Custom duty on car import to Albania from the US

While you plan to relocate to Albania, one of the biggest challenges is of course importing your car to Albania from the USA. All the foreigners except the diplomats are supposed to pay customs duties, VAT and taxes if they wish to import their cars to Albania. Once they show the receipt of all clearance of all taxes and duties, their car will be certified as customs cleared. It takes almost 3 days to get their cars cleared of the customs.

The documents needed while importing cars in to Albania include the certificate of origin of the owner, the copy as well as the original passport, a copy of the driver’s license of the owner, a perfect car registration certificate, proof of insurance of the car, a note from the company in Albania where the owner will be working for a particular period of time and a copy of the registration documents from the host company in Albania.

The citizens of Albania who are returning to their country from USA can try and get exemption from the duties and taxes from the customs officer for the car they are importing to Albania. However, this exemption can be taken just once in a lifetime and is not applicable later. However, they are supposed to show the necessary copy of the documents at the time of import including a passport copy, an original family certificate the residential permit from the USA as well as a proforma invoice that indicates customs value of the car being imported.