Importing Car from Sweden

Transportation, Travel and Trips
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Dears,

I have read several posts regarding car import.But I have some specific questions that what to address.

I will be moving soon permanently from Sweden to Switzerland. All my belongings will be shipped with a company, but I will be "driving" my car ( I owned for one year in Sweden).

I wanted to know if I need to ask for the export form in the Swedish border with Denmark or in the German border with Switzerland.

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You have a year to sort out Swiss registration, you need to stop at Swiss Customs to declare the car when you arrive.

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Thanks FatManFilms!

In the other posts it ́s mentioned that the "EU country" should provide a kind of export form.

Is it not needed in this case?

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Possibly a COC from the manufacture, again no rush.

Is your car completely standard? if not it could be a headache to import.

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Thanks again!

it ́s a 18 month old Volvo XC60, all standard. I assume that will not be an issue to pass the Swiss tests.

I will try to do it fast, because sweden requires a yearly test and want to avoid to drive it back for it,.

Regarding the COC. tell me more about it....

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You'll want to present a completed form 18.44 to customs (either at the border or you can go to the customs office up to a year later). They give you a form 13.20A which you can use to register the car here in Switzerland.

Form 18.44

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The company that ships your goods should just put the car on their list. That is your formal list that will be declared. You will not have to do anything at the border as you will be driving on your own Swedish plates and insurance.

As said you will have a year to put the car on Swiss plates. Your car is a standard Volvo and it would help if you ask your local garage where you bought the car for a COC certificate of Conformity. The guys at the expertise like the numbers on theses COCs.

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Do they still give out "Zollfreinummern" (taxfree numberplates) and in which cases do you get them?

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Not seen one for ages, insurance comes with 100% loading however.

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Tuck,

This page is specifically about importing cars for personal use, see also the link to a .pdf infosheet on the right hand side:

http://www.ezv.admin.ch/zollinfo_pri...x.html?lang=en

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Hi there, I just saw this post and have a related question. We live in Zurich and are thinking about buying a car. Among other options, I was wondering if there are any advantages (in terms of price) if you buy a Volvo (new or slightly used) directly in Sweden and use it to drive around while on vacation in Scandinavia...and then later drive it home to Switzerland.

I have heard of people doing that for imports of Volvos to the U.S. - and understood that it was slightly cheaper and kind of paid for the trip to Sweden. (You go to Sweden, buy a car, drive it around on holiday, take it to the port and have it shipped home...you fly home and the car eventually arrives.)

Is that ever done within Europe? Or are there no price advantages? (Or is the bureaucratic hassle not worth it?)

Thanks for any thoughts/advice/tips!

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You ́d still need to import it and pay taxes and have it checked etc etc

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Might get a better deal if you take your holiday in China!

https://jalopnik.com/your-next-volvo...ina-1788485280

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It is not slightly cheaper, it actually is a lot cheaper in my opinion. (I only looked at the V90, and do not care for extra's)

contact Volvo Gothenburg if you want a new car, official Volvo dealers are not allowed by Volvo to sell for export (I tried 3 and all said the same.)

Cheapest V90 in Sweden is Chf 38.949,- (Take off 25% Swedish VAT and add 8% Swiss Vat gives 33.651,- and than you must add the extra costs for importing/exporting. Let's just be rough and take 10% giving roughly 37.000,-

Cheapest V90 in Switzerland is Chf 55.400,-

Almost always Swiss cars come with more extra's and are more luxurious than foreign cars, so that explains part of the price, and also compare warranties and included service since those might differ, but such price difference allows for a lot of extra's to be added.

You can configure the car you please on both the Swedish and the Swiss website, and they wil state the prices clearly. From there you can start calculating to see your profit.

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Another Swede here, when we wanted to "import" our car we in addition to the customs forms mentioned above also needed a declaration of conformity from the manufacturer of the car for registration. You are also allowed to drive the car one year prior to changing license plates to Swiss (at least in Vaud).

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Thanks to everyone for their replies - very helpful!