“Amendment of categories for temporary release of passenger cars in Egypt – regulations and fees explained”

Amendment of categories for the suspension of the performance of the customs tax and other taxes and fees

$100 or its equivalent for the vehicle for the first three months and $175 for the following three months

Al-Shahat Ghaturi confirmed the president Customs DepartmentThat the regulations for the temporary release of passenger cars for Egyptians residing abroad, foreigners, tourists, and transit people coming to Egypt to spend a temporary period in the country have been amended, with a maximum of 6 months during the year, and it may be extended for other periods with the approval of the Minister or his representative for justified reasons that he accepts, and not exceeding a period The residency documented in the passport for foreigners following paying the “visa for suspending the payment of tax and other taxes and fees, for six months or part thereof whose categories have been modified to become $100 or its equivalent for a car for the first three months or part thereof, and $175 or its equivalent For the next three months, or part of it, provided that this amount is increased by 50% in the event of extending the validity of the road, and $50 or its equivalent for each of the cars arriving with the tourist groups, so that the period of release of these cars does not exceed one month.

He said he is being temporarily released passenger cars For foreign investors within the limits of the period of temporary residence affixed to the passport and a maximum of three years, and experts and professors brought in by government agencies, including universities and schools, and experts of foreign companies contracting with these agencies to carry out temporary work inside the country, and foreign airlines and airlines operating on regular lines. From, to and through the Egyptian territories, following paying “in exchange for suspending the payment of the tax and other taxes and fees”, whose categories were modified to become for cars with a capacity of 1,600 liters “C. C “150 dollars or its equivalent for a period not exceeding three months or part thereof, and 200 dollars or its equivalent for a period exceeding three months, with a maximum of six months, and cars with a liter capacity of more than 1600” C. C” and up to 2000 CC amounts to 300 dollars or its equivalent for a period not exceeding three months or part thereof, and 400 dollars or its equivalent for a period exceeding three months and a maximum of six months.