Chapter Four
Personal Effects and Household Furniture |
Article 156: |
With the exception
of cars, the used personal effects and household furniture brought
by Jordanians coming for permanent residence in the Kingdom shall be
exempted from duties and taxes.
Quantities and
kinds of exempted materials and the conditions required to take
advantage of the provisions of this Article shall be determined by
the Department. |
Chapter Five
Returned Goods |
Article 157: |
The following
shall be exempted from customs duties and other fees and taxes: |
A- Goods returned
to the Kingdom and whose origin has been proved to be local and been
previously exported from the Kingdom in case of their return to the
Kingdom within three years from the date of their exportation. |
B- Motor vehicles
returned to the Kingdom provided that their customs duties and other
fees and taxes were paid, and that they are registed in the Kingdom
and returned at any time. |
C- As for goods
exported temporarily for completion of their manufacture or for
repair, customs duties and other fees and taxes in respect thereof
shall be paid on the basis of increment arising from the completion
of their manufacture or repair in accordance with a decision taken
by the Minister upon recommendation from the Director. |
D- The Minister
may exclude some goods, which are difficult to distinguish, from the
provisions of this Article and subject them wholly for duties when
re- imported after the completion of manufacture or repair. |
E- The Minister
shall determine by directives the terms to be fulfilled to benefit
from the provisions of this Article. |
Chapter Six
Other Exemptions |
Article158: |
The following
articles shall be exempted from customs duties and other fees and
taxes under the conditions determined by the Director:- |
A- Samples which
have no commercial value. |
B- Samples which
can be benefited from and whose value shall be determined by
directives from the Minister. |
C- Supplies, fuels,
lubricating oils and spare parts needed by ships and aircrafts and
also items needed by their crew and passengers in their trips abroad
within the limits of reciprocity. |
D- Calendars
designed for advertising. |
E- Decorations and
sport and scientific prizes of no commercial characteristic. |
F- Personal gifts
brought by the passengers on condition that they must have no
commercial characteristic in accordance with directives issued by
the Minister upon recommendation from the Director. |
G. All educational
and medical materials, supporting aids, instruments, machinery and
thei parts, in addition to means of transportation required for
schools, establishments and programmes belonging to handicapped and
productive projects, either individual or collective, possessed and
administered by handicapped, as well as means of transport
especially designed for the use of handicapped upon recommendation
from Ministry of Social Development and under the terms agreed upon
by the Customs Department and the above-mentioned Ministry. |
H- The
grants,donations and gifts received by Mosques, Churches and
Monasteries for their private use. |
I- The imports of
the Civil Consumer Corporation (Civil Servants shop ) subject to the
kinds,quantities and values determined by the Council of Ministers
upon the recommendation of the Minister in case of no counterpart
among Jordanian Industries determined by the Council of Ministers
upon recommendation from the Minister and the Minister of Trade and
Industry and not withstanding any other Law that prescribes
otherwise. |