UK import help required

Jan 25, 2006 1 Replies
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I am currently thinking about selling my 1968 Jaguar 240 to someone back in the UK.



The car used to be registered in the UK, until I exported it to The Netherlands back in 1999. It looks very likely now that the car will come back to the UK. The potential buyer has asked me if I know how to proceed on the UK side. Unfortunately I don't know, but guess it is a matter of filling in the correct form and registering it at the DVLA in Swansea.



Can anyone please help us out by explaining the full procedure. I am also interested to know if the car can have it's old number back if wanted.



Thanks, Simon, Rijswijk, The Netherlands



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HM Customs & DVLA

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the contact link, dont expect an instant response! The last time I imported a car from the EU I simply drove into the UK and declared the vehicle at customs. Where they charged me some money. However as your car is many years old I cannot say how they would arrive at a figure. On arrival I then had to drive it directly to my home address, and had some 7 days in which to register the vehicle with DVLA and MOT it.I believe a licence plate issued would be for the year the car was built / first registered

Things might have changed since I did it, and as the car was origonally registered in the uk and was exported with uk tax paid then quite possibly there would be no duty to pay. PS I doubt you exported it, in the true meaning, likely you just drove out and did'nt return.

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