Max. 3 Years Old

Right-hand drive vehicles are only permitted to be imported into Pakistan.

Karachi

• Import File/File given by the dealership.
• Residential Proof.
• Application Form (Set of registration documents).
• Photocopy of CNIC.
• Authority letter on the stamp. In case when the owner has handed over this procedure to someone else.

Import duties on new cars with a capacity of up to 1,300cc are 50 percent; cars up to 1,800cc are charged 65 percent and cars of more than 1800cc pay 75 percent. The reduction in duty for used cars means effectively that a two-year-old used car with a capacity of up to 1,300cc will be charged a duty of just 2 percent.

 While the bulk of new cars sold in Pakistan is 1,300cc or below, the government is encouraging the import of larger luxury cars. Import duties on the largest cars have been reduced from 100 to 75 percent.

Instead of getting an application form from the excise office, you should better download the complete set of new registration documents from the Islamabad ETO website. Fill them in MS Word. Remember if you are not a resident of Islamabad and submitting an Appointment letter as proof then mention your official address on the application form as a present address. Leave the engine no blank because that will be filled by a vehicle inspection officer later on. The transfer letter will be filled out by you on behalf of the person on whose passport your vehicle was imported. Take a printout. Sign all the necessary documents.

The government, prior to the new measures taken in the Trade Policy 2005-06, increased the depreciation allowance on used car imports to two from one percent in the budget 2005-06. This was designed to bridge the demand and supply gap of about 40,000 cars, which the local industry has failed to meet despite doubling production capacities.