Documents Required:

• Documents Required for vehicle clearance:
• Copy of Entry Visa
• Letter of Employment (must identify the name, job title, and company of person who will receive the vehicle as employed by the company)
• Passport - copy, with Angolan entry visa stamps
• Contributor Card "Cartao de Contribuinte" and "Resident Card" - copies
• Declaration of Value letter signed by the shipper
• Pack List - in English or Portuguese
• Taxation Number (importation license)
• Copy of airline ticket showing a valid coupon for a return fligh.
• If the vehicle is imported for companies, an import license is needed.

Duties and Taxes:

Temporary Import:

• The vehicle is allowed to stay in Angola for 2 years with a possible one-year extension.
• A bond deposit of 40-45per. of CIF value is required. When the vehicle is re-exported, the deposit is paid back.

Definitive Import:

• Requires 40-45 per. tax based on CIF value.
• Import taxes on all vehicles (except pick up with 5 percent tax) are 10 per. plus VAT.

VAT on vehicles depends upon the following: