Moroccan Expats Face New Customs Rules for Permanent Return Home

Facilities and tolerances granted

For employees, merchants or self-employed professionals:

• Total exemption for used household goods, personal effects and clothing in current use.
• Household appliances, new or used, limited to one unit per category (e.g. one refrigerator, one washing machine, one stove).
• Non-commercial objects in limited quantities, the value of which must not exceed 30,000 Dhs, without being able to be allocated to a single type of item.
• Used equipment and tools whose value does not exceed 150,000 Dhs (payment of duties and taxes beyond this value).

For students, street vendors or workers in Gibraltar (with a residence in Gibraltar of at least 5 years):

• Total exemption for used household goods, personal effects and clothing in current use.
• Household appliances in current use without exceeding one unit of each category.

Conditions for granting exemptions and tolerances

The facilities are granted for a single move per family.
Simultaneous import of the objects making up the move and the change of residence.
Import in one go, or a maximum of two times with specific conditions, through the same customs office within 6 months.

Documents to be provided

• Original certificate of change of residence: issued by the municipal authority of the place of departure or by the Moroccan consulate.
• Detailed, dated and signed inventory: of the personal effects and furniture making up your move.
• Detailed list of used equipment and tools: dated and signed (only for those who have had a permanent lucrative activity and are returning definitively to the country).