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Why You Should Not Import Underage Vehicle by adisarasaq(m): 9:41am On Jul 02, 2013 |
What is underage vehicle? you may ask. There are specific age limit for imported vehicles in every country, in Nigeria, before President Jonathan, the limit was ten years from the year of manufacture but now is fifteen years ”thanks to Mr President and his team”. Now for every car or jeep that is older than fifteen years is officially contraband. Like i have explained before, officially, underage vehicles are illegal, but our people still bring them in, that is because of Nigeria situation many people can not afford to pay millions to buy a car. So i think Nigerian Customs (in my opinion) use their discretion by allowing them take delivery of their imported underage vehicles with some………….i don t know But that was before, because right now Nigerian Customs are so strict about underage vehicles, though still allowing it but so strict to the extent that it is either you pay hefty fine or your vehicle goes for total seizure. In Nigerian port today to clear any underage vehicle you need to be prepare because additional money you are going to spend depend on which terminal your vehicle is at. Terminals and additional money is as follow: Apapa (COASTAL TERMINAL) 150,000. PTML (GRIMALDI) 60,000. Tin-can (CAR PARK C) 60,000. Note that these additional charges are unreceiptable so does not have anything to do with normal clearing charges. And please don`t ask me where those additional charges goes, you can go to Customs and ask them yourself. I learnt from a friend who is an importer that the different between 1997 Toyota Camry and 1998 is about 50,000 to 100,000 Naira, the same goes for all vehicle brand. He paid 150,000 additional charges the last time he imported 1997 Camry through Coastal Terminal Apapa. He was so angry because he spent more than the amount he would have spend on 1998 Camry and plus Camry 1997 does not have the same value as Camry 1998 in Nigerian Market, so the transaction was a big lost for him. He vow never to import any underage vehicle again. Though Nigerian Customs maybe using their discretion for now but the truth remains that officially, underage vehicles are contraband and importing contraband is not legal and if you are so unlucky your vehicle might be seize forever. So business wise importing underage vehicles is a waste of resources, no matter how cheap the vehicle might be except if it`s a gift, of cause you wouldn`t mind to spend little change on something you did not buy. VEHICLES THAT ARE UNDERAGE: Cars of any kind be it SEDAN or WAGON from 1997 backward JEEP of any brand from 1997 backward but from 1998 upward is ok and legal, VEHICLES WITHOUT UNDERAGE: TRUCKS, LORRY, TRACTOR, TIPPER, BUS, PICK-UP and SPACE WAGON we can import all these without fear at least for now. Note that 1998 is 15years in 2013 so 2014 is going to be 1999 and 2015 is going to be 2000 and so on. www.nigerianportforum.com/blog/archives/40 1 Like |
Re: Why You Should Not Import Underage Vehicle by Femonjay(m): 10:49am On Jul 02, 2013 |
Thanks this. |
Re: Why You Should Not Import Underage Vehicle by adisarasaq(m): 2:04pm On Jul 02, 2013 |
Femonjay: Thanks this. You are welcome |
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