the customs clearance book (CPD) is a customs document that identifies a traveller's motor vehicle or other valuable equipment or baggage. It is required in order to take a motor vehicle in a number of countries, but its use is decreasing worldwide. The logbook lists full details about your vehicle and its value. It can be obtained from the Automobile Club in your country. Often a bank deposit is also required.
Understand
The Carnet allows travelers to temporarily import their vehicles or other valuables such as broadcasting equipment, without having to leave a cash deposit at the border. It is, in essence, an international guarantee for the payment of customs duties and taxes to a government if the vehicle or valuables should not be re-exported from that country. Persons who temporarily import their vehicles or valuables into countries where the carnet is required must agree to obey the laws and regulations of that country and in particular the conditions of temporary importation.
The logbook contains relevant information about the vehicle - make, model, color, engine capacity, number of seats, registration number, owner and value.
In order to get a carnet, the owner must leave a deposit based on the value of the item based on age and resale value. Generally three types of deposits are accepted by automotive organizations:
- The cash bond
- A letter of guarantee from a banker
- An insurance policy
Motorists can usually obtain a pass through customs from their tourism association or the National Automobile Club.
Automobile Club
The Automobile Clubs below are authorized to issue a customs pass in their respective country.
- ADAC – Issue CPDs for vehicles registered in Germany.
- Royal Automobile Club of Belgium (RACB) Rue d´Arlon 53 bte 3, 1040 Brussels,
32 2 287 09 58, fax : 32 2 230 75 84, e-mail : [email protected] – Issue CPDs for vehicles registered in Belgium. - CAA – Issues CPDs for vehicles registered in Canada.
- Automobile Club Association 9 rue d'Artois, 75008 Paris, 33 1 40 55 43 00 – Issue CPDs for vehicles registered in France.
- AAA – Issues CPDs for vehicles registered with United States.
- RAC – Issue CPDs for vehicles registered in UK.
- TCS – Issue CPDs for vehicles registered in Swiss.
Country
- Mandatory notebook
- Recommended notebook
- Notebook not requested or no information
Sources vary slightly in determining exactly which countries require a carnet, but generally the following countries require a carnet for private vehicle entry into their territory.
Africa
Required
Recommended
Benign
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Democratic Republic of Congo
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegal
Togo
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Americas
Required
Brazil(only for vehicles arriving by boat, not by land)
Colombia(only recommended according to some sources)
Ecuador(only recommended according to some sources)
Jamaica
Peru(only recommended according to some sources)
Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela(only recommended according to some sources)
Recommended
Asia
Required
Bahrain
Brunei
United Arab Emirates
India
Indonesia
Iran
Japan
Kuwait
Malaysia
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Qatar
Singapore
Sri Lanka
East Timor
