Taking car to Tunisia from the UK

[MellieC1804]

Phil, isn'tthe import duty on a car if its for resale? if the car is going to be kept in tunisia can't you re-register it with Tunisian plates? and of course you have to change your driving license to a Tunisian 1!
my car is sittin on a SORN in the UK. its cheaper to fly back and forth at the moment but a permenant move means shes coming with me!

[Grace 111]

I just got my van registered until the year 2010. My husband renewed everything for two years. Which makes things simpler for me. it's good to know it's all legal. Makes you peaceful, indeed.

[PEP26]

Can anybody help me please.I am trying to find car insurance to cover a holiday in tunisia all the companys i have tried in the UK just DONT WANT TO KNOW, Has anybody any ideas??

[Trulymadlydeeply]

Hi PEP26 are you taking your own car over to Tunisia or hiring a car once you are there. I have hired cars there before and have not had any probs with insurance.

[PEP26]

Originally Posted by Trulymadlydeeply

Hi PEP26 are you taking your own car over to Tunisia or hiring a car once you are there. I have hired cars there before and have not had any probs with insurance.

HI Trulymadleydeeply
Thanks for reply,We usually hire over there but this time we plan to drive over,stopping in italy for a few weeks and ferry over,

[africanlilly]

Originally Posted by Cathibou

I am interested but unfortunately my kids don't finish school until 19th July would take them few days early but not 10 do you know when the season starts to try to get the lastest off season date, I too would come back on that 12th Aug ferry think it worked out 21/7 - 12/8 at £700 including cabin for 3 and 1 car
Cathi

Hi there everyone

I am married to a tunisian man, I would like to go see him this summer with my youngest son who is 13 . If anyone has the spare room I would be willing to chip in to the cost! like a louage from UK to tunisia hehe
I have been driving for 14 years have a clean license. so could help with driving, as I have driven many times in tunisia and I think if you can drive there you can drive anywhere.

[rad]

hi tounssia
we hope to go to tunisia around the same dates. we leave from ireland but cant seem to find a good route. the travel agent can only get us to roscoff in france. do you know where we can book direct to tunis from ireland. and what the best route to take is.
thanks rad.

[Kris]

Tunisia is often covered under green card policies for european travel.

PLease understand this is not comprehensive cover though.

[Grace 111]

What a very inviting link about Tunisia travel. Thanks Kris, and it was very well done. They make me want to pack my bags and come for a visit. Oh yeah I'll need a passport . Right?

[Kris]

Hi Just an update on bringing a car from the UK/Europe as I am now taking my new car back hopefully I can already the experienced a great loss of time on this subject not to mention money.

This was a very sorry escapade and is the only bad experience I have had trying to work in Tunisia as an investor.

With all things inport speak to the Douane first and ignore other agencies as you will be dealing with them and they say yes or no.

Tell them what you plan to do and get them to agree before you bring the car as rules change and training/knowledge is not good even of their own processes.

If you find some of this incorrect please feel free to offer what you know :-)

Bringing a car in as an individual:

If you are an expat Tunisian and you have been away from Tunisia for over 2 years and under a certain amount of time you can have.

RS: a plate which allows you to have a car in Tunisia and allows you to sell the car to another rs person.

FCR: Import a car and pay tax on it in the range of 18% percent you are allowed one of these. Car will have Tunisian plates.

Somtimes you will get people offering to sell this (illegal) and this is not advised as they will need to import the car in their name and the car will be theirs for its life until sold to another FCR

Bringing in a Car as a foreign investor

If you read the FIPA do***entation as I did ask them and speak to the customs. You will be told that bringing your car is easy allowing you the pleasure of creating jobs in Tunisia. Alas it is not really easy and you need to have.

1. A commercial enterprise: Not a internet company or service company. This means somthing easy for the customs to understand like a factory etc.
2. Approval from the API: The promotion of industry government body forms to be filled in etc.
3. Approval from the Douane: Yes approval again and they can also say no if they like.

So fo me I made the following mistakes I am not offshore nor am I a factory so in their eyes the largest tourism website about tunisia with over 50,000 potential customers for Tunisia is less worthly than a shoe factory and thus I have had zero help at all from anyone aside from Expat Solutions who I pay.

My advice is either if your husband is an expat then no problem FCR but if an investor pay somone to do the papers before you come in the car and have a Tunisian car if at all possible as the upside of this that Tunisian cars at the moment deprecieate much more slowly than imported cars (tunisian numberplate).

Sorry for a bit of a rant but I hope my expensive mistakes help others.

I love Tunisia but you shouldn't have to work 6 months to ge a no.