Export car to non-EU country

Transportation, Travel and Trips
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My status: Foreigner with C permit. Austrian passport with family in Belgrade, Serbia.

I want to buy a used car next year in April and use it in Switzerland for three months to go on weekend trips with my family. I have a GA SBB pass for the rest of the year but family trips are just easier to do with a car.

We will spend the summer vacation in Serbia where I'd like to leave the car as a gift for a cousin. As far as I understood, I have to get custom papers when leaving Switzerland (Ausfuhrbewilligung, COC, EUR1 document, etc), and then when entering Serbia I will have to register the car for import. But I don't have an official address there, so I guess that will cause some problems.

As far as I understand, while back in Switzerland, I am handing in the license plates and I will get the remaining amount of road tax and insurance.

Is there another procedure? Like entering Serbia with Swiss numberplates and registering it directly to the new owner. Is it possible to declare it as gift?

Thanks for your help!

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Ask the Serbian customs, it's not a Swiss problem and they don't care.

Just drive to Serbia on the Swiss plates, import it, and bring back the plates.

Tom

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Ausfuhrbewilligung? https://www.ezv.admin.ch/ezv/en/home...rictions-.html Holy crap. What kind of "car" do you intend to export. Something like this? http://www.militaerfahrzeuge.ch/deta...5_654_645.html Or are Toyota Hilux now officially declared dual use goods?

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Sorry, i didn't mean Ausfuhrbewilligung

I confused it with the "Ursprungsnachweis":

https://www.ezv.admin.ch/ezv/de/home...r-schweiz.html

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Would it be better to drive it there and then sell it to your cousin who then has to work out the import side of things? After all, you won't have an address there.

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He can't leave it there without importing it there.

I had to trailer a scooter from Italy back to Switzerland just to junk it, as to junk it in Italy I'd have to import it into Italy!

Tom

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Exactly, I have to import at the Serbian border, pay taxes (VAT on the estimated price) and some fees. But the thing I couldn't figure out yet is if I can actually import a car there without having an address/citizenship.

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[QUOTE=ritzdank;3015394] You will have to ask there.

But can't your relative do it?

Tom

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Citizenship has hopefully nothing to do with importing goods.

Address? Maybe, but many trucks companies bringing goods into the country have neither an address. If it is an issue there will most likely import agencies near the border which offer the needed service.

Or how about your relative meeting you at the Serbian border?

And yes, doing the import paperwork for a good which is already in the country can be a bureaucratic nightmare.

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Thank you so much. Yes, i will ask locally about the import procedure. I wanted to use the car still for 2-3 weeks there, but that won't be possible. After announcing the import at the border, you'll have 72 hours to finish the import toll process in your municipality.

I guess, from that moment on, you can't have the Swiss plates anymore, but not sure. I will ask my cousin for further advise. As there are some Serbs in Switzerland, I though someone went through this process, but it seems they stay away from english forum :

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Then use it in Serbia as a tourist, drive back out with your friend, and import the thing properly. An 8h round trip at worst.

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Great idea! It's even less. Belgrad is just 2hours from the border! So, a 4h round-trip at worst.