CAMBODIA

• A foreigner may import household goods and personal effects into Cambodia duty free under the following conditions:

  1. He or she has diplomatic status or works for an NVO
  2. He or she obtains a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs verifying number one above and requesting customs to permit duty free import.
  
  
• All other foreigners and returning Khmer nationals, who do not meet the above criteria, may import household goods and personal effects into Cambodia, but they will be subject to duty. The duty amount varies and is often subject to negotiation with the customs department. JVK will work with the shipper and his/her company to minimize any duty liability.
  
  
• The original passport is required to clear air shipments, so the shipper should be in Cambodia when the air shipment arrives. For sea shipments, Cambodia customs accepts only a copy of the passport for clearance.
  
  
• Finally, the shippers company must be registered in Cambodia and they must issue a letter, on company letter head, stating that he or she is coming to work in Cambodia, describing briefly what job he or she will perform. JVK has a standard format for this and will work with the shippers company to obtain it.

• Goods prohibited from entering Cambodia include firearms, ammunition, pornographic material, food, alcohol, medicine and short wave radios.

• A foreigner may import a motor vehicle into Cambodia duty free under the following conditions:
  1. He or she has diplomatic status or works for an NGO.
  2. He or she obtains a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs verifying number one above an requesting customs to permit duty free import.
  
  
• All other foreigners may import a motor vehicle into Cambodia, but it will be subject to duty. Also, the process is long and tedious, so there will be port storage of at least one month. This is approximately Usd 750.00 per month. The duty is approximately 100% of the new value of the auto (as determined by Cambodia Customs).
  
  
• A returning Khmer national may import a motor vehicle into Cambodia, but it will be subject to duty. The parameter outlined in the previous paragraph will also apply.
  
  
• All autos must be left-hand drive.

• Most pets, including dogs, cats, and birds, can be brought into Cambodia with no quarantine period. The documents necessary at the time of import are a current health certificate (not more than 7 days old) and a current vaccination card.