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Australian Customs requirements for Importing
Boats
non- motorised caravans, box, boat or similar trailers & non motorised
vessels
This page was last updated on
Wednesday, 30 July 2008 12:38:19 PM
Australian Import Permit Vehicle
Application Form | Australian
Customs Import Declaration | Booking | Vehicle Import Pricing into Australia
Firstly
You are required to obtain import permit from Federal Department of Road Safety for
vehicles, trailers
Secondly
You will have to pay
Australian Import Duty and Sales Tax
Australian Import Duty is 5 % on vessels / boats under 150 m/t Gross Construction
Weight
Over 150 m/t Gross Construction Weight DUTY FREE
If your vessel / boat is classified as a commercial venture to generate income their
are SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS
The Australian Customs Department have set the Duty Rate at % and Sales Tax % providing
you met the following criteria
Vessels of a kind designed principally for use
in sheltered waters for sport or recreation,
being vessels conforming to one of the following specifications |
| 1 ) |
Boats of a kind propelled by manual or pedal
power |
| 2 ) |
Sailing Boats that |
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Do not exceed 1,000 kilograms unladen weight
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Do not incorporate any device for propelling the boat by power for example an
auxiliary motor |
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Are not of the deep keel type |
| 3 ) |
Powered boats that |
| a |
Do not exceed 7 metres in length overall |
| b |
Do not exceed 2.5 metres in width at any section and
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| c |
Do not exceed 1,250 kilograms unladen weight when imported with driving units and
transmissions or 800 kilograms
unladen weight when imported |
| 1 |
Only one article selected from each of the three groups
listed above will be allowed per family per 3 years |
| 2 |
In each case an officer of customs shall be satisfied
that |
| a |
The arriving person has come to Australia with the intention of forthwith taking up or
resuming permanent residene |
| b |
The goods have been for the whole of the period of 12 months immediately proceeding
the arriving person's
departure for Australia, personally owned and used overseas by teh arriving person |
| 3 |
In respect of a vessel specified in group C security
shall be given by the arriving person to and to the
satisfaction of an officer of customs that the goods will not be sold or otherwise
disposed of in Australia by or behalf of the arriving person, within 2 years after the
date of its entry for home consumption |
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