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I believe motor vehicles aren't included in that particular tax exemption.

Cars and motorbikes are included as far as I know you can only really do it once and cannot sell for three years. Everything else is sketchy. I have to go to Laem Chabang tomorrow I'll see what I can find out.

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This is from the Thai customs website, which notes that motor vehicles (among other items) are excluded- http://www.customs.go.th/wps/wcm/connect/custen/individuals/importing+used+or+secondhand+household+effects/importingusedsecondhandhouseholdeffects+

There's a recent thread going on GTR at the moment regarding this subject- I can't link it due to forum rules, but you can easily find it.

Roll halfway down the page:

http://www.customs.go.th/wps/wcm/connect/custen/individuals/importing+personal+vehicle/importingpersonalvehicle+

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That lists a small discount for used vehicles rather than a minimal total tax amount- a three-year-old car would still be hit with ~150%-300% tax depending on engine displacement and horsepower (at least that's how it looks to me- I could be wrong). That's for cars, of course- I'm not sure how it pertains to bikes, which are taxed differently.

The only tax exemption I see listed is for a temporary import of two months maximum (though there might be a way go extend it to six months).

People have been trying to get around the import tax for years- I haven't heard a real success story yet.;)

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I would imagine that Thai people would get a tax break when importing their vehicle which was owned in a foreign country for the specified length of time, and then importing it here. I don't see what the benefit would be offering this to non-Thai people?? (excluding Embassy workers etc. who can import differently).

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