TUNISIA

Goods
Used Household goods for the main residence Tunisians definitively going back to Tunisia

Documents required
IMPORT Inventory. Application for fiscal privilege. National Tunisian identity card mandatory. Tunisian passport mandatory. An application for special exemption is to be filed through the intermediary of the employer and to be signed by the M.A.E. and the Customs Administration. Work contract issued by Ministry of Employment. Inventory. Permit of residence issued by the Tunisian Home Ministry. Passport. Application for fiscal privilege. Attestation of employer and of nomination.

Customs Prescriptions
Exemption from duties: Provided the effects are used. If they have belonged to the owner for more than 6 months. If they relate to his social condition. The household appliances are accepted at the rate of one per category.

Remarks
The documents must be originals and must have been issued less than 3 months before.

People coming within the framework of Civil or military co-operation

Foreigners on work contract

Used household goods for secondary residence

Diplomats and International

EXPORT Certificate of change of residence. Final tax clearance. Inventory. Photocopy of the permit of residence. Inventory. Contract of sale of secondary residence. Authorisation from Customs Administration. Authorisation allowing him to have a secondary residence in Tunisia issued by the Ministry of Tourism. Passport. Application for fiscal privilege. IMPORTS & EXPORTS

Exemption from duties: The objects must belong personally to the importer. Document in proof of the purchase of the building authorised by the competent government office.

The importer has to prove sufficient financial means coming from abroad, any commercial or paid activities or others being forbidden to him.

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Goods
Organisations

Documents required
A request of privilege should be filed with the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to obtain the exemption from duties on personal effects. IMPORT Inventory. Marriage certificate or family book. Certificate of residence issued by the local authorities. Authorisation from the Customs Administration. EXPORT Inventory. Certificate of residence abroad. Authorisation from the Customs Administration. IMPORT Attestation plus statutory declaration. Document of proof of a domicile in Tunisia. Certificate of residence. Death certificate. Inventory. Authorisation from the Customs Administration. EXPORT Document of proof of a domicile abroad (certificate of residence) plus documents above. Death certificate. Inventory. Authorisation from the Customs Administration. IMPORT Registration document.

Customs Prescriptions

Remarks

Wedding trousseaux and presents

Exemption from duties for new or used wedding trousseaux and for gifts.

The documents required for the exemption from duties shall be produced within a period of one month following the import.

Inheritance

Exemption from duties provided: The heir is up to the 4th degree of relationship with the testator. The heir lives abroad. The heir has to prove his residence in the territory where he wants to benefit from these provisions.

The required documents shall be provided within a period of 6 months after they were issued.

Private car

The form allows the circulation of the vehicle in Tunisia for a period of 3 months, while waiting
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Goods Documents required
International green card. Special form valid three months to be regularised for local registration within the prescribed period. EXPORT Registration document. International green card. Valid attestation issued by the Road Prevention Services. Import licence Import licence Import licence Authorisation from the Central Bank of Tunisia.

Customs Prescriptions

Remarks
for the regularisation of the vehicle's situation.

Raw materials Tobacco, Products derived from tobacco Important wine and liquor stock Gold, Gold ingots, currencies

Subject to duties and taxes. Subject to duties and taxes. Subject to duties and taxes. Import and export are strictly forbidden, except when having an authorisation from the Central Bank of Tunisia. Import and export strictly forbidden.

Drugs, Narcotics Weapons and ammunition IMPORT & EXPORT Original firearms certificate. Provisional retention of the weapon at the customs office of entry in order to allow the importer interested to get a firearms certificate for it. Possibly a hunting licence. Sanitary certificate drawn up by an official veterinary. Authorisation from the services of Fine Arts and Antiques

The central pharmacy of Tunisia is alone able to import and export medicines and narcotics. Ammunitions strictly forbidden.

Domestic animals Valuable objects

Export of any objects proceeding the Punic Carthaginian - Roman period is strictly forbidden. Valuable objects include antiques, jewels, paintings, and collections. Importation and exportation are allowed duty free.

Plants and products

Phytosanitary certificate

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