The BTI scheme is very helpful on the pocket for importing Classic Cars. Also great for importing parts - as your car is classed as historic, hence no road tax, the parts that go with it are supposed to be tax exempt too (minimised). If you have the time / will power, go for it
Good luck!
http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPort ... e=document
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HMRC will allow the car to be imported under the BTI scheme, the main factors are if the car is no longer in production, over thirty years old and unmodified from its original form
I would be tempted to do the resto over here, to help keep it 'unmodified'.
Also, this was interesting to read:
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To get BTI, you just fill in form C103, send it to HMR&C and wait up to 7 weeks for the decision. If they agree that 9705 is the correct classification, then you will get a customs document stating this as a fact that must be recognised by all EU countries for 6 years and duty and taxes will be charged on this basis. If HMR&C decide that another category is more appropriate, they will tell you.
You haven't saved anything until HMR&C have made their decision and, if the decision is the same as would have been made at the port of entry, you will have saved nothing. Asking for a certain classification is not the same as getting it, as your linked page suggests. Applying for BTI will not avoid duty or taxes. It will just give you the information about what will be due.
If duty and taxes are a major issue, it would be prudent to get the BTI before finalising the import.
http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPort ... e=document
It is for HMR&C, not you or me or anyone else on this forum (or the shipping agent) to decide on the correct duty classification of the vehicle. I wish you luck in getting the classification that you want but 9705 tends to only be applied to museum pieces.
You will find lots of very specific and very useful information on the forums of The Classic Corvette Club UK. This thread, for example, mentions one car that was classified under heading 9705 and two cars that were not (ignore the "posted today" tags as the comments are old - when VAT was 17½%).
http://www.corvetteclub.org.uk/viewtopi ... rel=-10000
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I have now discovered a scheme which allows any unmodified vehicle over the age of 30 years to be imported DUTY FREE and with only 5% V.A.T. The scheme is called the BTI scheme and more info can be found by following the link below;
http://www.shipmycar.co.uk/2011/04/bti- ... d-imports/
Just saved myslf £3,510.
Incidentally, although very helpful, I found shipmycar.co.uk's quote to be very dear for shipping, if you're
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