84 foreign cars and bikes registered in Goa

PANAJI: There are 84 foreign (imported) vehicles registered in Goa. The most expensive car that has been imported to Goa is Ferrari Spaitalia costing 3,53,89,362 and the most expensive bike to be imported to the state is Hammer BVcosting 1,03,47,666.

Maximum number of imported vehicles are registered in Quepem-36 and all of them are light motor vehicles. In Panaji, 17 imported vehicles are registered, of which 15 are LMVs and 2 are motorcycles with gears. In Mapusa, 7 are registered, of which 5 are motorcycles and two are LMVs. There are two LMVs registered in Ponda. There are 7 LMVs and 14 imported motorcycles registered in Margao and in Vasco 1 LMV is registered.

This was informed by the minister for transport, Ramkrishna Dhavlikar, to an unstarred question tabled by Mapusa MLA Francis D'Souza.

For registration, the owner of the vehicle has to provide, along with other documents of the vehicle, the customs clearance certificate along with the license and bond if any.

The importer has to pay prescribed customs duty and entry tax as is applicable.

The fees for registration of imported motor vehicles are 800 and 200, which the authorities state is higher than the fees prescribed for vehicles manufactured in India.