Who qualify as returning resident?
Is a person arriving on first arrival to Tanzania whom the proper officer is satisfied that is bonafide changing residence from a place outside Tanzania to a place in Tanzania, where the person has neither been granted an exemption or is not resided in Tanzania before his arrival other than on temporary non-resident visit
Is there any time limit in importing my baggage as a returning resident?
The exemptions will be granted to the returning resident in respect of baggage imported within ninety days from the date of arrival of the passenger or such further period not exceeding three hundred and sixty days from such arrival as the Commissioner may allow.
Note: The duty free allowances granted in accordance with the law shall not be allowed when imported in unaccompanied baggage
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What are the allowable goods?
The following goods are allowed when imported as baggage of the returning resident who has attained the age of eighteen years.
(a) Wearing apparel;
(b) Personal and house hold effects of any kind which were in his personal or house hold use in his former place of residence;
(c) one motor vehicle,"(excluding buses and minibuses of seating capacity of more than 13 passengers and load carrying vehicles of load carrying capacity exceeding two tonnes, Also the motor vehicle should not be of eight years or more from the date of manufacture and of cubic capacity not exceeding 3000)"which the passenger has personally owned and used outside Tanzania for at least twelve months (excluding the period of the voyage in the case of shipment).