Importing An Older Car And Then Taking It Away Again

[fonfe]

hello everyone

Ive been to sri lanka several times as my parents both live there and hold residential visas.

Im about to come back and planning to stay myself for the next 2-3 years (currently live in the uk and have uk passport etc)

I currently work for a land rover specialist here in the uk and once met a sri lankan importer who said to me that i can bring a vehicle of any age into sri lanka IF i then take it back out the country when i leave and i wont have to pay the 250% tax to bring it in?

Is this true?

ive tried searching the interent for my answer and the sri lanka customs website doesnt seem to mention this at all only about a "gift" permit.

obviously the gift permit can not apply to me as nor i or my family are sri lankan.

I have come across a few posts with people mentioning "blue" permits? what is this exactly?

The car i wish to bring into the country is a petrol turbo 1991 ford so it is 20 years old:

can anyone please shed some light on this?

[--GeNeX--]

hello everyone

Ive been to sri lanka several times as my parents both live there and hold residential visas.

Im about to come back and planning to stay myself for the next 2-3 years (currently live in the uk and have uk passport etc)

I currently work for a land rover specialist here in the uk and once met a sri lankan importer who said to me that i can bring a vehicle of any age into sri lanka IF i then take it back out the country when i leave and i wont have to pay the 250% tax to bring it in?

Is this true?

ive tried searching the interent for my answer and the sri lanka customs website doesnt seem to mention this at all only about a "gift" permit.

obviously the gift permit can not apply to me as nor i or my family are sri lankan.

I have come across a few posts with people mentioning "blue" permits? what is this exactly?

The car i wish to bring into the country is a petrol turbo 1991 ford so it is 20 years old:

can anyone please shed some light on this?

Do some research on carnet.

[sasankag]

Check the below site.

This might help you

http://www.imexport.gov.lk/faq.htm#cie2

[racerx]

yes you can bring your car. Just contact automobile association fo Sri lanka and they can do all the paper work for you. But you can only keep it for max 2 years. Is that a cosworth escort?

[fonfe]

ok cool thanks for the replies guys

no its a replica im afriad, still turbo but 2wd not 4x4

still not slow though and shoots a pretty flame out the back