
Approved Permit (AP) is an import and export license issued by the Permit Issuing Agencies (PIAs) under the Customs Act 1967.
One of a product subject to AP under Ministry of Investment, Trade, and Industry (MITI) is heavy machinery. Importing heavy machinery is under HS Code Subheading 8426, 8701, 8704 and 8705.
Heavy machinery subject to AP are tower cranes, mobile lifting frame, bridge crane, mobile driller, concrete mixer lorries, street cleaning vehicles, spraying lorries, dump trucks, crawler carries and prime mover.
There are 3 types of import for heavy machinery with conditions:
Normal Import
- Imported machineries must be less than 5 years from the manufacturing date.
- Import must be accompanied by Certificate of Origin
Temporary Import
- Machinery and Equipment’s Imported can be aged more than 5 years calculated from Date of Manufacture
- Importation of machinery only allowed for legitimate domestic work purposes
- Machinery must be re-exported after project is completed or license expires.
- License has to be renewed every 6 months
Re-Import
- Re-importation only requires Customs original export (K2) form, AP not required.
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