CONCERNS OVER CAR IMPORT FRAUD TO BOOST TRANSPORTER MARKET
February 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CONCERNS that driving new cars from manufacturers to dealers and onto customers within Europe was leading to tax and registration fraud are likely to boost the demand for car transporters. The European Commission is proposing that the delivery-by-driving method of moving new cars be excluded from the 'TIR' system for the European Union (EU) that provides for customs simplification: that goods crossing several international borders in transit attract customs duties and inspections only at their destination country. But while moving cars by ...
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