FCR guide

Importing a car into Tunisia under FCR

For a private buyer, FCR (final return of Tunisians living abroad) is today the only way to bring a car into Tunisia. Here are the rules in force and what they cost.

Who qualifies for FCR

Be Tunisian and 18 or older.
Have lived abroad for at least 2 years.
Spend no more than 183 days a year in Tunisia.
Import the car within 2 years of your last entry into Tunisia.

Which car

At most 5 years from first registration. A new car is accepted.
Up to 3.5 tonnes. No engine-size cap: engine size only changes the rate.
One FCR every 10 years per person (before 2024 it was once in a lifetime).
The car must be yours: registration in your name, or the previous owner's registration with a sale contract legalised at a Tunisian consulate.

Two options

Partial exemption

You pay 25% of duties and taxes (30% above 2000 cc for petrol or hybrid, 2500 cc for diesel). Normal TU plates, the car can be resold.

Total exemption

You pay nothing. RS plates: the car cannot be sold and only the family drives it.

Paying the taxes

FCR taxes are paid with foreign currency exchanged in Tunisia or from a foreign-currency (convertible) account.

The papers

Form 6.3.41
ID card and birth extract
Copy of every page of the passport
Registration in your name, or the previous owner's registration and a sale contract legalised at the Tunisian consulate (in the UAE for a car bought in Dubai)
ATTT identification sheet less than a month old
Tax office certificate

What the taxes cost (petrol)

As a percentage of the car's customs value, for a private buyer, new or used.

Engine size	Taxes without FCR	FCR taxes
Up to 1300 cc	104%	26%
1300 to 1500 cc	173%	43%
1500 to 1700 cc	212%	53%
1700 to 2000 cc	281%	70%
2000 to 3000 cc (30% share)	326%	98%

Tarif douanier 2026 (Tarif Web), private buyer: consumption duty + 19% VAT + 3% RPD.

Hybrid, diesel or electric: estimate on request.

The customs value is not the price paid

Customs tax their own reference value (make, model, engine, year), not your invoice. That is why our car pages give a range: an estimate, not a guaranteed amount.

douane.gov.tn

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Sources: douane.gov.tn (final return), Tarif douanier 2026 and the “Taxation des véhicules 2026” simulator. Checked on 6 October 2026. Rates change every year with the finance law.