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 | | From: | David Johnstone | | Subject: | Car Import to SA | | Date: | 24 Jan 2005 02:14:40 -0800 |
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 | Can anybody tell me what the position is if
one wants to import a car to South Africa and
register it? Who can do so, what restrictions
are there, what does one have to do, what
taxes and duties are payable and how much
does it cost etc.?
I have looked at the Department of Transport
web site (http://www.transport.gov.za) but
couldn't find anything there, perhaps somebody
has a URL or some info/experience?
Many thanks in advance,
David
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| | From: | Peter H.M. Brooks | | Subject: | Re: Car Import to SA | | Date: | Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:50:17 +0200 |
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| David Johnstone wrote:
> Can anybody tell me what the position is if
> one wants to import a car to South Africa and
> register it? Who can do so, what restrictions
> are there, what does one have to do, what
> taxes and duties are payable and how much
> does it cost etc.?
>
> I have looked at the Department of Transport
> web site (http://www.transport.gov.za) but
> couldn't find anything there, perhaps somebody
> has a URL or some info/experience?
>
Don't bother.
Unless you have a really good reason it isn't worth it.
They'll give you thousands of forms to fill in, take months to clear it
and charge you a bomb (unless you argue convincingly a number of times
to different officials).
SA has a car industry and is extremely protective of it - so they really
don't want you to import cars. So it is made particularly difficult to do.
If you are working with the Customs people in Cape Town, I was told by
an importer, don't ever try to get anything done after 10:00 am on a
Friday - they are off down the pub then and, if they return, are in a
filthy mood.
I did import a car. I managed to keep the cost down, but it was a most
unpleasant experience and certainly not worth the hassle.
--
O how I cried when Alice died
The day we were to have wed!
We never had our Roasted Duck
And now she's a Loaf of Bread!
At nights I weep an cannot sleep,
Moonlight to me recalls
I never saw her Waterfront
Nor she my Waterfalls
- W.H. Auden verses for 'The Dog Beneath the Skin'
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