Importing A Car From Thailand

[ucomservices]

My Wife is a Thai National staying with me in INDIA for the past 17 years on Valid Visa Extensions.

I want to know :-

1. Can we import a car from Thailand Duty Free into INDIA ???

I think that foreign nationals who have been staying in another country for a long time are authorized to import a motor vehicle into that country Duty Free.

Everyone's Suggestions will be Highly Appreciated........

[garyh]

my bad

Edited March 9, 2011 by garyh

[ucomservices]

I mean importing a motor vehicle from Thailand to India and not from India to Thailand.

[gotlost]

Sorry but even Thai nationals can not bring in a car duty free and the duty is extremely high.

See Thai Customs web site, this from that site.

"Importing Used/Secondhand Household EffectsReturning Thai residents who have been abroad for one year or longer, for the purposes other than touring are eligible to bring in household effects acquired abroad free of taxes and duties. In addition, nonresidents changing their residence to Thailand may import the household effects subject to the conditions stated below without payment of import taxes duties.

The term "household effects" includes all goods which are normally necessary to equip a self-contained home e.g. furniture, carpets, books, musical instruments, paintings, tableware, stereos, linens, and similar household furnishings, etc. To be eligible for tax and duty free allowance, the importers are required to have owned, possessed, and usedthe household effects before they return to Thailand to resume residence. It is important that the importers meet the three requirements of ownership, possession, and use. For example, if they owned and possessed the goods without using them, the goods would be subject to regular taxes and duties.

Personal effects accompanied with the owner traveling into or out of Thailand, including any goods used or will be used commercially are not eligible as household effects cannot brought in tax and duty free as the household effects

NOTE: Motor vehicles, alcoholic beverages and tobacco are excluded from this rebate."

The thread should read EXPORTING from Thailand to India. OP check with India.

[gotlost]

I mean importing a motor vehicle from Thailand to India and not from India to Thailand.

Start hear.

http://www.indiabaggagerules.com/2008/01/import-of-passenger-automobiles-to.html

[Semper]

Sorry but even Thai nationals can not bring in a car duty free and the duty is extremely high.

See Thai Customs web site, this from that site.

"Importing Used/Secondhand Household EffectsReturning Thai residents who have been abroad for one year or longer, for the purposes other than touring are eligible to bring in household effects acquired abroad free of taxes and duties. In addition, nonresidents changing their residence to Thailand may import the household effects subject to the conditions stated below without payment of import taxes duties.

The term "household effects" includes all goods which are normally necessary to equip a self-contained home e.g. furniture, carpets, books, musical instruments, paintings, tableware, stereos, linens, and similar household furnishings, etc. To be eligible for tax and duty free allowance, the importers are required to have owned, possessed, and usedthe household effects before they return to Thailand to resume residence. It is important that the importers meet the three requirements of ownership, possession, and use. For example, if they owned and possessed the goods without using them, the goods would be subject to regular taxes and duties.

Personal effects accompanied with the owner traveling into or out of Thailand, including any goods used or will be used commercially are not eligible as household effects cannot brought in tax and duty free as the household effects

NOTE: Motor vehicles, alcoholic beverages and tobacco are excluded from this rebate."

The thread should read EXPORTING from Thailand to India. OP check with India.

Depends on where the OP is posting from