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FURTHER CONTROL ON VEHICLE IMPORT FROM GEORGIA
The government is going to add another obstacle to those already
existing in the vehicle import process from Georgia.
Recall as a result of amendments to the Customs Code made in 2011 the
term for temporary import of vehicles from Georgia was reduced from
30 to 15 days. Plus, a citizen of Armenia can carry out temporary
import of vehicles only twice a year.
This amendment caused a wave of complaint of those who import cars
from Georgia. They are not few because cars in our neighboring country
are twice cheaper than in Armenia. In Georgia, the customs clearance
and registration of vehicles is also much cheaper: customs clearance
in Georgia is 5% in Armenia - 32%. This is also among the reasons why
Armenian drivers preferred driving cars with Georgian plates and not
register them in Armenia. For this they used to go to Georgia once
a month to update the temporary import status and come back to Armenia.
But the new law deprived them of this possibility. Now, the government
is undertaking other amendments changing the term "Registered in other
countries" with "Not registered in Armenia", "Temporary import" or
"Transit", which will enable to define which vehicles are subject to
customs clearance and which should pay the temporary import fee.
Nelli Danielyan, Pastinfo 15:33 26/06/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/economy/view/30284
The government is going to add another obstacle to those already
existing in the vehicle import process from Georgia.
Recall as a result of amendments to the Customs Code made in 2011 the
term for temporary import of vehicles from Georgia was reduced from
30 to 15 days. Plus, a citizen of Armenia can carry out temporary
import of vehicles only twice a year.
This amendment caused a wave of complaint of those who import cars
from Georgia. They are not few because cars in our neighboring country
are twice cheaper than in Armenia. In Georgia, the customs clearance
and registration of vehicles is also much cheaper: customs clearance
in Georgia is 5% in Armenia - 32%. This is also among the reasons why
Armenian drivers preferred driving cars with Georgian plates and not
register them in Armenia. For this they used to go to Georgia once
a month to update the temporary import status and come back to Armenia.
But the new law deprived them of this possibility. Now, the government
is undertaking other amendments changing the term "Registered in other
countries" with "Not registered in Armenia", "Temporary import" or
"Transit", which will enable to define which vehicles are subject to
customs clearance and which should pay the temporary import fee.
Nelli Danielyan, Pastinfo 15:33 26/06/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/economy/view/30284