JUST IN: New rules for second-hand cars in transit

The Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) has informed vehicle importers and the public that with effect from 1 March 2023, all second-hand motor vehicles will be required to transit through Namibia only when on a car carrier trailer. No second-hand motor vehicle will be allowed to transit on its own wheels.

This step resulted from observed deviation where imported vehicles are dubiously declared as in transit, but end up in the local market and is subsequently registered on the NaTIS database without paying the required import taxes, NamRA said.

This noticed was published in the Government Gazette in December.