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Carnet: fees and security deposit - list of countries
Just a quick heads up for all of you considering obtaining a Carnet in Australia. Which is easier than expected.
I’m just through the process to get one for my motorbike for an Africa Trip. Carnets here are available at your local automobile club in your state or territory. The non refundable fee charged for the carnet is AU$400 for all vehicles.

You also need to provide a security for the ‘indemnity amount’ of your vehicle. I was sent a list covering pretty much all countries (which is typed in below) of how high this indemnity amount is. The indemnity amount is a percentage of the combined market value of the vehicle, spare parts and tools at the time of departure from Australia. The exact percentage is dependent on which countries the trip goes through:

Australia: cars 100%; motorcycles 30%
Egypt: cars 200%; motorcycles 150%
Europe: cars 100%; motorcycles 50%
India: cars 400%; motorcycles 400%
Pakistan: cars 400%; motorcycles 400%
Sri Lanka: cars 400%; motorcycles 400%
Iran: cars 470%; motorcycles 470%
Japan: cars 100%; motorcycles 100%
Middle East: cars 150%; motorcycles 100%
New Zealand: cars 50%; motorcycles 25%
Singapore: cars 200%; motorcycles 150%
Malaysia: cars 200%; motorcycles 150%
Indonesia: cars 200%; motorcycles 150%
South America: cars 300%; motorcycles 200%
South Africa: cars 150%; motorcycles 100%
Syria: cars 400%; motorcycles 400%
Trans Africa: cars 200%; motorcycles 150%

E.g. if you plan to go through Africa (=Trans Africa, covering all countries) with a motorbike/spares/tools of a $5000 combined market value you need to provide a security deposit of $7500 (=150% of $5000).

There are three ways of providing this security deposit and you can choose either of them:

1. Cash deposit at your automobile club (=bank cheque)
2. Bank guarantee
3. Insurance indemnity (premium is 2% of the indemnity amount but at least $300. It enables you to get around freezing a large amount of money for the security but you will still have to pay the duty if you permanently leave your vehicle in one of the countries covered by your Carnet). They also ask for $250 refundable deposit for the insurance.

According to the Australian Carnet issuer a Carnet is only required in:

Africa: Benin, Bophuthatswana, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, CAR, Chad, Ciskei, Comores, Congo, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe. (it adds: in certain African countries the Carnet is not officially required but is often used to facilitate temporary importation)

America: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dutch Antilles, Ecuador, Jamaica, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Trinidad&Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela (in Brazil the Carnet is not required when entering by land routes, it is only required for vehicles entering Brazil by boat)

Asia/Middle East: Bahrain, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, UAE, Yemen

Europe: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey (in Europe a Carnet is only required for non-private cars)

Oceania: Australia, New Zealand

A Carnet is not required for Canada, USA and for private cars in Europe.

All this information is current as of August 2010. I hope it helps.
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