How much does customs clearance of a car from Lithuania cost

In Russia, foreign cars are very popular, not domestic ones, which is why people go to Europe to buy cars. It is worth noting that there are people who transport cars on their own, dealing with all issues related to the import of vehicles from another country. If you are interested in customs clearance of cars from Lithuania, then this article will definitely be useful for you. It is this country that is of great interest to car enthusiasts and those who make money from the resale of vehicles. This is due to the fact that the choice of cars in Lithuania is much larger than, for example, in Poland, despite the fact that the country is smaller in size than many European ones.

What is the order of passage?

First you need to decide on the imported vehicle. If a citizen does not yet know whether it is necessary to drive a vehicle from abroad, he needs to go to a car sales website and explain the price of the Russian model. After this, you need to clarify the price of the vehicle abroad.

To this amount you need to add the cost of customs clearance and delivery of the car:

Expenses during the trip;
Payment to the transporter;
Petrol;
Accommodation and food.

After this, you need to calculate the cost of customs clearance. The cost that needs to be transferred is determined by the amount of duty on passenger cars. This amount must be paid for the import itself.

Registration costs

The cost of customs clearance of a car depends on many factors:

Age of the car. If you want to save on the haul, then you must pay attention to this nuance.
Power and type of machine. A passenger car will cost you less than a truck.
Engine's type. This also affects how much you have to pay for customs clearance.

In some cases, it will be much more profitable to purchase a car in your own country. Of course, local dealers make a certain markup, but it may be less than the amount you will need to pay during customs clearance. You should first weigh the pros and cons so that your purchase turns out to be truly profitable.

The cost of customs clearance of a car to Russia

The moment the car was released affects the amount. If more than three but not less than five years have passed, then:

For an engine displacement of no more than 1,000 cc you need to pay 1.5 euros per 1 cc.
1,000 – 1,500 cc – 1.7 euros.
1,500 – 1,800 cc – 2.5 euros.
1,800 – 2,300 cc – 2.7 euros.
2,300 – 3,000 cc – 3 euros.
More than 3,000 cc – 3.6 euros.

If the car is more than five years old:

For an engine displacement of no more than a thousand cubic cm you need to pay 3 euros per 1 cubic cm.
1,000 – 1,500 cc – 3.2 euros.
1,500 – 1,800 cc – 3.5 euros.
1,800 – 2,300 cc – 4.8 euros.
2,300 – 3,000 cc – 5 euros.
More than 3,000 cc – 5.7 euros.

The procedure for importing a car that is older than five years will be several times higher than the market value abroad. The most profitable option is to introduce a car between three and five years old with an engine capacity of up to 1,500 cc.

You need to plan your route, as it is important to take into account the amount the trip will cost. There is no exact amount, since everything will depend on the hotel, country and other facts.

You need to know the amount of customs clearance for several reasons. Even before you go, you need to deposit a security deposit with customs. It can be equal to, and sometimes higher than, the customs clearance amount.

Legal ways to drive a car

There are several ways to bring a car from Lithuania and drive it in Russia for some time, but they are not suitable for everyone or require large additional costs. Temporary import of cars into the Russian Federation without customs clearance is permitted:

citizens of Lithuania;
persons with dual citizenship;
persons who have a residence permit in Lithuania.

But you can drive such a car for no more than 1 year, then you need to cross the border again. One person can import only one car. Another legal way to import a car from the southernmost Baltic country without customs clearance is to open a company there and register the car in its name. The cost of registering a company is about 1 thousand euros, the car can be used for 6 months, then you need to go to Lithuania and again apply for temporary import.

These methods are very convenient for those who actually do business in this country or have received a residence permit or citizenship there due to business or family circumstances. And the opportunity to use a car purchased in Lithuania in Russia is just a pleasant additional bonus.

We also read: How much will customs clearance cost? How much does customs clearance of a car from Japan cost?

What documents will be needed?

Copies of documents for the vehicle;
A receipt that must be certified by a customs officer;
Warranty certificate;
Customs declaration TD-6.

The documents are transferred to the delivery control department. This will complete the internal customs transit procedure. The returned documents are handed over to the employee to close the import procedure.

If a citizen crosses the border in a car purchased from abroad, then he must fill out a declaration in form TD - 6 and indicate the luggage that he has with him.

If the driver sends the car in a container or on a car transporter, then at the first border crossing point the declaration must indicate the model, VIN number, brand, container or vessel number.

If a citizen does not use the services of brokers, then you need to prepare a package of documents for the customs inspector. The employee will put stamps and provide documents to control the delivery of the car. It will indicate the border crossing notification number and the period for delivery of the car.

How to buy at the Lithuanian car market

There are four large car dealerships in Lithuania:

Name:	Car market "Garyunay"
Address:	Vilnius, st. Garyunu, 49
Help phone number:	8526410 94, 852641077, 852641028
Opening days and hours:	Wednesday-Saturday: from 06.00 to 14.00

Name:	Kaunas car market
Address:	Kaunas, Taikos Ave. 135 B
Help phone number:	8 37 353876, 8 687 72726
Opening days and hours:	Monday-Friday, Sunday: from 8.00 to 18.00 Saturday: from 06.00 to 18.00

Name:	Utena car market
Address:	Utena, st. Aukstaiciu 10
Help phone number:	8 389 75198, 8 687 26421
Opening days and hours:	Monday-Saturday: from 6.00 to 19.00 Sunday: from 07.00 to 17.00

Name:	Marijampole car market
Address:	Marijampole, st. Gamiklu, 9
Help phone number:	8 343 97246, 8 676 43863
Opening days and hours:	Monday-Tuesday: from 6.00 to 14.00

Is a deposit required at customs?

It is not possible to deposit money at the border checkpoint. The transfer must be made within a few banking days. This is necessary so that the money reaches customs upon arrival in the country.

If it is not yet known what kind of car the citizen will drive, he must pay a deposit with a reserve. The balance that is not spent will be returned, but this will take up to 3 months.

When depositing funds and providing documents, you must indicate the border crossing point through which the citizen will import the car into the territory of the Russian Federation.

Lithuanian used car website Autogidas

The Lithuanian website for used cars Autogidas has the following coordinates:

Name:	Autogidas.lt
Office adress:	Vilnius, st. Ozo, 12 A
Telephone:	+370 666 11252
Email:	[email protected]
Customer Service Hours:	From 9.00 to 11.30 and 12.30 to 17.00
Website:	https://ru.autogidas.lt/

With its help, you can buy not only used passenger cars of European brands, but also trucks, agricultural machinery, trailers, motorcycles, as well as purchase spare parts, repair vehicles, and perform tuning.

The search for the desired car is carried out on the main page of Autogidas. There is also information about cars already offered for sale. When you click on the photo of the selected vehicle, more complete information about it opens, as well as the seller’s contact phone number.

Will it be legal to drive a vehicle that has not cleared customs?

According to the legislation, a vehicle that was imported from abroad must be delivered to a customs point for inspection within 24 hours. The citizen must also pay taxes and duties. After this, you can drive the car legally. If you ignore these procedures, then the meeting with the inspector will be problematic . The car will be a contraband item. The legislation allows the operation of a non-customs-cleared vehicle on the territory of the Russian Federation for a certain time only by two persons:

Citizens of other countries who have registered a temporary stay in Russia. Temporary import of the vehicle is issued. The car is registered in another country without paying fees. A foreigner can use the car for no more than 365 days.
Citizens of the Russian Federation who purchased a vehicle registered in another country and entered the territory of Russia.

In this case, you need to apply for temporary import. The period of stay of this car will be limited to six months in one year. The owner must pay customs duties and taxes. This procedure for importing cars is temporary import. It is regulated by separate provisions of legislation.

You can legally drive a car that has not been cleared for customs only for six months. After the time has expired, the vehicle must obtain an extension of the temporary import period from the customs office located at the place of registration.

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Closing of temporary importation is carried out within fifteen days. If there is no information, the car ends up in the customs database of non-exported vehicles, in respect of which a duty must be collected. Prices for used cars in Europe are lower than for the same models in the Russian Federation. However, some car enthusiasts incorrectly think that they can purchase a car abroad and not register it as their property.
This right can only be exercised by foreigners who enter in their own vehicles.

Methods for importing cars from Lithuania without customs clearance

There are several ways to drive a car from Lithuania to Russia without customs clearance. You can do this yourself or contact a company offering such a service. The help of intermediaries will save time and effort; you will not need to delve into all the intricacies of the legislation yourself.

It is better to choose a reliable company that has been engaged in similar activities for at least 3 years and has a good reputation (search for information on the Internet - victims of fraud, unlike satisfied clients, often share their stories). Its specialists will buy and drive the car, complete all the documents and pay customs duties. Everything is legal and simple, but expensive, and the benefit from the purchase will be insignificant.

Cheaper services for driving and customs clearance of cars are offered by private individuals and dubious companies; they often draw up documents semi-legally, which casts doubt on the possibility of further use of the car in the Russian Federation if any problems are identified. Sometimes cars are imported illegally, disassembled into spare parts, and then assembled in Russia. The documents are made illegally, and this becomes clear at the first check, but the seller with the money already disappears.

Buying a car on your own in Lithuania without customs clearance may also be unsuccessful. Owners do not always tell the truth about its condition; there are many damaged cars on the market after cosmetic repairs. There are also so-called construction sets - welded from spare parts from several different cars (most often stolen in European countries), they cannot be registered and used in Russia.

...and make as few mistakes as possible.

The excitement due to the introduction of duties on July 1 excited everyone - clearly not because of great wealth, people rushed to sell their iron stallions and immediately go to Lithuania to buy a new car. Because for the majority of our population, this is the last chance to renew their vehicle fleet, because our state has put us in strict limits: either buy now if you can, or don’t buy anything later. And so it began: buy in debt, on loans and with the last of your money!

Lithuanians are also no strangers. For them, now is the best time to “dump” their trash at a good price - and they will take it away! They bargain reluctantly (why? If you don’t like it, look for another option, but they’ll take this one anyway), they lie shamelessly (Belarusians are gullible, after all) and they sell such shit!

What's going on at the border? I've never seen anything like this! And for some reason, it was at the Kamenny Log – Medinikai crossing. Okay, kilometer-long queues of trucks. But here are the cars with transit license plates on every square meter for two kilometers on the roadsides, along the forest, in the field, on someone’s plots... Just abandoned cars... They stand in transit for days... Horrible!

I would like to tell you a simple way to buy a car in Lithuania for someone who is trying not to miss the last chance, but has never done it. I’m doing this because I had a little experience (sometimes sad, but you’ll do anything for your family!), but I’ll immediately make a reservation that I’m not a distiller, but a mere mortal. I will tell you step by step how to easily and quickly buy a car in Kaunas and make a minimum of mistakes at all stages. Moreover, it is all very simple.

1. Applying for a visa.

There is no need to spend money when applying for a visa through tour operators. You can perfectly apply for a visa yourself. To do this, you need to go to the Lithuanian Embassy and, first of all, sign up to submit documents. This can also be done through the embassy’s website, but, as a rule, the site will be busy for the next few days (the quota via the Internet is small), so it is better to sign up in person at the window on the street, standing in line.

Once you have signed up, we quickly prepare the necessary documents. On the website of the Lithuanian embassy they are all listed:

1. Questionnaire; 2. Certificate of employment indicating salary for the last 6 months; 3. Photo 3.5x4.5; 4. Valid passport; 5. Traveler's checks and their photocopies in the amount of 40 Euros per day. For how many days you provide, the visa will be opened for you for that many days; 6. 60 Euro (consular fee); 7. Insurance for the duration of your stay.

As you can see, nothing supernatural.

On the embassy’s website you can fill out a form and print it out so as not to waste time at the embassy. In general, you need to come to the embassy on the day of submission fully prepared: purchase traveler's checks in advance and make copies of them, take a photo and stick the photo on a printed application form, make a certificate from your place of work. Don't forget to sign the form. Insurance can be obtained from insurance companies there, next to the embassy.

When applying for a visa, indicate the correct period. For example, from Sunday to Wednesday there is nothing to do in the markets, because... Everything normal will be sold out on Friday and Saturday. If no one will take you to markets in different cities, and you don’t know Lithuania well, then it’s better to go straight to the largest market in Kaunas. The largest number of cars at this market is on Saturday, but it is better to arrive on Friday evening so that you can start looking and choosing in the morning. If possible, it is even better to be at the market on Friday morning so that you have 2 days left. But we all work, and not everyone has the opportunity to take extra days at their own expense. Based on the above, it is better to take a visa for 5 days: from Thursday to Monday. Also find out if there are any holidays in Lithuania on the days of your trip, otherwise everything will be in vain.

Regarding traveler's checks. The minimum traveler's check is 100 euros. Based on 40 euros per day (requirement of the embassy), you need to buy checks for 5 days, which means 200 euros, because two days is not enough for you. Call banks and find out if they have checks available. Buy from a bank that won't charge a fee for returning checks. Remember that you only need checks to present them to the embassy. In Lithuania they are not needed, changing them there for euros will be an extra hassle for you. And in general, the strange and incomprehensible policy of the Lithuanian embassy: if a person goes to pick up a car and indicates this in the application form, why should he also provide receipts? And it’s clear that he has money because... the car cannot cost less than 200 euros. Well, okay, this is a bureaucratic matter, it must be done.

2. While the visa is being processed.

So we decided on the days and applied for a visa. The visa process takes approximately 10 days. The next thing to do is to book or immediately buy tickets to Kaunas (or wherever you are going there), book a hotel (if you plan to spend the night) and buy a small amount of Lithuanian litas here in the Republic of Belarus.

Regarding the trip to Kaunas: if no one gives you a ride to the market, feel free to take the bus (there are no direct trains to Kaunas). There are two suitable flights to Kaunas 2 times a day: at 16:00 Minsk-Kaunas and at 18:10 Minsk-Palanga. The ticket costs around 70 thousand. I recommend taking the first route because, firstly, it is without a transfer in Vilnius, and secondly, you will arrive in Kaunas earlier, which means you will get more sleep at the hotel. Regarding the hotel, you are arriving late, so choose a hotel closer to the bus station. I recommend the Metropolis Hotel - high quality, quiet, inexpensive. By the way, there is a cheap hotel at the car market itself. The problem is that now there are almost no empty seats, and they don’t reserve seats in advance.

Regarding money. All money (except for the amount for customs clearance) must be transferred to Euro. Conversion from dollars to euros in Lithuania is not as profitable as in the Republic of Belarus, and finding a large amount for exchange in exchange offices will also be a problem. Sellers do not like payment in dollars, so take care of this in Belarus. Moreover, you have time - 10 days.

Do not convert the customs clearance amount into foreign currency - since 2011, customs clearance is in Belarusian rubles.

Don’t forget to buy Lithuanian litas in the Republic of Belarus. The fact is that if you arrive in Kaunas late, the exchange offices will be closed. Calculate the amount based on: 60..80 litas per person for the first night in the hotel (and, hopefully, the only one) + 10..15 litas from the bus station to the hotel by taxi + 25..30 litas from the hotel to the car market (in the morning ) by taxi + 5..10 litas for a Lithuanian SIM card. Keep in mind that in most cases in Lithuania, payment is only in litas! Sometimes you can agree with the taxi driver to pay in euros (but it will be unprofitable for you) or by card at the hotel (find out if this is possible).

3. After receiving a visa.

So the visa has been received! Immediately, without leaving the embassy, we check whether it has been received or not! Checking your dates of stay! Be sure to do this because... the embassy sometimes makes mistakes. Next, we run to the bank with our passport and return the traveler’s checks. An extra 200 euros will come in handy in Lithuania.

All. We are waiting for the day of departure. But let's not waste time! We go to the website of the Lithuanian car market and study the cars and prices. We rewrite the offers that interest you - if you don’t find anything on the market itself, you can call the advertisements found. Do not forget that these are offers mostly from private individuals, and not from the car market itself. Prices in the car market will be 20% more expensive!

We also prepare for departure: we collect everything that may be useful to you along the way. Check the weather forecast in Kaunas: if it’s cold, take warm clothes; if it’s raining, take an umbrella or raincoat. There is no asphalt in the market, there is a mess of mud and puddles, so choose appropriate shoes.

Be sure to take a pen with you (signing on documents is funny, but everyone is running around asking each other at the Registry), a Phillips and flat-head screwdriver (in order to screw in transit numbers - funny, but a Lithuanian comes around and screws it with a screwdriver for 10 litas, if you can’t do it yourself), collect everything you need to check the car (flashlight, mirror, gloves, rags, etc.), if you have it, grab maps of Lithuania.

4. Moving to Kaunas.

So we are at the bus station. 3 hours to the border, one stop in Oshmyany. What should we not forget? It is important to remember that the maximum amount for importing money into Lithuania without declaration is 10,000 litas. Convert your money into euros at the rate of 3.4528 litas per 1 euro. Did you get more? Not surprising. Either declare it at customs, or remain silent like a partisan. If you are reading this article, then it is unlikely that you are a distiller, and this will not be written on your face, so no one will bother you. Travel lightly - a backpack with the necessary things (not a bag - it would be easier to run around the market and your hands would be free); money: deeper in your underpants - a large amount, and small amounts, including litas - in a wallet closer. The market is full of dark personalities: Kazakhs, gypsies, gloomy Belarusians... Creepy!

If on the bus the kind ladies ask you to transport them something (vodka, cigarettes, etc.) - boldly and loudly send them away, do not agree under any circumstances! You have enough money problems of your own!

During your stopover in Vilnius you will have 15 minutes of parking. During this time, run to the station and buy a PILDYK SIM card for 5 litas at the nearest store. With its help, you can call sellers based on advertisements under car windows in order to clarify the details and call the seller to the car.

So we arrived. From the station to the hotel - by taxi, check in, sleep.

5. To the market!

Now what time should you be at the market? If you plan to be at the market on Friday morning, then go by 8:00. The market will not open earlier, and there will be no sellers there anyway. If it is Saturday, then you must be at the market no later than 7:30. At this time, a line of new cars is lined up at the market and cunning buyers who did not find happiness on Friday or are simply outbid and start bargaining even before the car enters the market. Be smarter too!

Thus, calculate the time of getting up, morning procedures and breakfast. Regarding breakfast, force yourself to eat a hearty meal - who knows when you will eat next time. We ate and called a taxi. In this case you can save 5 litas. If you call a taxi from the hotel, then the taxi driver should “blame” the hotel for calling him. This is an extra 5..10 litas, which will then be charged to you. So leave the hotel and find a taxi - they always hang out nearby. Check with your hotel in advance for the approximate cost of travel to the market. From the Metropolis Hotel to the market – 20..25 litas.

6. At the car market.

So we have reached our goal: we are in the car market. The first thing you need to know is the operating time of all structures. If you find a car, you will need to do the following:

a) customs declaration. You can complete a customs declaration from 9:00 to 15:00 on any day except Sunday. b) deregister and put on transit numbers. Deregistration is carried out in the Register. There are two of them in Kaunas, and in diametrically located places on the outskirts of the city: one right at the car market (open from 8:00 to 18:00 on any day except Sunday and Monday, on Saturday from 8:00 to 16:00), the second on on the other side of the city (open from 8:00 to 18:00 on any day except Sunday) and, for some reason, few people know about it. c) draw up a purchase and sale agreement or an invoice. If the agreement is concluded between a private individual and you, then it is enough to take a form from the Registry and fill it out together with the seller, and if an invoice certificate is issued from the seller company, then you need to go to the nearest stall on the market to issue an invoice. certificates They work just like the market. d) insure the car. Insurance kiosks are like dirt, they work like the market.

The car market itself is open from 8 to 18:00 every day. On Saturday it seems from 6:00, but I'm not sure.

If you arrive on Friday morning, then you have plenty of time to calmly go around the entire market in a day, find an option and slowly check out. The only problem is that on Friday, as a rule, there is nothing to choose from. The main flow of cars for sale arrives on trawls on Friday evening, as well as under their own power on Saturday early in the morning.

The ideal purchase option is to find a suitable car on Saturday before 10:00 am and immediately begin registration. The fact is that if you don’t find it before 10:00..11:00 on Saturday, then you simply won’t have time to process it and you’ll have to wait for Monday. Because the queue for deregistration at the Register will be long, and you will still need to make a customs declaration. The declaration is completed in approximately 2 hours.

Of course, I understand that it is very difficult to find an option so quickly, especially considering the fact that there are a lot of buyers, that among them there are outbids and distillers, most of whom have a “trained eye”. I also understand that we are not “transitions”, we are ordinary people and cannot live in a hotel for weeks, waiting for our dream. Therefore, if it is psychologically important for you to go around the entire market, to touch every car, then come to the market on Friday morning or maybe even Thursday. If you are able to make a decision quickly, then the best option is Saturday early in the morning.

There are a lot of cars on the market, towards the middle of the day your head is spinning, at first it seems that all the options are ideal, you want to see everything! Then, on the contrary, it seems that there are so many cars, and there is nothing to choose from, that it is generally unrealistic to find the right option with the money that you have. But don't forget that time is short. You should already a priori decide on the brand, or better yet, the model of your future car and you should know how much such a car costs approximately in Kaunas and focus mainly on it. Run away from the car immediately if you have the slightest doubt or suspicion. There will be more options! Don't focus on just one thing!

7. What should I pay attention to?

I won't tell you how to choose and check a car. This issue has already been written and described on any auto website. I can only give 3 general, but very useful pieces of advice from myself:

A) No matter what the seller says, YOU ONLY NEED TO TRUST YOUR EYES! The seller’s task is to sell you a higher price. Your task is to determine whether you will definitely fail to repair this car, that is, check as much as possible. B) A GOOD CAR CANNOT BE CHEAP. There are no miracles! A good car can cost even more than in Belarus. And you came to Lithuania not to buy a car cheaper than in the Republic of Belarus, but to buy a car from the EU that drove on good roads, which had one owner, a good past, and, therefore, a good current condition. C) It doesn’t matter how much the car costs initially! IT IS IMPORTANT HOW MUCH YOU ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT!

And one more thing: be sure to check the VIN number of the selected car; as a rule, it is knocked out in two or three places. It must be clearly punched on the body; Each symbol should not arouse suspicion. No welds around, no stripping, putty, or new paint! Keep in mind that if you have suspicions, then the border guard will have the same suspicions when registering with the traffic police. Compare the VIN number with the registration certificate. Ideally, call your friends in Belarus and let them call this number on the Internet. There are plenty of sites, the most famous: www.vin.su. If this is not possible, first in the Republic of Belarus print out the decoding of the VIN number of the model you plan to look at. Why is this so important?

For two reasons. Firstly, Lithuanians are also collectors of construction sets. The VIN number contains a checksum. If the number is entered incorrectly, it will not match, and you can check this. Secondly, Lithuanians on the market in their advertisements indicate not the date of manufacture of the car, but the date of its sale. But during customs clearance at the border, it is the date of manufacture of the car that is important. Sometimes this date may differ by a year from the date of sale, which means you may not get into the customs corridor and buy, for example, not a nine-year-old car, but a ten-year-old one, and, therefore, you will pay more at customs. And it will simply be a shame that you bought a car one year old, but bought a much older one. Using the VIN number, in most cases, you can accurately check the production date of the car. German data sheets indicate both of these dates, and they are different. Other data sheets may contain the same date in the production and sales columns, but you yourself must understand that a car cannot be manufactured in Japan and sold in Italy on the same day!

Regarding the technical passport. At the border, you will need to prove that the engine size is exactly the one you bought. Again, in the German and Lithuanian data sheets the volume is indicated with an accuracy of 1 cm cubic. But, for example, in a Dutch registration certificate it may simply be written: 1.9TD. So, for our customs, this designation will not be an indicator of engine volume, and you will have to prove that the volume is not 2.5 liters. I've encountered this. And you must be prepared for this. Take this issue as seriously as possible, because it is very sad when there is not enough money for customs clearance at the border.

Another way to check the production date is the windows and seat belts. Take care in advance about what, how and where should be written in the car model you have chosen so as not to waste time checking the car at the car market.

And general phrases about the state of cars on the market. As a rule, good wheels are removed. This is immediately noticeable if the car is on simple stamped wheels without caps. As a rule, summer tires are very bald. Typically, the battery is discharged or replaced. As a rule, resellers have a cleaned car (interior after dry cleaning, engine after washing). This means that if there were any stains left, they were simply not washed off after dry cleaning, and not, according to the seller, “we just didn’t do anything, and you can clean it with a rag.” As a rule, if a car is on a trawl, this does not mean that it has just arrived from Germany. It is quite possible that this is unsold unsold goods from a market in a neighboring city. As a rule, there simply will not be an opportunity for a test drive. Especially on Saturday morning - a maximum of half a meter forward and a meter back. Typically the tank will be empty.

8. We’ve decided on the car – what’s next??

So here it is, your dream! The heart is beating feverishly, the hands are shaking, the seller asks for an advance payment! What are we doing?

Firstly. We ask the seller a question, literally: “What is the last price?” This is a market, you have to bargain here. It's hard to bargain now, because... The demand is very high, but bargaining is still possible and even necessary. And it will be easier to negotiate if you find as many shortcomings as possible, but those that you are ready to come to terms with yourself. As a rule, in Lithuania they reduce the preliminary price from 200 to 500 euros. The seller knows the minimum amount for which he is willing to sell the car, and the amount of the discount depends only on you.

Secondly, during the auction we determine at whose expense the registration of the car will be. As a rule, the seller bears the cost of completing the declaration (120 litas), the cost of issuing an invoice certificate (approximately 20 litas) and the cost of traveling outside the market (5 litas). The buyer issues transit numbers (96 litas) and insurance (20..57 litas depending on the conditions). Those. expenses are roughly divided in half. However, depending on how you agree, the cost of registration may be distributed differently.

Thirdly, we immediately set a condition for the seller that he will fully help you register the car. If you come for the first time, it will be extremely difficult to do the registration yourself. Sellers don’t really like to do this because... this will take at least 4 hours, but they also need to sell other cars (unless it is a private person).

Fourthly, the seller usually requires a deposit of 100 euros. You can understand him, because he begins the registration, and during this time you can find another option. The seller does not want to lose money for the customs declaration, for which he will most likely pay out of his own pocket, as well as for a simple car, in case you change your mind about buying it. So this is a normal phenomenon: you give the seller 100 euros, he turns the ad over and places it face down on the panel. Other buyers understand that this car has already been sold.

So, what and where do we formalize?

9. Customs declaration

Once the seller has collected the deposit, he asks you to provide your passport information. Don’t be afraid, no one will issue loans for your passport; you can even prepare a copy of the last two spreads of your passport in advance and write your address in the Republic of Belarus in Latin. All this data will be entered into the declaration and the data must be correct, otherwise there will be problems at the border.

Next, the seller needs to tell which border crossing you will be going through. Considering the parking on Medinikai - Kamenny Log, I strongly recommend going through Lavorishkes - Kotlovka, or better yet through Šalčininkai - Benyakoni. The time spent on the extra lap is more than compensated for by less downtime in line at the border. It’s easier to get to Medinikai; you’ll have to make two extra turns to get to Lavoriškės. That’s why there’s probably a huge queue at Medinicai. But in vain!

When you receive the declaration (it’s just a piece of paper without signatures or seals, with various data written in cells and a barcode at the top right), be sure to check the code of the border crossing point. Because if a mistake is made in the declaration, and you spend a day at the wrong checkpoint, you will be upset to tears, you will lose a lot of time.

Medinikae – declaration code: LVT2000 Lavorishkes – declaration code: LVT1000

Also check all the data on the car and your passport details. At the border, the customs officer will still check and you shouldn’t hope for chance. There will be a mistake - you will be turned away without talking!

The declaration takes approximately two hours to complete. Don’t waste time - get in line by car at the “Registrar” to check the numbers and deregister.

10. Sales contract or invoice.

While you are standing in line at the Registrar, you have time to draw up a sales contract (if you are buying a car from a private person) or an invoice (if you are buying from a seller).

The seller will quickly issue you an invoice. You must first decide who will pay for it.

You enter into a purchase and sale agreement with a private person and seal it with a banal mutual signing. Forms can be obtained from the Registry. The cost of two copies of the form is 1 lita. In the contract, enter the passport details of the seller, the buyer, car details, and its cost. It should be noted here that sellers will strive to underestimate the cost of the car in the contract. They can be understood - they then need to pay tax on this figure. Of course, they won’t go down completely to disgrace, but you shouldn’t be surprised at the cost of 1000 litas. However, it is in your best interest to provide as realistic a value as possible for the car. After all, later, during customs clearance at the border, you will indicate this value in the declaration, and some customs inspectors focus on this point. Ideally, the value in the sales contract, the value in the declaration and the real value should be the same. In fact, they are all three different.

11. Deregistration from the Register.

The register is something like our traffic policeman. Here they will check the VIN number, run it through the theft database, and issue transit numbers. As for the numbers, this is a separate story. Then at the border you will be able to see not only red Lithuanian transit numbers, but also yellow French ones, handwritten Dutch ones and various others. It's all just a matter of your greed and savvy.

Theoretically, you can enter the Republic of Belarus using any transit number and successfully register it, because The transit number is a guarantee that the car has been deregistered. Moreover, if the transit number is not Lithuanian, then the registration certificate of the previous owner of the car will contain marks about deregistration (stamps, signatures, cut corners, etc.). If you have a transit number from another country, you don’t even have to stand in line at the Registrar, but go straight to the next step. But, if you don’t understand these issues, and don’t know what to say to the policeman if he suddenly stops you, then it’s better to follow the safe path: get a Lithuanian transit number and a new registration certificate in your name with these transit numbers. Based on my bitter experience, I strongly advise you to do only this way.

So, after standing in line to check the numbers at the doors of the Regitra itself, they will check your VIN number and at the Regitra on the first floor they will give you a piece of paper in Lithuanian, which will indicate the characteristics of the car and the fact that it is not listed as stolen.

Together with the seller and this piece of paper, run to the second floor and take a coupon in line to submit documents for deregistration. While it’s your turn, remove the old license plates from the car.

The officer will check the documents, select the numbers and write out the amount you need to pay. You pay right there at the cash register and wait until your name is called. When you hear your name, go up to the officer, give the receipt for payment, take a new registration certificate, transit numbers. Carefully check the VIN number, your data, and car data in the registration certificate. You no longer need the seller - you can let him go. Don't forget to thank him and take his mobile phone number, just in case. Yes, and don’t forget to give him the money - now is the moment when the car is already yours!

12. Insurance.

The simplest thing left is to insure the car. There is also a nuance here. Insurance can be full or “not very good”. Those that are full-fledged are expensive, about 50...60 litas. You can theoretically travel with them even around the Republic of Belarus. “Theoretically,” this is because if you can prove to our guys that you have the right to ride it. They will tell you that the “green card” only insures the car, and BelGosStrakh insurance is civil liability insurance, so Belarusian insurance is also required. You will prove to them that you are not an ostrich. I hope this is clear.

You can get insurance that will only allow you to travel around Lithuania. It will cost 20...25 litas. At the Belarusian border, you will insure with Belgosstrakh for entry into the Republic of Belarus.

So, run to the insurance company (there are a lot of them on the market), buy a green card, and, again, check all the data entered into the insurance. Immediately at the insurance company, politely ask for a photocopy of the last page of the passport (they are required for customs clearance in Kamenny Log, but not required in Kotlovka), a copy of the registration certificate and a copy of the sales contract.

13. Departure for the Republic of Belarus.

So, before leaving, you must have the following documents in your hands: A) Registration passport (+ preferably a photocopy of it) B) Sales contract (+ preferably a photocopy of it) C) Customs declaration D) Insurance

Make sure once again that all the data in these documents matches: passport data, car data. It’s better to lose five minutes than to come back and look for a seller later.

The next thing you need to do is fuel up and eat well. At the gas station, pay in litas or by card; fill up with a good supply - you will have to stand in line at the border, it may be cold, you will need to warm up in the car.

You can eat in a cafe on the market - the prices are reasonable, and so is the food. But it’s better - in the canteen of the big “Maxima” in front of Vilnius (it’s just on the road to Minsk), and even better - in the “Acropolis” (if you know how to get there). At the same time, stock up on some goodies for your relatives.

Just in case, let you have 10-20 litas or 5-10 euros in change in case of a bribe at the Lithuanian border. I'm not kidding, you can't predict everything. Perhaps we will have to “resolve issues” with the Lithuanians.

Now let's decide when is the best time to leave. There are minimal queues at the border from 3 to 8 am or any time on Monday. I understand that I want to leave and get home faster. Everyone thinks so, which is why traffic jams at the border in the evenings are staggering. Whether you stand in them or not is up to you, calculate the time yourself. People with experience do not fly to the border on Saturday evening because... They know very well what awaits them there. They stock up in hypermarkets and drink in the evening, and leave early on Sunday morning. There is another plus to this - they get enough sleep and rest before the trip.

Regarding travel from Kaunas to the border. Lithuanian policemen love to stop unlucky owners of red license plates. But unlike ours, they rarely stop without a reason. Therefore, do not give a reason yourself: do not exceed the speed (the fine is 300 litas for exceeding above 10 km/h), turn on the low beams (the fine is 40 litas for driving without the low beams on) and in general, before leaving, check that all the lights are on. If they stop you for some kind of violation, they will start asking you everything: insurance, bald tires, first aid kit, etc.

14. Crossing the Lithuanian border.

So, we are approaching the Lithuanian border. This is where the madness and confusion begins. This is fine. The main thing for you is to get in the right line and patiently drive up to the barrier. The tracks will squeeze on the left, occupy the extreme and even oncoming lanes, take each other's turns, and the trucks will push you out on the right. The Lithuanian border guard will try unsuccessfully to restore order, take away passports from those who are particularly arrogant - these are all ordinary things. You are required to be patient and not yawn.

And now you are at the border. Get in line in the red corridor. There may also be some nuances here, for example, in Lavoriškės you have to stand in the left lane under the green corridor - for cars with “temporary registration”, and in the red corridor, under the European Union badge - cars with permanent registration. This is difficult to understand, it must be taken into account.

The first thing we do is give the declaration to the customs officer. He reads the data from the barcode and stamps the original “EXPORTNA” purchase and sale agreement. From this moment on, your car is officially exported outside the EU.

Next, the border guard will check you, ask you to lift the hood, check all VIN numbers and let you out of Lithuania.

At these two stages, “questions regarding documents” may arise from the Lithuanian border services. If they suddenly tell you “you don’t have all the documents” or “check your passport” - this is a subtle hint to “put 10 litas in your passport”. This is just a piece of local exoticism, don’t be afraid, your documents are all in order.

The most important thing left is to cross the Belarusian border.

15. Crossing the Belarusian border.

We received a border pass and entered the Belarusian border. We pass transport control. To do this, we provide the registration certificate and insurance in the “Transport Control” window. On the coupon that you were given at the entrance to the border, you must have a stamp indicating that you have passed through transport control.

Now the most important thing is to properly clear the car through customs. So, step-by-step actions for two border crossings:

Kamenny Log: we go to customs. Immediately through the window to the left we hand over your passport and you will be placed in an electronic queue for customs clearance. We look at the display - how many people are in front of you. Kotlovka: we take a turn to see one of the four inspectors on the street.

The following is the same for both points:

— we ask for a customs declaration from any inspector. Fill in according to the sample, carefully in capital letters in Russian. We indicate the engine volume accurate to the nearest cubic centimeter, the make and model of the car - in Russian, the cost of the car - the real cost, the amount of money transported - a little more than the cost of customs clearance. — wait your turn and approach the inspector. You submit: a border crossing coupon, a vehicle passport, a copy of the technical passport, a purchase and sale agreement, a copy of it, and your passport. — if there are no questions about the year of manufacture of the car and the size of its engine, they will write to you on a piece of paper how much duty to pay. You pay at the bank and again go to the same inspector without queuing. If questions arise, well, start “dancing with tambourines.” Prove that you are right, provide a printout of the VIN number, drag the customs officer to show identification marks on the windows/engine, etc. - if everything is fine, you will be given two pieces of paper: a blue A5 size customs certificate and a yellow A4 piece of paper. Again, we check all the data in these pieces of paper. Your registration certificate will also be revoked.

All. Cleared through customs. We are entering the Republic of Belarus. We sigh calmly. You have 10 days to register your car with the traffic police.

Tips on importing cars from the Baltics

In order to legally use a car imported from the Baltic states or any other country, it is necessary to register it according to all the rules at the customs authorities, which will issue a PTS, after which you can obtain Russian license plates from the traffic police. The final cost of the vehicle, taking into account all registration costs, will directly depend on the chosen model and its age. You should find out in advance how much customs clearance costs.

Whether to carry out complete customs clearance of your foreign “iron horse” or arrange temporary import is something everyone decides on their own. When it comes to a small car no older than 5 years old from Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia, it is better to immediately register it in accordance with all the rules and register it with the traffic police.

To legally use a car imported from the Baltics, you must register it in accordance with all the rules with the customs authorities.

Registration of temporary import makes sense only if you intend to import an expensive model and are ready to comply with all restrictions on its use. With foreign license plates, you will still need to get used to the close attention of traffic police inspectors. Only risk lovers can decide to bypass customs clearance using gray schemes.

Penalties for violation of customs legislation

Punishments for violation of customs legislation are set out in Chapter 16 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation and Article 194 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

Administrative liability occurs in the following cases:

Violation of deadlines for filing a declaration for an imported vehicle – 1000-2000 rubles;
late payment of fees and charges – 500-2500 rubles;
untimely return export of a car that came to Russia under temporary import - 1500-2500 rubles.

Criminal liability arises for failure to pay fees and charges in the amount of more than 1 million rubles. When it comes to premium-segment models, payment amounts can easily exceed this threshold.

The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in this case provides the following penalties:

failure to pay a duty of more than 1 million rubles. punishable by a fine of 100 to 500 thousand rubles, forced labor - up to 480 hours, or imprisonment for up to 2 years;
failure to pay a fee of more than 3 million rubles is punishable by a fine of 300 to 500 thousand rubles, forced labor for up to 5 years or imprisonment for the same period.