Import A Used Vehicle

[0ZSPEC]

HI GUYS...

I AM LOOKING FOR SOME INFORMATION, IM CURRENTLY LIVING IN AUSTRALIA AND IM PLANING TO SEND A CAR TO LANKA FROM HERE, IM DRIVING A TOYOTA CORROLLA 2007 1.8L.

I BOUGHT IT BRANDNEW AND, HAD IT FOR ALMOST 4 YEARS.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE TO START THIS THIS, THINKING OF SENDING THE CAR TO LANKA, PLS HELP ME WITH THE FEES AND CHARGERS + TAX AND DUTY. I HAVE NO IDEA ABT IT. TRIED TO GET INFO FRM FRND AND FAMILY, IM GETTING DIFFERENT ASNWERS FRM DIFFERENT PPL.

I THINK AUTO LANKA MEMBERS HAVE A VERY GOOD UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THESE STUFF. PLS HELP ME OUT.

JAYA SRI

[nissan_fan]

HI GUYS...

I AM LOOKING FOR SOME INFORMATION, IM CURRENTLY LIVING IN AUSTRALIA AND IM PLANING TO SEND A CAR TO LANKA FROM HERE, IM DRIVING A TOYOTA CORROLLA 2007 1.8L.

I BOUGHT IT BRANDNEW AND, HAD IT FOR ALMOST 4 YEARS.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE TO START THIS THIS, THINKING OF SENDING THE CAR TO LANKA, PLS HELP ME WITH THE FEES AND CHARGERS + TAX AND DUTY. I HAVE NO IDEA ABT IT. TRIED TO GET INFO FRM FRND AND FAMILY, IM GETTING DIFFERENT ASNWERS FRM DIFFERENT PPL.

I THINK AUTO LANKA MEMBERS HAVE A VERY GOOD UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THESE STUFF. PLS HELP ME OUT.

JAYA SRI

Could you please refrain from typing All Caps.

[Mars Volta]

Hi OZSPEC,

Try the following website, don't know whether those info are outdated

but it's the only one seems to be available with details

Try those Contact # they might be able to give you clue regarding taxes.

(Hope you can read sinhalese since it's posted in Sinhalese)

http://www.videshasewa.com/home/blue_permit.html

[0ZSPEC]

Hi OZSPEC,

Try the following website, don't know whether those info are outdated

but it's the only one seems to be available with details

Try those Contact # they might be able to give you clue regarding taxes.

(Hope you can read sinhalese since it's posted in Sinhalese)

http://www.videshasewa.com/home/blue_permit.html

thanks man,

lol well i think i can manage, lol bdw my sinhala is waaaaay better than my english...

jaya sri

[Crosswind]

Why don't you talk to the cargo companies in Aus (Transco or Skyway for example)? I'm pretty sure they know the process.

[0ZSPEC]

Why don't you talk to the cargo companies in Aus (Transco or Skyway for example)? I'm pretty sure they know the process.

i did, they do not know abt the tax. what i need to know is, hw much tax and duty i have to pay

TO MARS VOLTA>>>

mate i rang that num, they told me they have stopped blue permits and gift thingy>

thanks anyway.

[Scooter]

Hi Ozspec, don't know if this is useful but just had a quote from Ever Global in Sydney to ship Honda Jazz from Port Kembla (NSW) to Colombo RORO at $1950+insurance as wanted. There is a schedule floating round on the net somewhere detailing the sliding duty scale on import of cars owned os by SLs. Wld be interested to hear of any more info u scource on such import activity - cheers, Scooter

[Scooter]

Follow-up. Guess u saw that schedule as kindly pointed out by Mars. I'd seen an English language one somewhere but simply can't remember its location! Was that a definite stop on the blue permits?

[Mars Volta]

Follow-up. Guess u saw that schedule as kindly pointed out by Mars. I'd seen an English language one somewhere but simply can't remember its location! Was that a definite stop on the blue permits?

Heard it's temporarily for gifts not sure about blues

[Scooter]

Tx, Mars

[unknown]

Interesting thread,

im looking for the import tax calculator excel spread sheet was floating here.

im not sure how that is valid now. i want to send a Nissan xtrail diesel auto (2010) registered,

its goes here around A$30000 - but not sure how much will be it when goes to sri lanka - after tax ofcourse

on road in sri lanka.

It will be a gift permit too - or can be blue permit.

cheers

[unknown]

found the calculater

i put Rs 3723738.00 amount not sure where we place suv's ? is it placed under diesel cars between 2000cc - 2500cc bcoz this vehicle is 2000cc

total came to - Rs13,721,502.20 is this correct roughly tax : 138%

did the calculation on this link

http://www.siyallamethana.com/Content/VehicleTaxCalculator.aspx

Edited August 6, 2011 by unknown

[g-unit]

If you are thinking of sending the corolla, you cant. It has to be 2 years or less from the date of 1st reg to the date of shipment.

[Crosswind]

Interesting thread,

im looking for the import tax calculator excel spread sheet was floating here.

im not sure how that is valid now. i want to send a Nissan xtrail diesel auto (2010) registered,

its goes here around A$30000 - but not sure how much will be it when goes to sri lanka - after tax ofcourse

on road in sri lanka.

It will be a gift permit too - or can be blue permit.

cheers

Gift permit imports are economical if you send a car which is 9-10 years old. Otherwise they are not.

BTW I heard there's some issue with the diesel in Sri Lanka and Xtrail engines. Not sure exactly what it is. Pls do a search/ask someone or ask A*W.

[unknown]

Gift permit imports are economical if you send a car which is 9-10 years old. Otherwise they are not.

BTW I heard there's some issue with the diesel in Sri Lanka and Xtrail engines. Not sure exactly what it is. Pls do a search/ask someone or ask A*W.

thanks for the reply mate,

yea i think its the 2008 model had the issues bcoz i think that was the first diesel model came out.

the one im interested is the gen3 diesel im guessing all the bugs been fixed.

i heard about the petrol issue in sri lanka. also if you have a gift permit you can bring down 6yr old max. so the current normal import ristriction is 2 yrs

cheers

[--GeNeX--]

found the calculater

i put Rs 3723738.00 amount not sure where we place suv's ? is it placed under diesel cars between 2000cc - 2500cc bcoz this vehicle is 2000cc

total came to - Rs13,721,502.20 is this correct roughly tax : 138%

did the calculation on this link

http://www.siyallamethana.com/Content/VehicleTaxCalculator.aspx

hey buddy, your calculation is wrong. It's not viable to bring diesel vehicles to SL due to the high tax. This is not true if you have a valid permit.

non commercial diesel vehicles 1600cc > 2000cc = ~250%

non commercial diesel vehicles 2000cc > 2500cc = ~268%

if your xtrail is advertised as 2000cc, it is usually less than 2000cc. i.e. falls in the lower tax bracket.

The tax figure you have used is for petrol vehicles.

[Jonhson]

Hi,,

Very interesting topic I was planning to address in te forum. I also want to send my vehicle which is 8 years old

it is still used by me. I have all the informations requested by CE6 form. But, money i sent to srilanka

was converted to Rupees and invested in building a house, fixed deposts and a in a business worth of 12M rupees.

So i don't have any documents to show tht I sent money to sri lanka. It was done 5 to 6 years back and I have scrapped all the receipts.

If I show my deposits, house legal documents and my business registration in sri lanka will that suffice to

convenience that i have sent money from abroad.

http://www.videshasewa.com/home/blue_permit.html