Exemption of Egyptian passports from the customs obligations for mobile phones

The Egyptian Customs Authority announced the customs exemption on mobile phones imported from international for Egyptian passports holders only, starting this day, Friday.

As for international passports holders, they rep non everlasting customs exemption for a length of three months, and pre -registration is now not required, and within the event that international passports holders must pay the costs, the fee is thru the allocated phone application.

The Nationwide Communications Regulatory Authority and the Egyptian Customs Authority announced final January the activation of an electronic scheme for registering imported smartphones thru the “phone” application and the series of the costs imposed on it.

Every particular person coming from international has the ethical to assemble one imported phone without paying any costs on it, supplied that it is disclosed interior the customs division and recorded his records, or registration thru the “phone” application.

And he gave the group of communications owners of imported mobile phone for a length of 90 days from the date of activation of the selection, final January, to pay the costs imposed on the phone within the event that he changed into resident in Egypt, or leaving and accompanied by his phone if he’s a customer.

The Egyptian Customs Authority assign the costs imposed on the phones coming from international with a designate of 37.5% of the phone designate, to be applied on the second phone of the owner.