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ozzieKochie · 04-08-2018, 17:20

Hi

Wondering if anyone has any experience on what the process is of moving a boat that is imported in one French Territory to another French territory? If I was to decide to purchase a yacht in Noumea, which is fully imported in NC, has had all duties paid, keep it there for a number of years and then decide to move it to Bora Bora, for more than the 3 years allowed, do I have to pay import duties into FP again?

Anybody know who could I ask?

svlamorocha · 04-08-2018, 17:34

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Originally Posted by ozzieKochie

Hi

Wondering if anyone has any experience on what the process is of moving a boat that is imported in one French Territory to another French territory? If I was to decide to purchase a yacht in Noumea, which is fully imported in NC, has had all duties paid, keep it there for a number of years and then decide to move it to Bora Bora, for more than the 3 years allowed, do I have to pay import duties into FP again?

Anybody know who could I ask?

Ask Customs in Tahiti

ozzieKochie · 05-08-2018, 05:17

Thanks sent the French high commission in Australia an e-mail

ozzieKochie · 09-08-2018, 06:20

I got a reply from the customs guys in New Caledonia. Two scenarios:
If you have owned the yacht for 18 months and change your residency to NC then you do not pay any duties accept if you sell the boat within 5 years.
If you do not change your residency then you have to pay the duty-but will be given a credit for the tax you had paid in FP.
Waiting to here if it works the other way too.

chrisr · 14-04-2022, 00:29

this thread is a little old but it seems a good place to start.

does anyone know what is the situation with taking a boat which is tax paid in FP (ie 'papeetised') and moving that boat to new caledonia ?

as both are french territories wondering if import tax needs to be paid again in NC ?

thanks for input

cheers,

ozzieKochie · 15-04-2022, 17:41

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Originally Posted by chrisr

this thread is a little old but it seems a good place to start.

does anyone know what is the situation with taking a boat which is tax paid in FP (ie 'papeetised') and moving that boat to new caledonia ?

as both are french territories wondering if import tax needs to be paid again in NC ?

thanks for input

cheers,

Haven’t done or heard anything further than the above. COVID has resulted in me not being able to get to my boat in Raiatea for 3 years now. So if I do peruse this route(moving her closer to Australia as in to NC) it will be in I guess the next 3-5 years.

If you find any further info please share!

chrisr · 15-04-2022, 17:58

ok, will do !

fyi we are half way down the road to buy a cat currently in papeete. just waiting for mechanical inspection report

if goes ahead, we've gota decide whether to pay the tax or not, so coverage for new cal as well might just swing the decision.

cheers,

**JPA Cate** · 16-04-2022, 16:29

Hey, Chris, I know "pretty sure" isn't good enough--better to have it in writing from the source, but fwiw, I'm pretty sure if the boat's taxes have been paid in one part of French Outre-mer, they are valid for all of it. There may be import duties for you if you buy the boat in Papeete and relocate it to New Cal, but you guys really should spend some time cruising in the Societies before the boat goes to Oz. It is super sailing from Papeete to Oz or New Cal. Not so much, eastbound, although we met a mono who had come from Brisbane to Papeete in Borabora. Heaps of westbound boats in Papeete.

Ann

chrisr · 16-04-2022, 19:32

thanks anne. that's the way i hope it works, but with the french : who knows !?

agree 100% about the societies. if all goes according to plan it could be several years before the boat reach new cal

we'll see...

cheers,