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Carnet Rates
Something that hasn't been talked about very much here is that the Carnet des Passages has a different rate depending on where you are from.
For example, the percent duty for Canadians going to Egypt is only 55%. It is my understanding that for Brits it is on the order of 400%. When we rode from Germany to South Africa via the East Coast our most expensive country was Tanzania at 100% of the value of the bikes.
Your issuing agency will be happy to provide you with the current rates. Well, at least Suzanne at the CAA was...
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Ekke, shouldn't you be working or does the sight of gently falling snow cause the mind to wander to thoughts of pyramids and tombs of Pharoahs?
For comparison of the CAA required percentages of duties and taxes, see below a fairly comprehensive list that someone kindly posted on a different site.
Country - Amount of duty and taxes
Benin Yes 100%
Bophuthatswana Yes 72.5%
Botswana Yes 29%
Burkina Faso Yes 62.16%
Cameroon Yes 100%
CAR Yes 100%
Chad Yes 100%
Ciskei Yes 72.5%
Comoros Yes 100%
Congo Yes 100%
Egypt Yes 55%
Gabon Yes 50%
Ghana Yes Free
Guinea-Bissau Yes 100%
Ivory Coast Yes 40%
Kenya Yes 78%
Lesotho Yes 29%
Libya Yes 100%
Malawi Yes 100%
Mauritania Yes 110% CIF
Namibia Yes 29%
Niger Yes 25%
Senegal Yes 73.30%
Somalia Yes 100%
South Africa Yes 29%
Swaziland Yes 29%
Tanzania Yes 100%
Togo Yes 100%
Uganda Yes 100%
Zimbabwe Yes 100%
Australia Yes 26.4%
New Zealand Yes 12.5%
Vanuatu Yes 100%
Bangladesh Yes 50%
India Yes 98%
Indonesia Yes 100%
Japan Yes 5%
Jordan Yes 46%
Kuwait Yes 6%
Lebanon Yes 12%
Malaysia Yes 15%
Myanmar Yes 100%
Oman Yes 5%
Pakistan Yes 107.5%
Qatar Yes 4%
Singapore Yes 30%
Sri Lanka Yes 0%
Syria Yes 0%
United Arab Emirates Yes 4%
Yemen Yes 48.7%
Argentina Yes 53 % CIF
Chile Yes 100%
Columbia Yes 100%
Costa Rica No Written Undertaking
Dutch Antilles Yes 100%
Ecuador Yes 100%
Jamaica Yes 100%
Paraguay Yes 100%
Peru Yes 49%
Surinam Yes 100%
Trinidad & Tobago Yes 100%
Uruguay Yes 100%
Venezuela Yes 25%
Nepal Yes 98%
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Carnet rates
The difference is pretty stark between countries.
From the UK the rates are: (from http://www.rac.co.uk/web/library/pdfs/carnet-notes.pdf )
Egypt 800%
Iran, Pakistan, India 500%
Africa 150-200%
Japan NZ and Oz 150%
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Japan NZ and Oz 150%
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150% for Japan is ridiculous!
Customs duty is 0%
And consumption tax (sales tax/VAT) is only 5%
Someone stands to make a good profit if you decide to leave your bike in Japan!
I wonder if they set the rates something like 20 years ago and never bothered to check the recent duties.
I would be interested in that they use a basis for such rates.
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This brings up the question ... will the CAA give carnets to bikes/people not in/from canada????
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This document is dated 2006, are you sure it is current, I bloody hope not
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Quote:
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This brings up the question ... will the CAA give carnets to bikes/people not in/from canada????
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In general, NO.
CAA is official AIT Carnet issuer for bikes registered CA, USA, & MX.
If bike is registered UK, it's RAC; if OZ, it's Taking Your Car Overseas - Australian Automobile Association,
etc., etc
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