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Hey guys thought i would see if I could get some peoples opinions on who they feel the responsibilities lies, I have a car currently sitting on the docks and its late getting cleared as the permit for the air con gas should be exempt as i am a one time importer etc, So I sent my stat dec off and figure they would deal with it, to cut a long story short I had to use the permit of my compliancer as the customs agent seems to have no idea and just failed to inform me as to whats going on. Whats everyones opinions?????? I thought to get the car cleared its the responsibility of cusoms agent to clear the car for you and organise everything at the speed its gone I think I would have done a better job myself.

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Hi Cefiro,

I've never heard of anyone being exempt from importing air con gas. How did you get this idea?

That regulation is put in place for environmental reasons, not economical ones, so it applies to all cars, regardless of who imports it.

It applies to just about anything that contains air con gas, and not just automobiles.

The custom's agent usually just processes the paperwork, but services offered vary from agent to agent.

I'm sure you could find some good recommendations of agents on this board if you ask around.

Anyways, best of luck with the car, I wouldn't worry about this situation too much, every import process has at least a couple hiccups that are bound to happen.

cheers,

david

Hey guys thought i would see if I could get some peoples opinions on who they feel the responsibilities lies, I have a car currently sitting on the docks and its late getting cleared as the permit for the air con gas should be exempt as i am a one time importer etc, So I sent my stat dec off and figure they would deal with it, to cut a long story short I had to use the permit of my compliancer as the customs agent seems to have no idea and just failed to inform me as to whats going on. Whats everyones opinions?????? I thought to get the car cleared its the responsibility of cusoms agent to clear the car for you and organise everything at the speed its gone I think I would have done a better job myself.

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This is what i provided customs with, i did not have to get the car de-gassed and no questions were asked.

To whom it may concern,

This document is to certify that the vehicle holding the below details is

imported for personal use only with no intention of selling.

Vehicle Importers Name:

Vehicle’s Make: Nissan

Vehicle’s model: Skyline Gts-t

Vehicle’s manufacturing year: 1996

Vehicle’s chassis number (VIN):

Gas currently used in the air conditioning system of the vehicle: R134a Air-

Conditioning Refrigerant

cefiro Experienced

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yeah there WAS a ruling where if you were bringing in the one vehicle then there was no need for a permit, but its changed now. Still awaiting clearance for the vehicle, farking guys on the docks are kidding me with the time over two weeks its been there now.

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sucks....is it accruing port charges?

maybe use a different agent next time.....

yeah there WAS a ruling where if you were bringing in the one vehicle then there was no need for a permit, but its changed now. Still awaiting clearance for the vehicle, farking guys on the docks are kidding me with the time over two weeks its been there now.
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yeah it did but its going to get charged by me to the broker as its his problem the docs didnt arrive. He is going to loose about 1/2 of his fee

Now the people on the docks are saying there has been a problem with seeds and they told me the car was going to be ready on tuesday, its now friday and still not cleared, what a joke I am so pissed at the dudes on the docks, three days. I used to be in a bussiness similar in description to what they do, if I did that, I wouldnt have a job to come back to. They actually said today but no call nothing be lucky to get the thing by tuesday.

I am not going to mention my brokers name but he was crap, no urgency, no idea, have imported a couple of cars and never had the problems I encountered with him.

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Looks like you got a broker that doesn't know what he is doing. The personal one off import waiver you speak of is correct and if you have all the paperwork is quite easy for your broker to do. Hope you dont rack up a big storage charge. :D

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