Importation of your Belongings for Change of Residency from Non EU Country

Bringing in your personal goods into Spain. Your belong should have been in your possession for at least six months to avoid import duty.

We suggest the use of a forwarding agent or customs clearance agent in Spain.

Information from the Agencia Tributaria (tax office).

The guide in Spanish

Translation.

Here is a translation from the tax office for moving your personal belongings from a non EU country.

They will be admitted with franchise of import duties and exemption of taxes, the goods and personal effects
imported by natural persons who transfer their normal residence to the customs territory of the European Union.
For the purposes of applying the corresponding franchise, they are considered personal property and effects
and furniture objects the following:
– Those intended for the personal use of the interested parties or for the needs of their home (effects and furniture objects,
home clothes, etc.).
– Provisions that correspond to a normal family supply, domestic animals that can
living together in the home, as well as the portable instruments of mechanical or liberal arts necessary for the exercise of the profession of the interested party.
In no case should personal property, due to its nature or quantity, have any claim of character commercial.
– Bicycles and mopeds, motor vehicles for private use and their trailers, cars.

The following shall be excluded from the franchise of rights for transfer of residence:
-Alcoholic products
-Tobacco and tobacco products
Commercial means of transport
-Materials for professional use other than portable instruments of mechanical or liberal arts.

Personal property must be in the possession of the interested party and in the case of non-consumable goods, they have been used
by him in the place of his former normal residence for at least six months prior to the date on which he ceased to have his residence in the third country of origin.
In addition, personal property must be used in the same uses in the place of your new normal residence.
Only people who have had their normal residence outside the customs territory of

the Community for at least 12 consecutive months.

The importation of goods with franchise will be formalised through the corresponding import declaration (DUA).
Interested parties must submit a request, in writing not subject to an official model, to Customs where they are going to
carry out the import, to which they will attach, depending on whether they are national or foreign:
– Passport or DNI.
– Cancellation of the previous residence issued by the Consular office or by the City Councils of Ceuta and Melilla or other means of
proof admitted in law in the record of the time that you have resided in the place causing the withdrawal
– Copy of the Residence Card issued by the Ministry of the Interior, or where appropriate, a copy of your application.
– Registration in the Register of the Spanish Municipality in which you will reside.
– List of personal effects, indicating their approximate value, including the documentation of the car in those
cases in which you also want to import duty free.
The concession of the office with duty and tax exemption will be conditional on the presentation of the indicted
documentation and compliance with the following conditions and deadlines:
– Have resided outside the territory of the Community for a period of no less than TWELVE consecutive MONTHS.
– The goods that are intended to be imported free of charge must be used, that is, they have been used by the interested party
in the place of their former normal residence for at least six months and will be used for the same uses
at the place of his new residence.

The definitive importation of the goods and effects must be carried out within a period of twelve months from
from the date on which the interested party has established his normal residence in the customs territory of the Community. In the case of VAT, this entry refers to the -territory of application of the Tax-, that is, Peninsula land Balearic Islands.
As an exception to the previous term, the franchise may also be granted to declared personal property
to free circulation before the interested party has established his normal residence in the customs territory of the
Community by committing to actually establish themselves in it within a period of six months. East
This commitment will be accompanied by a guarantee in the form and for the amount that the Customs authorities
corresponding determine. In this case, the goods must be dispatched and leave the Customs premises without
The detriment of their being introduced into private premises and subject to the storage that each company sets.

For a period of twelve months, counted from the date of acceptance of the declaration for free circulation,
personal property admitted with franchise may not be subject to loans, pledged, by title
onerous or free without the customs authorities having been informed of them.
If these operations are carried out, it will result in the application of import duties corresponding to
the affected assets, according to the rate in force on the date of the loan, pledge, rental or assignment, on the
basis of customs value recognised or admitted on the date by customs authorities.

Please note: The information provided is based upon our understanding of current legislation. It is not legal advice but is provided freely to enable you to be properly informed. We recommend that if you are considering taking action, you should seek professional advice.