countries now in Africa demand it if it is by land border ( Egypt, Soudan, maybe Ethiopia?) but by the west coast it seems easier. I met a polish guy in Namibia who had crossed by the west coast. I will ask him if he needed a Carnet on the way. As far as I know he is still down there....
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